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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Eliza Brock Journal |
| Reference | MSS 220/LOG 136 |
| Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
| Collection | Ships' Logs Collection |
| Date | 21 May 1853 - 25 Jun 1856 |
| Author / Creator | Brock, Eliza S |
| Description | Journal kept by Eliza Brock, the captain's wife, relating to a whaling voyage on board the Lexington. It contains descriptions of the places the vessel stopped at, the duties of the crew, and the author's pastimes while at sea. |
| Document Type | Journal, Logbook, Manuscript |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | whaling, damage, astronomy, death, desertion, health, indigenous peoples, supplies, shipwreck, poem, poetry, missionary, fire, disease, seasickness, homesickness, religion, Christian, ice, seaman duties |
| Countries | USA; Cape Verde; New Zealand; Chile; Brazil |
| Places | Pernambuco; Azores; Hawaii; Tahiti; Falkland Islands; Bermuda; Guam; Shantar Islands |
| Ports | Nantucket, USA; Talcahuano, Chile |
| Company | Perry and McCleave |
| Ships | Lexington, George Washington |
| People | Peter C Brock |
| Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue. |
| Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |
