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A guide to the Magunkook (freighter) logbooks, 1919-21, 1923
HDC0212 (SAFR 16491)  
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Description
Magunkook (freighter) logbooks (SAFR 16491, HDC 212) each contain documentation of multiple voyages under different masters. Volume one is dated 1919 and concerns voyages from New York and Bristol for Rotterdam, Savannah and New Orleans under Captains A.C. Keene and M. Woodbury. Details of course, winds, weather, climate and events, including a fire on board at Rotterdam. Volume two is dated 1920 and concerns voyages departing from Buenos Aires for New York and New York for Havana, New Orleans, St. Thomas, Rio de Janeiro and Argentina for the Ward Lines. Volumes three, four and five are dated 1920 to 1921 and concerns voyages from New York to Havana and points south under Captain Woodbury. Volume six is an engine room log dated 1923 for a voyage from New Orleans to San Francisco. The collection is available for research use without restriction.
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This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.
Extent
6 items.
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Availability
This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.