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Title

Life on a canal boat : the journals of Theodore D. Bartley (1861-1889) / edited by Russell P. Bellico ; with a preface and postscript by Arthur B. Cohn ; from the journals transcribed by Barbara B. Bartley.

Author

Bartley, Theodore D. (Theodore Declarmont), 1830-1914.

Publication

Fleischmanns, N.Y. : Purple Mountain Press ; Vergennes, Vt. : Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Bartley, Barbara B.
• Bellico, Russell P. (Russell Paul), 1943-

Description

320 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 26 cm.

Summary

"Captain Theodore D. Bartley, owner of three Lake Champlain canal boats, kept a fascinating day-to-day journal of his life from 1861 to 1889 on the canals and waterways of the Northeast."--Back cover.

Subject

• Bartley, Theodore D. 1830-1914 > Diaries
• Canada, Eastern > Description and travel
• Canal-boats > Champlain, Lake, Region > History > 19th century
• Champlain Canal (N.Y.) > Description and travel
• Champlain, Lake > Description and travel
• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > Description and travel
• Northeastern States > Description and travel
• River life > Champlain, Lake, Region > History > 19th century
• Ship captains > Champlain, Lake > Diaries
• Waterways > Champlain, Lake, Region > History > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-315).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Introduction: Champlain canal boats -- Introduction notes -- Biography of Theodore Declarmont Bartley -- The journals of Theodore D. Bartley -- Postscript -- Endnotes -- Glossary.

ISBN

• 1930098596 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781930098596 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004108119

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library