Research Catalog

Title

William H. Meyers diary, 1838-1839.

Author

Meyers, William H., 1815-

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Details

Description

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

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Meyers, William H., 1815-
• Cuba > Description and travel > 19th century
• Victress (Brig)
• Diaries
• Ship captains > United States
• Yellow fever
• Baltimore (Md.) > Description and travel > 19th century
• Merchant mariners > United States
• Nassau (Bahamas) > Description and travel > 19th century
• Lucy (Brig)
• Ships' logs
• Watercolors
• Plantations > Cuba > 19th century
• Ajax (Schooner)
• Slavery > Cuba > 19th century

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Ships' logs.
• Watercolors.

Access (note)

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

Additional Formats (note)

• Available on microfilm;
• also available as digital images.

Biography (note)

• 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)

• 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.

Call Number

MssCol 1986

Author

Meyers, William H., 1815-

Title

William H. Meyers diary, 1838-1839.

Additional Formats

Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-219

Illustrations also available as digital images.

Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Microfilm and digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.

Biography

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

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.

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Occupation

Merchant mariners United States.

Ship captains United States.

Research Call Number

MssCol 1986