Creator:
Iris (Frigate)
Inclusive Dates:
1779- 1780
Abstract:
The Iris was originally the Continental frigate
Hancock before it was captured and renamed by the British in 1777. Log consists
of two sections in a slipcase, "Harbour transactions on board His Majesty's Ship Iris, James Hawker, esq.,
Commander. Edwd. Gould; Aug.[u]st 18th, 1779"; and: "A journal of a voyage from Plymouth to New York."
Type of Material:
Ships' logs.
Subject:
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations.
Harbour transactions on board His Majesty's ship Iris.
Journal of a voyage from Plymouth to New York.
Navigation -- History.
Creator:
Pease, Barzillai, 1773-
Inclusive Dates:
1789- 1826
Abstract:
American seaman, pilot, ship's captain. Journals combining ship's logs and personal diaries concerning Pease's career as a merchant seaman and tenure as Commander of United States Transports on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Ships' logs.
Subject:
United States -- History -- War of 1812.
United States -- History -- Naval, To 1900.
Seamen.
Ship captains.
Military history
New York State
Merchant marine -- Officers.
Merchant mariners.
Navigation -- History.
Pilots and pilotage.
Sealing.
Sailors -- United States.
Ship captains -- United States.
Shipwrecks -- Archival resources.
Whaling -- Archival resources.