Log book of the Cossack, 1928-1937

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1928-1937

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-K-202; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Bound, Box 9

GUSN

GUSN-361254

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Description

A log book for a yacht called the Cossack dated 1928-1937. Contains 149 pages, of which 95 are blank. Entries document the travels of the Cossack during the summer months between different harbors and islands in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Entries written in multiple hands. Twelve receipts and one note are found within the front cover.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ships' logs
yachts
ships
travel
summer (season)
receipts (financial records)
cruises
cruise ships
vacations
weather
ships' logs

Physical Descrption

1 logbook ; 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Collection Code

MS029

Collection Name

Miscellaneous manuscript collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

MS029.002.033

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Steve Desroches, 2019

Places

Nantucket (Nantucket Island, Nantucket county, Massachusetts)
Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]
Woods Hole (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Falmouth (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Noank (New London county, Connecticut)
Newport county (Rhode Island) [county]
Provincetown (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Norwalk (Fairfield county, Connecticut)
New London (New London county, Connecticut)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Bridgeport (Fairfield county, Connecticut)
Madison (New Haven county, Connecticut)
Block Island Sound (United States) [bay]
Edgartown Harbor (Dukes county, Massachusetts) [harbor]
Dutch Island Harbor (Newport county, Rhode Island) [bay]
Mount Desert Island (Hancock county, Maine) [island]

Record Details

Material Type

ships' logs

Subjects

Ship
Travel

Restrictions

In poor condition; handle with care. Front and back cover stained. Spine of book no longer present. Staining on pages throughout.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HAV-01-403-Z-K-202; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Bound, Box 9

Language Note

Materials are entirely in English.

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