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Sea Eagle (Brig). Logbook, 1844 Dec. 5-1845 Feb. 15.

Title: Logbook, 1844 Dec. 5-1845 Feb. 15.

Log/journal, kept by Joseph Underwood of Harwich, Mass., relating to a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Cabinda, in what is now Angola.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (36 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70969213 View

Ship New Jersey letter : Atlantic Ocean, to father and mother, [Boston, Mass.] : ms., 1849 May 2 to Aug. 18.

Title: Ship New Jersey letter : Atlantic Ocean, to father and mother, [Boston, Mass.] : ms., 1849 May 2 to Aug. 18.

Contains account of passenger's journey on the Ship New Jersey to Calif. around Cape Horn during the Calif. gold rush, describing the trip from Boston to Lima, Peru. Also includes information about other California-bound ships, the Sea Eagle, the Walter Scott, the Brooklyn and the shipwreck of the John A. Sutter.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53161013 View

Parker, Marvel. Marvel Parker journal, 1849.

Title: Marvel Parker journal, 1849.

Daily account (83 p.) of Parker's Mar.-Oct. 1849 voyage from Boston, Mass., to San Francisco, Calif., around South America on the brig, Sea Eagle. He gives detailed description of his experiences on-board, including daily operations, entertainment, various hardships, and the weather. He also describes several ports of call, including the isle of Sol (Florida?), St. Jago (now Spanish Town, Jamaica), Port Famine (Patagonia, now Chile), Lima (Peru), and San Francisco, as well as sailing through the Straits of Magellan. In addition, he mentions the formation of the Middlesex & California Joint Stock Mining Co., comprised of the ship's passengers, with a list consisting of name, residence, age, and occupation of each member.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48781362 View