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Details

Additional authors

1. Squib, Whiskerando.

Description

1. .19 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

1. This logbook was kept on board the H.M.S. Niemen, a British ship of war captained by S. Pym, from May 6, 1812 through May 5, 1814 by Lieutenant Charles Tindal. The ship traveled from the Basque Roads to Cherbourg, Lisbon, Portsmouth, St. Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, Bermuda, Halifax, the Delaware Bay (patrolling), Halifax, Jamaica, Bermuda, and back to England. Entries include observations, mentions of ships captured, and other information, a view of the Delaware coast, list of ships captured in Rehoboth Bay, Delaware and Egg Harbor, New Jersey, as well as specie taken from Bermuda to England.

Subject

1. Egg Harbor (N.J. : Township)
2. Jamaica
3. Logbooks
4. Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
5. Portsmouth (England)
6. Cherbourg (France)
7. Halifax (N.S.)
8. Lisbon (Portugal)
9. Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.) > Pictorial works
10. United States > History > War of 1812
11. Ships' logs
12. Great Britain > Royal Navy > History > War of 1812
13. Rehoboth Bay (Del.)
14. Money
15. Pym, S
16. Saint Helena
17. Bermuda Islands

Genre/Form

1. Ships' logs.

Call number

1. MssCol 1270

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Author

1. H.M.S. Niemen.

Title

1. H.M.S. Niemen logbook, 1812-1815.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Added author

1. Squib, Whiskerando.

Research call number

1. MssCol 1270