(Manuscript Collection #1064)
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | A.M. Handley Journal |
| Creator: | A.M. Handley |
| Repository: | J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 0.06 cubic feet, 1 item. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
March 31, 2006, (unprocessed) 1 item, 0.06 cubic feet; Journal (1/19 - 6/29/1859) of a voyage from Gravesend, England to Calcutta, India
aboard the sailing Ship Bucton Castle, Captain Moorsom, commanding, compiled by a British Army officer in the 19th Regiment,
containing a detailed description of shipboard life including personalities on board, daily activities, an explanation of
the ship's time-keeping, a meeting with the whaling ship Isabella, New Bedford, MA, etc. Purchase (Special Manuscript Fund),
Ten Pound Island Book Company, Gloucester, MA
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
A.M. Handley Journal (#1064), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville,
North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
Purchase (Special Manuscript Fund), Ten Pound Island Book Company, Gloucester, MA
Processing Information
Encoded by Mark Custer, January 4, 2008
Online Catalog Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
Subject Entries
Subject Entries
Handley, A. M.
Great Britain. Army—Officers
Bucton Castle (Sailing ship)
Voyages and travels
Soldiers—Diaries
Sailing ships
Great Britain. Army—Officers
Bucton Castle (Sailing ship)
Voyages and travels
Soldiers—Diaries
Sailing ships
Preliminary Inventory
Below is material taken from a preliminary
inventory and represents content from the collection that is unprocessed.
| Box 1 | |
| Folder a | Includes a drawing and explanation of ship rigging, the name of the author and the dates of the journal, including a breakup of the trip, explanation of latitude and longitude and the meaning of ship’s bells. (1/19/1859) 1 item. 6p. |
| Item | Pen and ink sketch of the H.M.S. Bucton Castle |
| Folder b | Speaks of quarters and what must be set up for him, describes rates for ferrymen to take him ashore. Trip halted due to poor conditions. Traveling with men from the 23rd and 13th Regiment as well. (1/20/1859-1/22/1859) 1 item. 3p. |
| Folder c | Describes how rough weather conditions affect the passengers, mentions several fellow officers (James F. Fraser and Dribery), mention pastimes, describes Walmer and Dover Castle, discuss 1857 murder of Lt. Carroll of the 44th Regiment, describes the backlog of vessels waiting for weather to clear. (1/23/1859-2/3/1859) 1 item. 6 p. |
| Folder d | Describes the Isle of Wight and weather conditions. (2/4/1859-2/5/1859) 1 item. 2 p. |
| Folder e | Describes town of St. Helens from the ship, describes a Dutchman that had obviously collided with another, at anchor. (2/6/1859-2/13/1859) 1 item. 3 p. |
| Folder f | Describes the coast of Dorset, see vessel Plymouth Rock from Calcutta, feelings on leaving England. (2/14/1859-2/18/1859) 1 item. 3 p. |
| Folder g | Bets made on length of the voyage, describe Sunday services, bathing rituals, food they are served, meet with and send bread to French brig D’asas (Mexico to Marsais), see Socrates (Liverpool to Shanghai). (2/19/1859-3/9/1859) 1 item. 9 p. |
| Folder h | Describe killing porpoises for sport, what the porpoises were used for, illness at sea, the whaler Isabella from New Bedford commanded by Capt. Lyons, briefly borrow doctor from immigrant packet Sussex (Melbourne to London), popular books of the time, passenger ship Crimea (Melbourne to New Brunswick, Canada), Julius de Thonanaf (Nantes to Mauritus), describe hunting albatross and cape hens, bolstering matches. (3/10/1859-5/2/1859) 1 item. 38 p. |
| Folder i | Describes the status of Handley’s pay, cape pigeons, Mary Stenhouse (Liverpool to Bombay), storms encountered, fighting with another passenger, musical soiree, Queen Victoria’s birthday celebrations, cricket, dances on deck. (5/3/1859-5/29/1859) 1 item. 33 p. |
| Folder j | Talks of examinations at Burlington House, poor weather, sleeping arrangements in heat, waiting and fighting for a harbor pilot into Calcutta. (5/30/1859-6/20/1859) 1 item. 42 p. |