Barkentine Olive Thurlow Purser's Log

This collection contains a logbook (1891-1929) kept by William Hadlock Gooding (b. June 1, 1856, d. September 7, 1936), the purser for the barkentine <emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">Olive Thurlow</emph>. During this time, <emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">Olive Thurlow</emph>, which operated out of Philadelphia, travelled to New York, Boston, Savannah, Washington, Port Royal, Barbadoes, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo. Other entries in the logbook refer to the settling of accounts in Boston by Gooding for his time with the bark <emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">Grace Deering</emph> (1901-1902); and accounts (1906-1909, 1925-1929) related to his life in Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine.