Journal of a voyage from New York to San Francisco aboard the extreme clipper ship Golden Eagle

Manuscript journal by Charles R. Swain, possibly a mate, recording a voyage from New York, around the Horn to San Francisco during a period of 217 days. The captain was Ellsworth A. Luce. Swain records weather, position, ships sighted, sails set, and events on board, during a difficult trip. Bad storms in the Atlantic made for an eighty-five day run to the Horn, followed by an arduous three months to round it. She lost her fore and main yards, had her bulwarks stove, and spent six days under bare poles. By the time she reached Tulcahuano fifteen of her crew were sick or incapacitated and she was desperately short of water. She left a week later and was in San Francisco a month after that. This journal was later used by one John Swain for listing payments made by the Holmes Hole Marine Railway from 1866 to 1875

• 1859-1861

• Swain, Charles R.

1 journal (approximately 150 pages) ; 35 cm

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Binding: Period leather-backed marbled boards

Built in Medford, Massachusetts, and launched on November 9, 1852, the Golden Eagle was an extreme clipper ship of 1121 tons. She made a total of eight voyages from the East Coast around the Horn to San Francisco. In February 1863 the Golden Eagle was captured and burned by the Confederate raider CSS Alabama

Manuscript ship logbook

Title devised by cataloger

• Pacific Ocean

• Golden Eagle (Ship)

• Logbooks
• Manuscripts
• Nineteenth century
• Travel
• Voyages and travels
• Voyages to the Pacific coast

• text

• English

Mms: 991000072419706535

Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages

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2024-07-20