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Portsmouth (U.S.S.) sailing ship |
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Built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1843. 24 gun first-class ship sloop.One of the last navy ships constructed without steam power. Designed by Josiah Barker. Launched on October 23, 1843. Continued in service until 1911, finishing as a training vessel for the New jersey Naval Militia. Retired from the navy 17 April 1915. |
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S0655 - Jesse Walker diary, 1838-1866
Photocopies of diary discussing Walker's activities as a farmer in Rye, New Hampshire; a worker at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the 1840s; and master of the "Sarah" in 1838. Includes accounts relating to goods he shipped to Boston, farmers, and crops. Topics include the Millerites predicting the end of the world, famine in Ireland, Great Comet of 1843, fires in Portsmouth in 1845, crossing the Piscataqua on ice in 1857, drownings, accidents a...
Record Type: Archive