(Manuscript Collection #1123)
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Bark Catalpa Collection |
| Creator: | Paul Stevens |
| Repository: | J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 0.02 cubic feet, 1 item. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
February 8, 2008, (unprocessed) 1 item, 57 pages, 0.02 cubic feet; Account book (29 Dec. 1863 - 6 July 1866) kept by Captain Paul Stevens
with the owners of the ship, including accounts for his salary, crews' wages and expenses; provisions, ship chandlers, ship
carpenters, charterers, pilotage, etc., during the ship's voyage to Shanghai, China and Nagasaki, Japan probably from New
York, NY. Manuscript volume. Purchase (Special Manuscript Fund), Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA
Access Restrictions
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Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
Bark Catalpa Collection (#1123), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville,
North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
Purchase (Special Manuscript Fund), Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA
Processing Information
Encoded by Mark Custer, February 13, 2008
Biographical/Historical Note
During the mid-19th century the term bark (barque) referred to any sailing vessel having three (or more) masts, fore-and-aft sails on the aftermost mast and square sails on
all other masts. The Catalpa, a former whaleship, was used in the daring 1875 rescue of Irish Fenians imprisoned in Australia.
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Online Catalog Headings
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Subject Entries
Subject Entries
Stevens, Paul, Captain
Catalpa (Bark)
Account books
Sailors—Salaries, etc.—United States
Catalpa (Bark)
Account books
Sailors—Salaries, etc.—United States