Logbook, 1852-1853 (inclusive).

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Logbook, 1852-1853 (inclusive).

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A single volume ship's log kept during the Horsburgh's 1852-1853 voyage to San Francisco and Shanghai. Daniel Sage Emmerton, a young seaman from Salem, Massachusetts, maintained the log. The daily entries record the ship's latitude and longitude, the direction of the wind, and the ship's navigational course. Most entries include a brief note describing the weather and the sails used that day. Emmerton occasionally mentions other notable events, such as the passing of other ships. There are no entries for the ship's time in port.

1 linear ft. (1 v.)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Bacon, William B.

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Hayden & Cudworth.

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Bacon, Daniel G. (Daniel Gorham), 1819-

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Horsburgh (Ship)

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Clipper ship built in Massachusetts in 1847 and owned by Daniel G. and William B. Bacon of Boston. Under Captain B.W. Crocker, the Horsburgh sailed from Boston on March 25, 1852 and carried cargo and eight passengers from New York to San Francisco, California, via Cape Horn. On August 25, 1852, the ship left San Francisco for Shanghai, China, where it arrived on October 28. The Horsburgh departed China on December 1, 1852 and returned to New York on March 27, 1853. From the descripti...

Emmerton, Daniel Sage.

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Crocker, B. W.

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