Accompanied by a folder of newspaper clippings, drawings, labels, and other ephemeral items dating between 1858 and 1897, which were received with the diary. and Bound manuscript diary ([275] pages) which begins on March 18, 1879, as Benson leaves Boston for Madagascar and Zanzibar. He arrives in Tamature (Toamasina), Madagascar, in mid-June 1879, spends a month in port, and then two weeks in Zanzibar. After stopping at Saint Helena, the Glide returns to Boston on December 5, and sails again for Zanzibar on December 29. Benson is still at sea when he ends the volume on June 19, 1880, writing that he "shall continue the journal in another book Called The 'Homeward Bound.'" Benson routinely notes the vessel's coordinates and number of days away from home; the weather conditions; all shipboard tasks, activities, and visitors; and the physical ailments suffered by crewmembers, to whom he administers medical treatments. He is also highly introspective and records his personal thoughts and feelings, including those about his wife Margaret Jenny Benson (d. 1921). The diary contains images of women and children which were clipped from periodicals and glued and tipped-in inside covers and on pages throughout; several pieces of paper with manuscript notes are laid in. The final pages of the volume hold lists of items and payments received from the ship's captain, and of provisions on board and to be acquired at ports on route.
Description:
Charles Benson (1830-1881) was an African American sailor serving as steward on the bark Glide, a merchant ship carrying bales of cotton goods to Madagascar and Zanzibar, and picking up rubber there. For further information on Benson and his diaries see Michael Sokolow, Charles Benson: mariner of color in the age of sail ( 2003)., In English., and Purchased from Bray Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
Madagascar--Commerce--United States, United States--Commerce--Madagascar, United States--Commerce--Tanzania--Zanzibar, and Zanzibar--Commerce--United States
Subject (Name):
Glide (Bark)
Subject (Topic):
African American sailors--Massachusetts--Salem, Merchant ships--United States, Sailors--Medical care, and Seafaring life
Forms part of Komonjo harimaze byōbu. For a description of the collection, search by call number: YAJ 2.12-2.13., Fourth manuscript on right-hand screen of original "Komonjo harimaze byōbu." Letter from Yūsai, a jūgishi (the lead monk in temple ceremonies)., In Japanese., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ac3.
Subject (Geographic):
Japan--History--1185-1868--Sources
Subject (Topic):
Japanese manuscripts and Yale Association of Japan Collection
Ko mon-zho hari-maze byo-bu [28 original documents between 1192-1747, pasted upon screens.]
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript, in an unidentified hand.
Alternative Title:
[Komonjo harimaze byōbu], Komonjo harimaze byōbu., and 春日社安居坊再建寄附申状断簡.
Description:
First manuscript on left-hand screen of original "Komonjo harimaze byōbu." Fragment of a petition by an unknown author., Forms part of Komonjo harimaze byōbu. For a description of the collection, search by call number: YAJ 2.12-2.13., In Japanese., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ac3.
Subject (Geographic):
Japan--History--1185-1868--Sources
Subject (Topic):
Japanese manuscripts and Yale Association of Japan Collection
Ko mon-zho hari-maze byo-bu [28 original documents between 1192-1747, pasted upon screens.]
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript certification issued by Kenjin, the former head priest of Daigoji, in an unidentified hand. The original manuscripts dated Kenchō shichinen jūichigatsu jūrokunichi [Nov. 16, 1255]. First manuscript on right-hand screen of original "Komonjo harimaze byōbu." and Manuscript certification issued by 憲深, the former head priest of 醍醐寺, in an unidentified hand. The original manuscripts dated 建長七年十一月十六日 [Nov. 16, 1255]. First manuscript on right-hand screen of original "Komonjo harimaze byōbu."
Alternative Title:
[Komonjo harimaze byōbu], Kenjin denpō kanjō injin an, Komonjo harimaze byōbu., and 憲深伝法灌頂印信案, 1255 November 16.
Description:
Forms part of Komonjo harimaze byōbu. For a description of the collection, search by call number: YAJ 2.12-2.13., In Japanese., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ac3.
Subject (Geographic):
Japan--History--1185-1868--Sources
Subject (Name):
Daigoji (Kyoto, Japan)--History--Sources, Kenjin,--1192-1263, and 憲深,--1192-1263
Subject (Topic):
Japanese manuscripts and Yale Association of Japan Collection
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 9th of Nisan, 5665 (1905) at Dameśeḳ. The text is written within an arched gilded border in the bottom half of the document. Above it and on both sides are painted large vases with flowers an
Alternative Title:
כתובה : דמשק, סוריה, 5665 ניסן 9.
Description:
Bride: Ester ha-mitḳaret Tirah bat ha-manoaḥ Nibtsah Eliyah., Bridegroom: Raḥamim ben Yosef Bukaʻi., and Witnesses: Yaakov Yosef Harari and one other.
Subject (Geographic):
Damascus (Syria)--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Buqqaʻi, Raḥamim ben Yosef, Ester bat Nibtsah Eliyah, אסתר בת ניבצאל אליה, and בוקאעי, רחמים בן יוסף
Subject (Topic):
Antenuptial contracts (Jewish law) and Ketubah--Syria--Damascus
