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David Sears diaries : Diaries, Journals and Logbooks 1822-1874.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sears, David, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2574
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Manila (Philippines).
- Logbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Diaries kept by David Sears, 1839-1843, while a student at Harvard University and on a voyage to the East Indies. Diary kept at Harvard, 1839-1842, describes daily activities at Harvard and elsewhere, trips to Boston for social events, social engagements with family and friends, happenings at school, church services attended, weekends in Nahant, Massachusetts, and trips to New York City, parts of New York state, Niagara Falls, Newport, Rhode Island, and other parts of Massachusetts during school breaks. Diary of voyage on ship DELHI, 1842-1843, to the East Indies and China describes weather and sailing conditions, activities aboard the ship, hunting porpoises and other animals, encounters with ships, and stops in Manila, Guangzhou (Canton), and Macau.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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