[Journal of a voyage on the bark Empress of New Bedford] / kept by Captain Joseph Bates, August 9, 1827 - June 16, 1828. 1827-1828.

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[Journal of a voyage on the bark Empress of New Bedford] / kept by Captain Joseph Bates, August 9, 1827 - June 16, 1828. 1827-1828.

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Photocopy of the original holograph log-book of Captain Joseph Bates voyage on the bark, Empress, of New Bedford, Mass. from August 9, 1827 to June 16, 1828.

1 v. (unpaged) ; 22 x 36 cm.

Loma Linda University, Del E. Webb Memorial Library

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Loma Linda University, Del E. Webb Memorial Library

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Bates, Joseph, 1792-1872

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Mariner, reformer, Advent preacher, and one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Joseph Bates was born July 8, 1792 at Rochester, MA. He became a sailor at age 15 and retired as a captain in 1828 (the voyage on the Empress was his final one). During his seafaring years, he experienced shipwreck and imprisonment by the British Navy during the war of 1812. After retiring from the sea, he settled in Fairhaven, MA and dealt with local affairs and a variety of reforms, such as tempera...