Thomas Perkins (Ship), 1849-1850.

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Thomas Perkins (Ship), 1849-1850.

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The logbook of the ship Thomas Perkins details a shipping voyage from New York to San Francisco, Honolulu, Calcutta, and then back to Boston, July 1849 to Dec. 1850. The shipmaster was William C. Rogers; the logbook keeper was James Henry Chaney. Included in the logbook are notations of an earthquake, a color illustration of a house flag, punishment of a sailor on board, wounds or injuries of a crew member, and the trial of Capt. Rogers for whipping a crew member.

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Chaney, James Henry, b. 1832.

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Thomas Perkins (Ship)

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Rogers, William C., active 19th century

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William C. Rogers was born in 1906 and, as a mechanical engineer, worked in railroad construction and research, 1930-1969. He had a wide range of interests including book collecting, Calamity Jane, and windmills. He lived on the Triple R Ranch on the Fletcher Park Route near Wheatland, Wyoming in the summer and in Nebraska and Mexico during the rest of the year. He published a reprint of a pamphlet by Calamity Jane. He reprinted two small Union Pacific books, one related to fossils and the other...