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Journal of U.S.S. Ohio : manuscript
Creator
Title
Journal of U.S.S. Ohio : manuscript / kept by E. O. Carnes.
Production
Mexico ; Cuba ; Brazil ; California ; other places, 1846-1849.
Physical Description
1 volume (circa 190 leaves with additional blanks)
Language
English
Notes
Title from title page.
Housed in a drop-back clamshell box that enclosed the logbook at the time of acquisition by the library.
Associated material: Carnes Family Papers (WA MSS S-3286), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Associated material: Edwin Osgood Carnes Collection, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Between the Covers on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2020.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Edwin Osgood Carnes (1831-1860) was a sailor in the United States Navy. Carnes graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served aboard the U.S.S. Ohio during the Mexican War. He married Sarah Strong Weeks in 1857 and was a lawyer in New York until his death in 1860.
Summary
Autograph manuscript logbook for the U.S.S. Ohio in the hand of Edwin Osgood Carnes, 1846 December-1849 May. Entries record weather conditions, navigation, and daily activities on the ship, including discipline and a court-martial. Early entries describe supplying the ship in Boston, the Ohio's voyage from Boston to Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Governor of Virginia William Smith's visit to the ship. Later entries describe the Ohio's involvement in the Battle of Veracruz in 1847, notably a firsthand account of the battle and the Mexican surrender, a drawing of the U.S.S. Ohio firing on a schooner, and a copy of a letter from Matthew C. Perry about the victory at Veracruz. Carnes also describes voyages to Havana, Cuba; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Valparaíso, Chile; Callao, Peru; Mazatán, Mexico; Guaymas, Mexico; La Paz, Mexico; Monterey, California; and San Francisco, California. Carnes records the desertion of dozens of sailors in California due to the economic prospects of the California Gold Rush, including a verbatim officer's address about discipline which sailors were required to copy to prevent further desertions.
The volume includes nautical charts of the Chesapeake Bay, Veracruz, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, Valparaíso, Mazatán, Monterey, and San Francisco. Also present are drawings of Veracruz, Rio de Janeiro, Clarion Island, and Cabo San Lucas.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 02, 2021
References
Edwin Osgood Carnes, Journal of U.S.S. Ohio. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Edwin Osgood Carnes, Journal of U.S.S. Ohio. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscript maps.
Nautical charts.
Ships' logs.
Occupation
Sailors United States 20th century.
Also listed under
United States. Navy.
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