William H. Meyers diary 1838-1839

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William H. Meyers diary 1838-1839

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1986

William H. Meyers (b. 1815), a native of Philadelphia, sailed on merchant vessels, worked at the U.S. Naval Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and served as a gunner in the U.S. Navy. Meyers' illustrated diary (17 Oct. 1838-4 Mar. 1839) records his voyages from: Philadelphia to Baltimore and Cuba (with visits to Xibara and Santiago de Cuba) on the schooner Ajax; Santiago de Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas, as master of the brig Lucy; and Nassau to New York as a passenger on the brig Victress, noting his later return to Philadelphia. The diary, which functions as a ship's log for the Lucy, includes accounts of his visit to a Cuban plantation and his illness from yellow fever, and poetic tributes to women encountered in his travels. Watercolor drawings (one in ink wash) illustrate ships at sea, localities visited, entertainments, shipboard activities and illness at sea.

1 v. (36 tipped-in leaves)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312246

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Lucy (Brig)

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Meyers, William H., 1815-

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William H. Meyers (b. 1815), a native of Philadelphia, sailed on merchant vessels, worked at the U.S. Naval Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and served as a gunner in the U.S. Navy. From the description of William H. Meyers diary, 1838-1839. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79408777 From the guide to the William H. Meyers diary, 1838-1839, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Ajax (Schooner)

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Victress (Brig)

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