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Ship's papers. (6)
Seafaring life. (2)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. (2)
Whaling ships -- United States. (2)
Whaling. (2)
Baltic (Barge) (1)
Charles Carroll (Ship) (1)
City of Buffalo (Ship) (1)
Columbia Nantucket (Ship) (1)
Confederate States of America -- History, Naval -- Sources. (1)
Congress (Whaling ship). (1)
Devereux family. (1)
Harness racehorses -- United States. (1)
Harness racing -- United States. (1)
Hector (Whaling ship). (1)
Horse-racing -- United States. (1)
Horses -- United States -- Breeding. (1)
Inland waterway vessels -- Great Lakes. (1)
Islands of the Pacific -- Description and travel. (1)
Lake steamers -- Great Lakes. (1)
Lexington (Ship) (1)
Merchant mariners -- Great Lakes. (1)
Merchant ships -- Oceania. (1)
Merchant ships -- Ohio -- Huron. (1)
Merchant ships -- United States. (1)
Ocean travel (1)
Palestine (Schooner). (1)
Race horses -- United States. (1)
Railroad companies -- United States. (1)
Railroads -- United States -- Construction. (1)
Railroads -- United States -- Management. (1)
Reindeer (Ship). (1)
Secreto (Ship) (1)
Shipmasters -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. (1)
Shipping -- Erie, Lake. (1)
Shipping -- Great Lakes. (1)
Steamboats -- Great Lakes. (1)
Turner, Peter, d. 1871. (1)
United States (Ship) (1)
United States. Navy -- Officers. (1)
Voyages and travels. (1)
Whalers (Persons) -- United States -- Diaries. (1)
Whaling ships -- Connecticut -- Mystic. (1)
Whaling ships -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford. (1)
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1Title:  Columbia Nantucket Logbook     
 Creator:  Columbia Nantucket 
 Dates:  ca. 1870 
 Abstract:  The Columbia Nantucket was a merchant ship which traveled to ports in the South Pacific. The collection consists of a logbook containing brief entries concerning the ship's voyages to ports in the South Pacific. 
 Call #:  MS 0898 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Columbia Nantucket (Ship) | Logbooks. | Merchant ships -- Oceania.
 
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2Title:  Reindeer Logbook     
 Creator:  Reindeer 
 Dates:  1826-1854 
 Abstract:  the collection consists of a record of this merchant vessel's activities while on the Ohio River in 1826. This volume also contains "The illustration book" of the Family Social School of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, 1854-1858. 
 Call #:  MS 1254 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Reindeer (Ship). | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Merchant ships -- United States.
 
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3Title:  Baltic Logbook     
 Creator:  Baltic 
 Dates:  1864-1865 
 Abstract:  The Baltic was a Confederate barge which was captained by James E. Leroy and worked near Fort Powell during the American Civil War. The collection consists of a logbook in two volumes. 
 Call #:  MS 1452 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Baltic (Barge) | Confederate States of America -- History, Naval -- Sources. | Logbooks. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
 
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4Title:  Peter Turner Papers     
 Creator:  Turner, Peter 
 Dates:  1823-1873 
 Abstract:  Peter Turner (d. 1871) was a Midshipman on board the U. S. S. Nonsuch, commanded by his uncle, Daniel Turner, during an expedition under Colonel Oliver H. Perry, which sought to end piracy on the waters near Venezuela, May 20, 1823-September 7, 1824. He also served on board the U. S. S. Cyane off the coast of Brazil, December 27, 1825-June 4, 1827. Peter Turner eventually became a naval officer, attaining the rank of Lieutenant and commanding various naval vessels. The collection consists of a letter book (1850-1861, 1870-1872) as commander of various ships, correspondence (1861-1873) relating to naval matters, logbook (1823-1824) kept by Turner on the U.S.S. Nonsuch, and a logbook (1825-1827) kept on the U.S.S. Cyane. 
 Call #:  MS 3092 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Turner, Peter, d. 1871. | United States. Navy -- Officers. | Shipmasters -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Ship's papers. | Logbooks.
 
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5Title:  Charles Carroll Logbook     
 Creator:  Charles Carroll 
 Dates:  1835-1837 
 Abstract:  The Charles Carroll was a whaling ship whose home port was Dorchester, Maryland. The collection consists of a logbook kept while on a whaling voyage in the South Pacific. 
 Call #:  MS 3110 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Charles Carroll (Ship) | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Whaling ships -- United States.
 
