Inventory of a Sailor's Journal, 30 March-24 April 1847
Collection Number 5219-z
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Southern Historical Collection
- Title
- Sailor's Journal, 30 March-24 April 1847
- Call Number
- 5219-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: 1
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchased from Michael Brown Rare Books of Philadelphia, Pa., in June 2005 (Acc. 100099).
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in a Sailor's Journal #5219-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Diaries.
- Hatteras, Cape (N.C.)--Description and travel.
- Hurricanes--Florida--Florida Keys.
- Hurricanes--Florida--History.
- Key West (Fla.)--Description and travel.
- Memphis (Ship).
- Mississippi River--Description and travel.
- Plantations--Southern States.
- Sailors--United States--Diaries.
Biographical Note
The writer was a sailor on the Memphis during its passage from New York to New Orleans between 30 March and 24 April 1847.
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The collection consists of a journal kept by a sailor on the Memphis during its passage from New York to New Orleans between 30 March and 24 April 1847. The journal provides a daily record of the weather conditions at sea, the speed and position of the ship, the wildlife sighted around the ship, and other vessels encountered during the voyage. The sailor mentioned passing Cape Hatteras, Cape Florida, and Key West, and he discussed the wrecking business in the Florida Keys and the damage that a hurricane had inflicted on Key West the previous year. He also mentioned news of the Mexican War received from other ships. After an uneventful journey across the Gulf of Mexico, he described the plantations that the ship passed on its way up the Mississippi River.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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