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Log of the schooner PORPOISE : Diaries, Journals and Logbooks 1821-1822.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curtis, James Freeman, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2834
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Logbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Narrative log of the schooner PORPOISE, kept by James Freeman Curtis in narrative format, 1821-1822, while cruising the southern coast of the United States and around Cuba in search of pirates. The vessel sailed from Portsmouth, N.H. and was in St. Augustine at the time of Spain's secession of Florida to the United States. Brief stops include Charleston, South Carolina, St. Augustine, Havana, Cuba, and the Virgin Islands. Curtis left the PORPOISE on 13 August 1822 at Boca Chica, Colombia to command the schooner WILLIAM BAYARD on its return to New York. The PORPOISE was commanded by James Ramage.
- Notes:
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Curtis-Stevenson Family Papers.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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