Research Catalog
Macedonian logbooks
- Title
- Macedonian logbooks, 1853-1855.
- Author
- Macedonian (Sloop of war : 1852-1875)
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3063 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- .29 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- These three logbooks were kept on board the U.S.S. Macedonian during a trip from New York to Japan between February 1853 and May 1855. Two were kept by John R. C. Lewis and the third was kept by Lawrence F. Lewis. The Macedonian was one of the ships which joined Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition and accompanied him on his second visit to Japan. John R. C. Lewis' volumes include journal entries which describe numerous places passed on the voyage including the Azores, Canary Islands, Island of St. Helena, Hong Kong, Canton, Formosa, Bonin Islands, Japan, Samoda, Whampoa, and Manila. Lewis also provides an account of Commodore Perry's landing in Japan and of the Japanese Head Commissioner's visit to Perry, as well as a fight between the Rebel party and Mandarin party of China in Whampoa Reach. His logbooks also include a few sketches of some of the ships in the expedition and some of the harbors, as well as a sketch of Perry's landing.
- Lawrence F. Lewis' logbook was kept on board the same ship, during the same voyage.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Ships' logs.
- Call Number
- MssCol 3063
- OCLC
- 733074072
- Author
- Macedonian (Sloop of war : 1852-1875)
- Title
- Macedonian logbooks, 1853-1855.
- Added Author
- Lewis, John Redman Coxe, 1834-1898.Lewis, Lawrence F.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3063