James Andrews Seaman's Journal and Notebook
Scope and Content Note
Includes a journal of voyages in 1817-1819 on the ship Osprey commanded by Stephan Brown. One of the voyages was from Salem to Canton, China and back. Includes also a linen-covered journal with questions and answers of a mathematical nature: salary, measurements, geometric problems, trigonometry, and sailing as well as methods for keeping a ship's log.
Dates
- circa 1813-circa 1819
Creator
- Andrews, James, 1790-1865 (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
James Andrews was a seaman.
Extent
2 Folders (2 ledgers ; 34 cm)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Includes a journal of voyages in 1817-1819 on the ship Osprey commanded by Stephan Brown. One of the voyages was from Salem to Canton, China and back. Includes also a linen-covered journal with questions and answers of a mathematical nature: salary, measurements, geometric problems, trigonometry, and sailing as well as methods for keeping a ship's log.
Other Finding Aids
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Clinton A. Woodward (nee Louise Andrews) of Guilford, Maine in 1969.
- Ledgers (Account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mathematics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Notebooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Osprey (Ship)
- Ships' logs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the James Andrews Seaman's Journal and Notebook
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
