mss0097_0022.xml Finding aid for Ship's log for the snow Susana1799 December 21-1800 March 20 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 February 19) Finding aid encoded 2007 February 19 English Ship's log for the snow Susana1799 December 21-1800 March 20 Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Dodds, George, fl. 1799-1800. Ship's log for the snow Susana1799 December 21-1800 March 20 MSS 097, Item 022 1 v. (ca. 40 p.) ; 36 cm. Ship's log kept by George Dodds [Dods] aboard the snow Susana documenting the voyage from Newport, Rhode Island, to Havana, Cuba, from December 21, 1799, to March 20, 1800. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1956.

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MSS 097, Item 022, George Dodds, Ship's Log for the snow Susana, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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A digitized copy of the journal is available at the University of Delaware Digital Institutional Repository.

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Processed and encoded by Norieta Hagerty, February 2007.

 Historical Note

George Dodds was a crewman on the snow Susana for the shipping voyage from Newport, Rhode Island, to Havana, Cuba, from December 21, 1799, to March 20, 1800. The captain of the vessel was Captain Aminton and the cargo was box tops and bottoms.

A snow (pronounced snoo) is a type of merchant vessel with a mast, a foremast and a trysail mast behind the main mast.

"Snow." Oxford English Dictionary. http://dictionary.oed.com (accessed February 19, 2007). Additional information derived from the collection.

Scope and Content Note

This volume documents the merchant voyage of the snow Susana on the voyage from Newport, Rhode Island, to Havana, Cuba, from December 21, 1799, to March 20, 1800. The journal is one volume, circa 40 pages with entries in ink that contain navigational data, weather reports, and information about crew duties for the journey. The last few pages also include six pages of personal accounts of work and expenses.

The log is handmade with 10 handsewn folds in heavy paper covers. The cover title is "George Dodds: Day Book for the year 1802 July 6th," however, this title only refers to the ledger portions of the book. The entries for the log book of the Susana have a title page that states, "George Dods [Dodds] his Book: Shipt [sic] on Bord [sic] of the Sno [sic] Susana Capt Aminton Commander Bound to the Havana 10th of Decamber [sic] 1799."

 Selected Search Terms Corporate Names Susana (Snow) Topical Terms Logbooks--19th century. Seafaring life--19th century--Sources.Shipping--Cuba--Havana--19th century--Sources.Shipping--New England--19th century--Sources. Snows (Sailing ships)--19th century--Sources.Square-riggers--19th century--Sources. Form/Genre Terms Ships' logs. Occupation Merchant mariners. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 097 Diaries, Journals, and Ships' Logs collection.

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