Dryad logbook
- Title
- Dryad logbook, 1831-1832.
- Author
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. Please for assistance. | FormatMixed material | AccessRequest in advance | Call numberMssCol 845 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- .08 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- This logbook of the British ship of war H.M.S. Dryad contains entries made between February 22, 1831 and August 16, 1832. Commodore John Hays was its commanded and the tender, "Black Joke," was kept by C.W. Otway while the Dryad cruised off the west coast of Africa, touching at Sierra Leone, the Princes' Islands, and Ascension Island. From there, the ship traveled to Spithead, England. There is occasional mention of slaver traders captured by other British ships. Logbook contains two sketches of islands visited.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Ships' logs.
- Sketches.
- Call number
- MssCol 845
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Author
- Dryad (Ship)
- Title
- Dryad logbook, 1831-1832.
- Restricted access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Research call number
- MssCol 845