Personal log : on board the U.S.S. Cyane, 1841-1842.

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Personal log : on board the U.S.S. Cyane, 1841-1842.

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Bound ms. (44 p.) beginning with the departure from Norfolk and ending after a visit to Santa Barbara, with a description of the events at Monterey in October, 1842: the taking of the town and the swift reversal. Clymer also describes the cruise around the Cape, noting other ships, ports visited, earthquakes felt off Coquimbo, Chile in July, and Lima, Peru in September 1842. There is also a detailed description of Santa Barbara. With two pages of the mess bill for officers of the Cyane, and a page of distances traveled.

1 v. (44 p.) ; 15 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8016919

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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