Log of the schooner Selim during the Mexican War, 1847-1848.

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Log of the schooner Selim during the Mexican War, 1847-1848.

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Log (48 p.) of the schooner Selim, detailing trips between New Orleans, Vera Cruz, and Frontera, Mexico from March 1847 through August 1848. The log records the names of ships encountered (including one that collided with them), daily activity on board ship, and a description of Commodore Perry's checkpoint in the Vera Cruz harbor in April 1847. There are two one-month gaps in the log while the ship was docked in New Orleans, and another from August 20, 1847 to March 18, 1848. Accompanied by three documents relating to the Selim's pilot boat work in Vera Cruz, two receipts, one of them signed in Frontera, and one watercolor portrait of Captain Batson.

1 v. (48 p.)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Selim (Schooner)

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The schooner Selim, of New Orleans, was a supply ship during the Mexican War, and also served as a pilot ship in Vera Cruz in 1848. Under Captain Joseph N. Batson, the Selim arrived in Vera Cruz a week after Scott captured the city in 1847. The Selim operated as a general supply ship out of Vera Cruz, with runs to both Frontera, Mexico, and New Orleans. The Selim was sold by Batson on August 14, 1848. From the description of Log of the schooner Selim during the Mexican War, 1847-1848...

Batson, Joseph N.

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Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

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