America (Ship) logbook, 1795-1796.

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America (Ship) logbook, 1795-1796.

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The logbook of the ship America details a shipping voyage from Salem, Mass., to Calcutta, with stops at Ascension Island and Saint Helena, Dec. 1795-March 1796. The ship's owner was Elias Hasket Derby; the master was Jacob Crowninshield; the logbook keeper was Nathaniel Hathorne. The ship's home port was Salem. The logbook includes a description of Ascension Island; mention of stowaways and an elephant, which may have been cargo on this or another ship. During its voyage, the America spoke the ship Fame and the schooner Johanna (out of Marblehead, Mass.). The author Nathaniel Hawthorne later used this logbook for some writing of his own.

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America (Ship)

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210 tons, 24 guns, 42 crew. Voyages: (1) 1694/5 Bombay. Capt Richard Laycock. Down 24 Mar 1695 - 4 Jun Tenerife - 5 Jan 1696 Calicut - 29 Feb Bombay - 16 Dec Cape - 16 Feb 1697 St Helena - 16 Mar Ascension - 13 Jun Cadiz - 28 Oct Downs. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000081.0x000287 ...

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...

Hathorne, Nathaniel, 1775-1808

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Crowninshield, Jacob, 1770-1808

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Shipping merchant, politician. Jacob Crowninshield, born in 1770, a son of George Crowninshield and Mary Derby, started his career as a sea captain and merchant in the family business. He is remembered as the man who brought the first live elephants to New York, 1796, the same year that he married Sarah Gardner. He later engaged in politics, as a Massachusetts state senator, 1801, and a United States Representative for Massachusetts, 1803-1808. In 1805, he de...

Johanna (Schooner)

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Fame (Ship)

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Voyages: (1) 1795/6 Bengal. Capt Henry Liddell. Portsmouth 31 Jul 1796 - 12 Jan 1797 Vizagapatam - 10 Feb Calcutta - 22 Jul Simons Bay - 11 Sep St Helena - 19 Dec Erith British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x000072 Steam Iron Pilot Brig. Arrived Calcutta March 1845. John William Lewis. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...

Derby, Elias Hasket, 1739-1799

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x00008e ...