Place of Origin

United States

Date of Composition

1861-1871

Description

This log of the bark E. H. Yarrington, commanded by Joseph Gorham, was kept during two transatlantic trading Voyages, from 17 August 1861 to 20 December 1862. The book was later recycled and used for accounts, poems, recipes, and Hebrew exercises.

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