Ship's Business Log of Brig SS Russia and Barque Archimedes ca. 1846-1869, for Samuel Sweetser, Managing Owner; E.D. Lane, Master by Sweetser, Samuel - 1846

Yarmouth, ME: S. Sweetser, Owner, 1846. 20.8 x 32 cm. Detailed record of expenses of merchant ships owned by Samuel Sweetser-- first, Brig Russia, operating between Yarmouth and Portland, ME; New York; Newport, RI; New Orleans; Norfolk, VA; Matanzas, Cuba; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Baltimore, MD; Vera Cruz, Mexico; New Castle, England; Elsinor, Denmark; Sligo and Galway, Ireland and St. Petersburg, Russia. Ships carried mostly freight, but sometimes passengers, but there are no passenger lists. Accounts include loading potatoes, turnips, milk, eggs, pork and beef for crew, duck for sail repairs, pilot fees, port charges, customs charges, blacksmith charges, watchman fees, laborers, pay to crew, more. Gives an interesting glimpse into the business of two ships, one barque and one brig, plus one page on the Bark Lucy Ellen, all apparently with E.D. Lane as Master. Quarter leather ledger with marbled paper cover. Eighty intact pages contain records in elegant calligraphy, but there are several places where owners must have cut out parts of pages. Very good. . Catalogs: Nautical .