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Description

1. 1 v. (36 tipped-in leaves) : 32 ill. (watercolor drawings); 36 cm.

Summary

1. Meyers' illustrated diary (17 Oct. 1838-4 Mar. 1839) records his voyages from: Philadelphia to Baltimore and Cuba (with visits to Xibara and Santiago de Cuba) on the schooner Ajax; Santiago de Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas, as master of the brig Lucy; and Nassau to New York as a passenger on the brig Victress, noting his later return to Philadelphia.

Subject

1. Meyers, William H., 1815-
2. Cuba > Description and travel > 19th century
3. Victress (Brig)
4. Diaries
5. Ship captains > United States
6. Yellow fever
7. Baltimore (Md.) > Description and travel > 19th century
8. Merchant mariners > United States
9. Nassau (Bahamas) > Description and travel > 19th century
10. Lucy (Brig)
11. Ships' logs
12. Watercolors
13. Plantations > Cuba > 19th century
14. Ajax (Schooner)
15. Slavery > Cuba > 19th century

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Ships' logs.
3. Watercolors.

Call number

1. MssCol 1986

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;
2. Microfilm and digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.

Additional formats (note)

1. Available on microfilm;
2. also available as digital images.

Biography (note)

1. William H. Meyers (b. 1815), a native of Philadelphia, sailed on merchant vessels, worked at the U.S. Naval Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and served as a gunner in the U.S. Navy.

Publications (note)

1. Walton, Terry. "A Not-So-Ordinary Seaman : Intimate pages from the Diary of William H. Meyers, on board and ashore, 1838-39." Seaport : The magazine of South Street Seaport Museum (Summer 1979): 22-27.

Author

1. Meyers, William H., 1815-

Title

1. William H. Meyers diary, 1838-1839.

Additional formats

1. Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-219
2. Illustrations also available as digital images.

Access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
2. Microfilm and digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.

Biography

1. William H. Meyers (b. 1815), a native of Philadelphia, sailed on merchant vessels, worked at the U.S. Naval Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and served as a gunner in the U.S. Navy.

Publications

1. Walton, Terry. "A Not-So-Ordinary Seaman : Intimate pages from the Diary of William H. Meyers, on board and ashore, 1838-39." Seaport : The magazine of South Street Seaport Museum (Summer 1979): 22-27.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Occupation

1. Merchant mariners United States.
2. Ship captains United States.

Research call number

1. MssCol 1986