Diaries, 1836-1840, 1847-1848, 1878-1886.

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Diaries, 1836-1840, 1847-1848, 1878-1886.

Diary of a whaling voyage kept by Burchard on the ship "Columbia" of Newark, New Jersey, 1836-1839; memorandum entries for the year 1848 describing the arrival of the ship "Stonington" at New Orleans, and the trip made by Burchard from New London, Connecticut, to Sheboygan County, Wis., with entries recording his settlement of the land; and brief entries for 1878-1886 of routine farm occurrences near Plymouth, Wis.

0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and.1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

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Columbia (Ship : 1841-1859)

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Whaling ship; out of Nantucket, Mass.; master: George F. Joy; owner-agent: Charles G. & Henry Coffin; built at East Boston, Mass. From the description of Log/journal, 1841 Sept. 5-1845 Dec. 7. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70957783 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Joseph C. Chase; owned by Charles G. & Henry Coffin. From the description of Log/journal, 1846-1850. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 710...

Stonington (Ship)

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Burchard, George, ca. 1810-1880.

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