mss0097_0045.xml Finding aid for Ship's log for the bark Jenny Pitts1862 April 16-1862 November 10 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 January 24) Finding aid encoded 2007 January 24 English Ship's log for the bark Jenny Pitts 1862 April 16-1862 November 10 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/
 Jenny Pitts (Bark) Ship's log for the bark Jenny Pitts1862 April 16-1862 November 10 MSS 097, Item 045 1 v. (ca. 150 p.) ; 21 cm. Partial ship's log kept by a crew member aboard the bark Jenny Pitts describing the voyage from Galway, Ireland, to Chincha Island, Peru, between April 16, 1862, and November 10, 1862. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1955.

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MSS 097, Item 045, Ship's log for the bark Jenny Pitts, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Item 045: Shelved in SPEC MSS 097 Materials Available in Alternative Format

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, January 2007.

 Historical Note

The "barque" [bark] Jenny Pitts, captained by Hiram Hall, traveled from Galway, Ireland, around Cape Horn to Chincha Island, Peru. In Peru the ship took on a cargo of guano to be sold as fertilizer.

The G. W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport has records of registry for the Jenny Pitts from 1858 through 1882.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online. "Chincha Islands." http://www.britannica.com (accessed Jan 24, 2007). Mystic Seaport. "Jenny Pitts (bark)." http://www.mysticseaport.org (accessed March 13, 2007).Additional information derived from the collection.

Scope and Content Note

Partial ship's log kept by a crew member aboard the bark Jenny Pitts describing the voyage from Galway, Ireland, to Chincha Island, Peru, between April 16, 1862, and November 10, 1862. The log primarily contains navigational data, weather reports, and notes about the health of the crew.

The logbook is a bound volume, circa 150 pages, of which 86 pages have ink entries. A partial list of the crew appears under the date November 3, 1862.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Hall, Hiram. Topical Terms Bark (Barque)--19th century--Sources.Logbooks--19th century.Guano industry--Peru--19th century--Sources. Geographic Terms Pacific Area--Commerce--History--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.

 Detailed Contents List 045 Ship's log for the bark Jenny Pitts1862 April 16-1862 November 10

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