Book, Record

Name/Title

Book, Record

Entry/Object ID

1111.602.0004

Scope and Content

Originally cataloged 06/10/1992 by MF 3" x 6.75" leather covered notebook. Leather in very bad condition. It is an account book apparently keeping the financial records of a shipmaster. It records when men came on board, money advanced to them, what they owed for tobacco, etc. There are also records of expenses of the vessel. Dates from 1880 to 1883 The donor identifies this as the account book of Capt. Charles F. Dodge, Captain of the schooner Gen. Adelbert Ames