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6Title:  City of Buffalo Logbook     
 Creator:  City of Buffalo 
 Dates:  1923-1925 
 Abstract:  The City of Buffalo was a Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company steamship which sailed on Lake Erie between Cleveland, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York. The collection consists of a captain's log. 
 Call #:  MS 3248 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  City of Buffalo (Ship) | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Inland waterway vessels -- Great Lakes. | Lake steamers -- Great Lakes. | Steamboats -- Great Lakes. | Shipping -- Erie, Lake.
 
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7Title:  Hector Logbook     
 Creator:  Hector 
 Dates:  1856-1859 
 Abstract:  The Hector was a whaling ship out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, under the ownership of William T. Rotch. Amos A. Chase was captain of the 360-ton ship, and John Hilbs served as his second officer and logkeeper during one voyage, which lasted from November 17, 1856, to July 19, 1860. During that trip, the Hector sent home 910 barrels of sperm oil before it was captured by a rebel privateer. After being recaptured, it returned to New Bedford with an additional 864 barrels of sperm oil. During its next voyage, the ship was captured and burned in 1865 by the Shenandoah natives of Ascension in the Pacific. The collection consists of a logbook of a voyage to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, describing daily life on a whaling ship, whale hunts and preparation of the oil, crew's tasks, ships encountered on the journey, and islands and coastlines they visited. The journal was kept by second officer John Hilbs between 1856-1859. 
 Call #:  MS 4555 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Hector (Whaling ship). | Whaling ships -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford. | Whaling. | Logbooks. | Seafaring life. | Islands of the Pacific -- Description and travel.
 
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8Title:  George H. Swain Daybooks     
 Creator:  Swain, George H. 
 Dates:  1856-1859 
 Abstract:  George H. Swain was a resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, who was probably a crew member on the ships listed. Volumes include remarks recorded while on board the Lexington (on the Pacific and Indian Oceans), the schooner Secreto, and the bark United States, all of which were whaling vessels. 
 Call #:  MS 0456 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Lexington (Ship) | Secreto (Ship) | United States (Ship) | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Whalers (Persons) -- United States -- Diaries. | Whaling ships -- United States. | Voyages and travels. | Ocean travel
 
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9Title:  Congress and Palestine Logbook     
 Creator:  Congress and Palestine 
 Dates:  1844-1848 
 Abstract:  The Congress was a whaling bark out of Mystic, Connecticut, owned by L. and W.P. Randall and commanded by Captain Austin M. Lester. The Palestine was a Great Lakes schooner, sailing out of Huron, Ohio, under the command of Captain Wilcox. The collection consists of a single volume containing the logbooks of the Congress and the Palestine. It includes details of the Congress' whaling voyage to India and the Pacific, 1844-1847, and the Palestine's trip from Huron, Ohio to the upper Great Lakes and then to Buffalo, carrying wheat and flour. Included are details of life on board a whaling ship, travel and adventure in the Pacific Ocean, colored drawings of a sailing ship, inked stamps of various whales, sailing terminology, and entries relating to Great Lakes shipping and life on a lake schooner. Both logs were kept by John B. Wilber. The volume also includes markings made by A. Emertson, a young relative of Captain N. Emertson of Huron, Ohio, who used it as a composition book. 
 Call #:  MS 4556 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Congress (Whaling ship). | Palestine (Schooner). | Whaling. | Whaling ships -- Connecticut -- Mystic. | Logbooks. | Seafaring life. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | Merchant ships -- Ohio -- Huron. | Merchant mariners -- Great Lakes.
 
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10Title:  Devereux Family Papers     
 Creator:  Devereux Family 
 Dates:  1808-1932 
 Abstract:  John Devereux was a sea captain of Marblehead, Mass. John H. Devereux was an American Civil War general, engineer, railroad executive, and philanthropist, of Cleveland, Ohio. Henry K. Devereux was an engineer, real estate agent, industrialist, philanthropist, and harness-horse fancier, of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, business, financial, and legal documents, genealogical data, ship's logs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers, of John Devereux, John H. Devereux, and Henry K. Devereux. Bulk of the collection relates to railroad construction and John H. Devereux's career with several railroads. Includes records (1895-1916) of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and material relating to Henry K. Devereux's interest in trotting horses and harness racing and his activities as an official of several businesses. The collection also documents the role played by the railroad for the Union during the American Civil War. 
 Call #:  MS 2415 
 Extent:  25.0 linear feet (54 containers and 28 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Devereux family. | Logbooks. | Ship's papers. | Railroads -- United States -- Construction. | Railroads -- United States -- Management. | Railroad companies -- United States. | Harness racing -- United States. | Harness racehorses -- United States. | Horse-racing -- United States. | Horses -- United States -- Breeding. | Race horses -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
 
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