ENWhaling Log of the Barks Columbia and Roanoke, 1845-1860
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Title: Whaling Log of the Barks Columbia and Roanoke, 1845-1860
Description: Incomplete account kept aboard the bark Columbia, on a voyage from Sag Harbor to the Northwest Coast of North America, 9 July 1845 - 5 June 1848 (dates contained in this journal are 9 July 1845 - 17 July 1846); owned by Cook & Green, commanded by Captain Samuel B. Pierson. Pages following Roanoke account contain sailor's poetry & stories: "Maggie is Sitting by my Side," "Ellen Bayne," "The Jolly Rover," story "The Dying Sailor's Last Dollar" by Pastor J.B. Ripley of the Mariners Church, Philadelphia, PA., story "Anxieties of a Sailor's Life," "Be Kind to the Loved Ones at Home" (taken from log book kept by Philetus Foster, chief officer on board the English barque Oriental), "To One Believe, "The Wife's Commandments," "The Woodcutters Night Song," "I'm Growing Old," "The Dying Wife to her Husband," "Gentle Anna," "Far upon the Sea," "Good News from Home," "Nelly Gray," "Julie to the Eligible Bachelor," most either originally written by or merely rewritten by Alfred W. Foster (keeper of these logs) while on board the Roanoke. Following poem "Julie to the Eligible Bachelor" is start of Alfred W. Foster's work journal of 1865-1866 (one page, pages immediately following torn out), with names Wm. H Parsons and Vail, Bengman & Co. as listed employers; poetry continues after torn out pages with "My Little Good for Nothing," "Jemima Brown," "Elar Rear" (sp?), "Statley Surthern." Pages following "Statley Surthern" are blank, until sketch of U.S.S. Colorado, "The Dreadnaught," more pages torn out, "The Dying Californian," then one half page of a farming journal, more pages torn out. Final pages contains two crew lists: the brig "Susan", sailed 14 October 1861, and the bark "John A. Robb," sailed 15 October 1861, both of of Sag Harbor, N.Y. Incomplete account kept aboard the bark Roanoke, on a voyage from Greenport, N.Y. to the Indian & Pacific oceans, 12 June 1857 - 25 February 1860 (dates contained in this journal are 12 June 1857 - ? February 1858); owned by Wells & Carpenter, commanded by Captain Jared Wade Jr. (includes a dramatic account of the attempted rescue of a man overboard; sketches of whaling vessels and the U.S.S. Colorado, used during the Mexican Gulf blockade of 1861 and in the Civil War; two crew lists dated 1861 are included).
Creator: Foster, Alfred Washington
Subject: Whaling; Ships; Ship accidents; Logs; Pierson Family; Ocean travel; Folk music;
Location: East Hampton--Suffolk County--New York;
Contributors: Wade, Jared, Jr., Captain; Pierson, Samuel B., Captain;
Date of Original: 1845-1846; 1857-1858
Physical Format: Whaling Logs
Physical Description: Manuscript bound volume; 32 cm: 166 pages.
Type: Text;
Language: eng;
Format of Digital: image/jpeg;
Holding Institution: East Hampton Library, Long Island Collection
Publisher of Digital: East Hampton Library; Long Island Collection
Digital Collection: Digital Long Island
Library Council: Long Island Library Resources Council
Notes: Cataloged as: https://search.livebrary.com/record=b3726121~S77
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File Name: 30625990000252
Repository: New York Heritage Digital Collections
Source: From: Whaling Log of the Barks Columbia and Roanoke, 1845-1860