Volume 2-3
Contains 2 Results:
Log book, 1896-1897 Digital
This log book is a continuation of vol. 1 and is kept between Aug. 1, 1896 and June 30, 1897 while wintering at Herschel Island. Capt. George B. Leavitt gave the Mary D. Hume to Captain William Hegarty and on Sept. 4, 1896 took charge of the Steamer Newport. After spending the winter of 1896 in the Arctic quarters, the Mary D. Hume was still at Herschel Island when the log ends on June 30, 1897.
Log book, 1896-1898 Digital
This log book contains entries for two separate voyages. The first, kept by William F. Macomber, mate of the Steamer Thrasher, which left San Francisco for the Arctic Ocean on March 3, 1896 with Captain Bernard Cogan at the helm. The log details ice navigation. The second entry details a voyage taken by the Thrasher from the Arctic to San Francisco October 16, 1898-November 8, 1898.