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Diary kept on board fishing smack William A. Wilbur

Title
  1. Diary kept on board fishing smack William A. Wilbur, 1857.
Author
  1. Fitch, William.

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Description
  1. .21 linear foot (1 volume)
Summary
  1. This diary was kept on board the fishing smack "William A. WIlbur" from July 11-30, 1857 by its captain, WIlliam Fitch. Entries describe a cruise in the vicinity of Nantucket, relating incidents on board; fish taken; whales sighted; being lost in fog; methods of preserving fish alive, or packed in ice; hospitality of grandson of Alexander Hamilton when boat ran ashore on Long Island; only coffee and tea being drunk on board and no profane language being used; and eventual berth at Fulton Market. The diary was written in "The American Diary," 1852.
Subject
  1. Fishing boats
  2. Nantucket Island (Mass.)
  3. Diaries
  4. Food > Preservation > History
  5. Fishing > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
  6. Fishers > Diaries
  7. Seafaring life
  8. Fitch, William > Diaries
Genre/Form
  1. Diaries.
Call number
  1. MssCol 4696
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Author
  1. Fitch, William.
Title
  1. Diary kept on board fishing smack William A. Wilbur, 1857.
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 4696
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