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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Log of the Tonquin |
| Reference | Log 1207 |
| Library | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
| Collection | Logbooks |
| Date | Mar 1845 - Feb 1846 |
| Author / Creator | Bridges, Samuel |
| Description | The logbook of the ship Tonquin details a shipping voyage from Boston to Guangzhou, China, Hong Kong, and New York, March 1845-February 1846. The ship’s owners were George R Minot, Frederick H and James B Bradlee, Nathaniel Hooper, and Frederick William Macondray; the master was William G Blackler; the logbook keeper was Samuel Bridges. The ship’s home port was Boston. The logbook includes details of the ship’s cargo, lumber; wounds and injuries suffered by the merchant mariners on board; frequent illness and diseases on board, including malaria (ague), fever and dysentery; details of the ship’s equipment and supplies, specifically provisions; and the naval medicine practiced on board. The logbook continues while in port. |
| Document Type | Logbook, Manuscript |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Transport and Communication |
| Keywords | ship, voyage, sea, seafaring, crew, sailor, sailor's life, captain, officer, vessel, weather, latitude, longitude, navigation, cargo, freight, goods, disease, lumber, supplies, medicine |
| Countries | USA; China |
| Ports | Boston, USA; Hong Kong, China; New York, USA; Guangzhou, China |
| Ships | Tonquin |
| Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue. |
| Copyright | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
