Yarn by John E. Barstow, master of an unidentified ship in the years 1853 and 1854, pertaining to yellow fever and culmination in a tale about himself and two crew members sailing his ship form New Orleans, La., to Bremen, Germany, with the remainder of the crew incapacitated by the disease

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Title
Yarn by John E. Barstow, master of an unidentified ship in the years 1853 and 1854, pertaining to yellow fever and culmination in a tale about himself and two crew members sailing his ship form New Orleans, La., to Bremen, Germany, with the remainder of the crew incapacitated by the disease
Reference
Coll. 67
Collection
  • Mystic Seaport Museum: John E Barstow Collection
Document Type
  • Memoirs and Narratives
Date
n.d.
Description
9 more pages of reminiscences. Mentions crew of Southern packet ships not being accustomed to warm climates of the Southern States and the the West Indies, crew fear of Yellow Fever and example of Barstow's experience of yellow fever when in charge of a packet ship.
Theme
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Everyday Life at Sea