archives.nypl.org -- Walter H. Thorndike logbook (original) (raw)

Creator

Walter H. Thorndike (Ship)

Call number

MssCol 3214

Physical description

.04 linear feet (1 volume)

Preferred Citation

Walter H. Thorndike logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives Division

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This logbook was kept on board the Walter H. Thorndike, a merchant ship out of Rockland, Maine, between July 8, 1867 and May 3, 1868 during trips between Rockland, the Delaware breakwater, Philadelphia, Salem, New York, Jamaica, and Cuba. The ship carried cargoes of granite, lumber, and other items