- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 155
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 30
- Abstract:
- Manuscript documents and letters, illustrating the daily life and responsibilities of sea captains in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The collection includes documents relating to Captain Robert Poultney in Jamaica and letters on personal and naval matters addressed to Captain John Wainwright. Also included are descriptions of coastal areas and navigation hazzards, documents relating to obtaining supplies, a ship's newsletter, and a colored map ("Rochfort et les Environs").
- Description:
- Robert Poultney was the captain of the ship Loretta in Jamaica in 1762-1764., John Wainwright of the Royal Navy served in the East Indies and the Mediterranean, fought throughout the Napoleonic Wars, and is remembered for the destruction of the pirate town Ras-al-Kayma while captain of the ship Chiffonne., and In English, with one letter in French.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mediterranean Region and Brittany (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Poultney, Robert., Wainwright, John, Captain., Chiffonne (Ship), Great Britain. Royal Navy, and Loretta (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Officers, Sea life, Aids to navigation, Coasts, Navigation, Seafaring life, Ship captains, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents concerning ship captains and shipping, 1762-circa 1809
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