Lucy Lord Howes Hooper diaries, 1862-1999; bulk: 1862-1909.

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Lucy Lord Howes Hooper diaries, 1862-1999; bulk: 1862-1909.

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Two diaries kept by Lucy Lord Howes (later Hooper) that chronicle trading voyages with her husband, Capt. Benjamin P. Howes, and her subsequent life in various parts of New England. The first diary, 1862-63, was written while traveling with her husband during the Civil War in the Southern Cross, their capture by the privateer Florida, and return home. The volume also includes logbook notations of Capt. Howes. The second diary, 1866-1909, aboard the brig Lubra, describes their capture and the death of her husband at the hands of Chinese pirates in Hong Kong. The remainder describes her return to New England with her daughter, Carrie Bertha, aboard the Portland, her re-marriage to Sylvester Hooper in 1868, and her daily life in New England, in particular her religious reflections. The collection also includes newspaper clippings about the incident aboard the Lubra, a Confederate song recorded by Hooper, Lord family genealogies, and an unverified transcription of the diaries by Gerry Watters, the great-granddaughter of Lucy Hooper.

1 box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Howes, Benjamin Perkins, d. 1866.

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Hooper, Sylvester.

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Portland (Ship : 1832-1839)

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Whaling vessel, out of Newburgh, N.Y., mastered by Nathan H. Cook; owner-agent: Newburgh Whaling Company. From the description of Log/journal, 1834 Feb. 26-1835 Mar. 25. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012897 From the description of Log/journal, 1832 June 23-1834 Feb. 26. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012946 Merchant vessel, out of Portland, Me. From the description of Account book of the ship Portland, 1797. (Ma...

Lubra (Brig)

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Hooper, Lucy Lord Howes, 1840-1926

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Lord family.

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Florida (Cruiser)

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The C.S.S. Florida was a Confederate steamer stationed near Mobile, Ala. From the guide to the Florida Log Book, ., 1862-1863, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Southern Cross (Ship)

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Watters, Gerry.

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Howes, Carrie Bertha, 1864-1958.

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