Tonquin (Ship) logbook, 1845-1846.

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Tonquin (Ship) logbook, 1845-1846.

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The logbook of the ship Tonquin details a shipping voyage from Boston to Guangzhou, China, Hong Kong, and New York, Mar. 1845-Feb. 1846. The ship's owners were George R. Minot, Frederick H. and James B. Bradlee, Nathaniel Hooper, and Frederick William Macondray; the master was William G. Blackler; the logbook keeper was Samuel Bridges. The ship's home port was Boston. The logbook includes details of the ship's cargo, lumber; wounds and injuries suffered by the merchant mariners on board; frequent illness and diseases on board, including malaria (ague), fever and dysentery; details of the ship's equipment and supplies, specifically provisions; and the naval medicine practiced on board. The logbook continues while in port. During its voyage the Tonquin spoke the brig Boxer; the ships Carthage, Farwell, Frederick Warren, Huntress, J.Q. Adams, and Palimar; the schooner Elizabeth, the barks John Bull and Thomas Lee; and the vessels (of unknown rigging) Ann Mariera, Jacob Perkins, Natches, and Tarter.

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John Bull (Bark)

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Boxer (Brig)

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Tarter (Vessel)

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Minot, George Richards, 1885-1950

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George Richards Minot (1885-1950), AB, 1908, Harvard College; MD, 1912, Harvard Medical School, was a hematologist and Director of the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory at Boston City Hospital. Minot was also Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research focused on blood and nutrition, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1934 for discovering that liver extract cured pernicious anemia. From the description of Papers, 1891-1951. (Harvard Universi...

Bradlee, James B.

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Tonquin (Ship)

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J.Q. Adams (Ship)

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Hooper, Nathaniel.

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Macondray, Frederick William, 1803-1862

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Frederick William Macondray sailed on the China coast and visited California in 1825 aboard a hide ship. After returning from seafaring, he came to San Francisco. On May 22, 1849, he and James Otis began a general commission business for shipping consignments of merchandise to San Francisco. From the description of Frederick William Macondray Letters, 1850-1862. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58855212 Biography ...

Frederick Warren (Ship)

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Ann Mariera (Vessel)

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Bridges, Samuel Rutt

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Elizabeth (Schooner : 1850)

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Bradlee, Frederick Josiah, 1866-

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Huntress (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Francis Post, on voyage from 13 Aug. 1832-13 Mar. 1836 to the Western, 36/36, Coast of Brazil, On shore, Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Coast of Chile, On the Line, Tonga Islands, French Rock, and False Banks whaling grounds; agent-owner: Alfred Gibbs & Co.; built at Milton, Mass., 1811. From the description of Logbook of the ship Huntress 1832 Aug. 16-1836 Mar. 12. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 21...

Natches (Vessel)

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Jacob Perkins (Vessel)

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Carthage (Ship)

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Thomas Lee (Bark)

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Palimar (Ship)

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Farwell (Ship)

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Blackler, William Greenleaf, 1803-1880

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