Item is a journal kept by Captain John Harris (c. 1775-1825) during a voyage on the sloop 'Dart,' commencing May 22, 1813. Harris also used the journal during two 1815 voyages on other vessels. He recorded occurrences on board the boat 'Prince Regent' during a trip from Annapolis towards Halifax in August 1815. He also recorded occurrences on board the schooner 'Laurence' during a trip from Annapolis towards Barbados in 1815.
Item is a journal kept by Captain John Harris (c. 1775-1825) during a voyage from Annapolis to Barbados on board the schooner 'Mary', commencing October 27, 1818. Harris also used the journal to record occurrences and work in Clements, N.S., between March 1819 and September 1823.
Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side. The photograph was taken inside the south gate of the dockyard.
File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.
Item consists of typed correspondence sent from the Registrar of General Shipping, London, likely to Roy Laurence, dated January 23, 1937, discussing the death of Harry Croker. Item also includes ship discharge information. Item is "Enclosure 7" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.
File contains a letter from Joseph Howe to D.O.C. Madden of Arichat, Nova Scotia, written on 10 August 1849. The letter discusses a petition from Peter Furrier, Master of the Brig Superb, to have his vessel released from quarantine.
Item consists of typed research notes about the Mary Celeste and the Dewis family, written by Robert Dewis, transcribed in 1950 by R.L. Dewis, and collected by Irving Deale. Dewis was the son of Joshua Dewis, owner of the Mary Celeste.
Item consists of a facsimile of handwritten research notes drafted in 1953 by R.L. Dewis (and collected by Irving Deale), about the early history of the Mary Celeste (then known as the Amazon).
Item consists of typed research notes collected by Irving Deale, and written by unknown persons likely in the 1960s, giving a brief outline on the history of the Mary Celeste.
Item consists of a facsimile of a passage from J. Alphonse Deveau's 1968 book "La ville francaise" related to the mystery of the Mary Celeste, with an accompanying English translation (likely undertaken by Irving Deale).
Item consists of selections from a transcript of a discussion between Irving Deale and Stephen Orr (of Rexton, NB) on October 28, 1973, related to the Mary Celeste.
Collection contains correspondence related to Mary Celeste research in 1973, between Irving Deale and Ernest Dodge, Joseph Howerton, J.S. Harley, Audrey Logie, Stephen Orr, John Lochhead, Keith Matthews, Milton Gustafson, Valerie Simpson, H.M. Puddington, C.P. Lambert, Felix Pizzarello, George Orr, C. MacKinnon, Caroline Jarvis, Sandra Hopkins, and others.
Item consists of a facsimile of the original December 18, 1872 court document regarding the mystery of the Mary Celeste, undertaken at the Vice Admiralty Court of Gibraltar, before Sir James Cochrane Knight, Judge and Commissary, and collected in the 1970s by Irving Deale.
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![The famous mystery ship, Mary Celeste : [research notes]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/3/4/b/34ba5916e69fdccaf460cf99f4bb99cbc1bca06a64459e8c65173618e7a71a53/d73dfa9c-4fd0-4d2e-aada-bf3c39ad8660-MS-2-518_1_1_4_142.jpg)
![The mystery of the Marie Celeste : [manuscript]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/3/4/4/3442403189e7f311e841417d583ba96eaa356fb4b5e5b96db1ac6a890e822b4e/8dc3af35-411b-4351-8964-91996270852b-MS-2-518_1_1_3_142.jpg)
