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Catalog Number |
31636 |
Object Name |
Log, Ship's |
Scope & Content |
1850 Ship's log from the Brig "Tigris" Captain Octavius Howe from Beverly to California leaving 22 August 1850 for the gold fields. In the book "The Argonauts of Forty-nine" (pp 99-106) Octavius T. Howe writes about the sailing of the Tigris bound for San Francisco. "...the Tigress, with a cargo invoiced at $17,419, became a vertiable floating department store stocked with everything the heart of man could desire." The voyage was not a success and the sale of cargo and vessel probably only covered expenses. The log stops on 27 January 1851 - 'Argonaut' author Howe says the vessel took 166 days; my count is 161 days - Captain Howe stopped noting the days at 132. The final voyage is on the Ship Leucathea from Liverpool to Boston, 14 June 1856 - 28 June 1856, Captain O. Howe. The final pages of the log have been used as a scrapbook. There are newspaper clippings of stories and poems, fashionable 19th c ladies, sayings, and pictures - one from "Pretty Poetical Spelling Book". |
Dates of Creation |
1850 - 1851 |
Title |
Log, for the Brig Tigris from Beverly to California |
People |
Howe, Octavius |
Search Terms |
log maritime shipping trade vessel voyage Brig Tigress brig San Francisco California gold gold rush Boston Liverpool 19th century scrapbook |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Accession number |
31636 |
Medium |
paper |
Year Range from |
1850 |
Year Range to |
1851 |