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U.S.S. Boxer logbook

Title: U.S.S. Boxer logbook, 1816.
Author: Boxer (Ship)

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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 1801	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Additional Authors

Gay, Timothy.

Description

.08 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

This logbook was kept on board the U.S.S. Boxer by Timothy Gay, midshipman in the United States Navy, from March 13-July 18, 1816. The ship was commanded by Lieutenant John Porter. Entries describe cruises between Havana and New Orleans. Around April 7, the Argus crew boarded and detained the Carthagenian Privateer "Comet," finding a cargo of gold and silver bars, and fourteen slaves taken from Saint Andrew Island. An entry describes two men found guilty of murder of the Governor of Saint Andrew Island. On June 3, Argus crew boarded the Brig "Hunter," from Cadiz, and learned that and officer and three men on the U.S.S. "Constellation" had been killed by the Spanish at Port Mahon and the American squadron there had been ordered to leave. Mentions ships carrying rum and sugar to foreign ports. Log is incomplete.

Subject

Genre/Form

Ships' logs.

Access (note)

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Call Number

MssCol 1801

OCLC

755090815

Author

Boxer (Ship)

Title

U.S.S. Boxer logbook, 1816.

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Added Author

Gay, Timothy.

Research Call Number

MssCol 1801

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