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A guide to the Magunkook (freighter) logbooks, 1919-21, 1923
HDC0212 (SAFR 16491)  
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  • Title: Magunkook (freighter) logbooks
    Date: 1919-21, 1923
    Identifier/Call Number: HDC0212 (SAFR 16491)
    Creator: Unknown
    Physical Description: 6 items.
    Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
    Building E, Fort Mason
    San Francisco, CA 94123
    Abstract: 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.
    Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
    Language(s): In English.

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    Processing Note

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    Preferred Citation

    [Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC0212 (SAFR 16491), Magunkook (freighter) logbooks, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

    Acquisition Information

    SAFR-00001
    This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

    Historical or Biographical Note

    This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.

    Collection Scope and Content

    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.

    Collection Arrangement

    This collection of six logbooks is arranged chronologically.