Journal, kept by Horatio Nelson Gray, First officer, on board the Ship CHARLOTTE REED of Bath, Me., Silas Weeks, master, for coastwise, West Indies, and trans-Atlantic trading voyages

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Title
Journal, kept by Horatio Nelson Gray, First officer, on board the Ship CHARLOTTE REED of Bath, Me., Silas Weeks, master, for coastwise, West Indies, and trans-Atlantic trading voyages
Reference
Coll. 89
Collection
  • Mystic Seaport Museum: Hotchkiss-Gray Collection
Document Type
  • Diaries, Journals and Logbooks
Date
18 Apr 1850 - 16 Mar 1851
Description
This is a collection of diaries, journals, letterpress copybooks, and logs, kept by Gray, his wife, and her father, Capt. Levi Hotchkiss, of Gloucester, Mass. It also includes logs kept by Hotchkiss on board the ships SHOOTING STAR, JOHN LUND and GRACE DARLING, engaged in the China, India, and South American trade; journals and diaries kept by Emma Gray, aboard the ship HARVARD (1855-1856) before her marriage and the steamer FIRE QUEEN, containing descriptions of China; and logs kept by Horatio Gray aboard the ships CHARLOTTE REED, CRISIS, SOPHIA WALKER, MEDFORD, and JOHN AND ALBERT, bark COSSACK, and brig PENNMAQNON.
Theme
  • Everyday Life at Sea