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(left) U. S. S. Wabash shown here in Boston Navy Yard as a "receiving ship," one that remains anchored and is used for training recruits, such as Forest Evans. Above, the U. S. S. Buffalo, right is U. S. S. Hartford as painted during the Civil War. This is the Hartford of New Orleans and Mobile Bay.

U. S. Navy, U. S. S. Hartford, U. S. S. Wabash, U. S. S. Buffalo, Barbados, Trinidad, Laconia NH. This is a journal kept by several men who deserted from the U. S. S. Hartford, January 26, 1901, while on liberty when the ship docked at Barbados, British West Indies. At least two men left the ship not to return, James Connelly, from New York City and Forrest L Evans, Laconia, NH. The diary was acquired in Laconia, NH. Through prior arrangement they met up with a few more sailors from the ship and met others by surprise. Finally 15 men are listed as deserters from the Hartford. We say several men kept the journal; there is different handwriting and writing styles in the journal, often on the same pages. Without knowing for sure, we think most of the writing is by Connally and Evans. The journal begins the first week in January when the men are transferred from the U. S. S. Buffalo to the Hartford. It was on the Buffalo that the desertion was originally conceived, but it was on the Hartford where it was carried out.

Below is a brief time line written by Forest L. Evans in the journal from enlistment to his return to New York City, and further travel to his home in Laconia, N. H.

The journal begins in the first week of January, 1901, aboard the Buffalo. A group of Sailors are transferred to the Hartford and we start sensing what is coming. On January 20 Evans sells his sea boots and other gear he won't be needing. Comes landfall in Barbadoes, Evans and Connelly are paid off and they go on liberty. They buy civilian clothes and sleep on the beach. Their only further contact with the ship was when they were nearly scooped up by four policemen and a party of officers from the Hartford. They are hidden by blacks who have taken them in, but they start starving because their new friends are too poor to sustain them. We start off with Connelly and Evans, than more men are dropped into the narrative with no indication of how they arrived. We have slightly edited a few salty phrases, not so much for the reader, but to pass eBay's decency muster. There is much, much more to the journal than we present here.

Inside Cover 1.

Stationer's Stamp:

J. F. Harriman
Dealer in Books,
Stationary
and Fancy Goods
506 Main Street
Laconia N. H.

Forest L. (Evans - Scribble)

James F. Connelly

No. 334 14th St.
New York City
May 27, 1901

Inside cover 2.

(Four used postage stamps)
British Guiana 2 cents
Barbados, one farthing,
British Guiana 2 cents
Barbados, one Penny
Last stamp superimposed on a series of nos.

Different handwriting purple ink:

Forest L Evans
La Paria
Trinadad,
B. W. I.

Olive Thurlow

The above inscription is superimposed on:

James F. Connelly
No. 334 14th St.
New York City
May 27, 1901

3/8 right and lest (indecipherable)

3/8 (indecipherable) 8" long

Page 3

Sunday May 26, 1901 (out of time line)

on the sea about 5 days from New York. Steady breeze all day, making about 5 knots. Expect to reach New York Thursday 8 hours in tonight.

Page 4 Calendar 1901

Several pages of almanac information.

Tues. Jan. 1, 1901

It's hot today. Did a little washing and made a lot of clothes slops.

Wednesday 2

Left Trinidad tonight at six o'clock. Did some washing. Today Campbell was sent from cooking to ships waiter.

Thursday 3

Had bag inspection then signed for accounts. Had a balance of $66.30 due me. Found my (indecipherable.) Arrived at Lagueria at 6.30

Fri. Jan. 4, 1901

Got up at 5.30. Lashed our bags and hammocks together and at 4.30 were transferred to U.S.S. Hartford.

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Maritime Documents, Salem, Mass., c. 1840s

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Maritime Documents, Baring Brothers Receipt for £500 for voyage of ship Sooloo, Master Samuel Very, Jr. On a continuation from its voyage from Salem, MA, from Liverpool, UK, to Batavia (now Djakarta) and Manilla, plus two supporting documents. The Painting below is not part of this offering and is displayed for illustrative purposes only. Document 1, 5 1/2"x 10 3/4", Document 2, 4"x7 1/4", Document 3, 3 1/4"x8 1/4".

Watercolor 18 3/4 x 25 1/4 in., signed: Fece Domenico Gavarrone Genova, li 25 Juglio 1848. Built 1840, Salem, Mass., 440 tons. Stone, Silsbee, & Pickman, merchants and ship owners. See below for interpretation of the ship's flags and movements.

Baring Brothers of London loaned money to the owners of the ship Sooloo, out of Salem, Mass., so they could take advantage of any opportunities that might arise on her voyage from Liverpool to Batavia (Djakarta) and Manilla, or play the money markets, trading gold $$ to advantage. The Captain was Samuel Very, Jr., one of the legendary old China trade hands. Baring Brothers House of Lombard Street, London was a mainstay of world trade during the 19th century, only to be brought down in the last third of the 20th century by the disasterous trades of a relatively junior employee in Asia, Manila, we believe.

To Sum up; this offering is for the three documents pictured above. The third document is pictured front and back. with two images of the back. We know this presentation is complex and we welcome questions.

The five flags on the mizzen mast make up a "private signal" which IDs the vessel, sort of like a license plate on a car. These read (top to bottom) "2, H, J ?, P." Usually these private signal hoists come in groups of 4 and #4 in the sequence is a mystery to us, perhaps a courtesy banner relating to the port of Genoa, but it is in an odd place for that. The "House Flag" atop the main mast is that of the partnership Stone, Silsbee, & Pickman, Salem Mass.

It (the house flag) is flown correctly here with the blue triangle's apex at the hoist. Atop the foremast is a flag that matches the canton of the American flag of the period flying at the gaff of the mizzen mast. This also poses a bit of a mystery. Today the practice would be that flag would be flown on a bow staff, and only on a Sunday, holiday or special occasion, often with the ship dressed in its full suite of flags - but, never when the ship is underway. So, it is odd because this ship is underway, though minimally. There is just a hint of bow wave and the lower and upper suits of sails are reefed. The mid suit are "backed," indicating some sort of a slow speed maneuver. We don't know if the vessel is under control of a Genovese pilot and there is no indication of a tow. She is approaching the harbor with what may be a mole or breakwater (upper right) terminating in a lighthouse. Some of what we call mysteries may be simply artistic license.

This is a group of Camp Fire Girl items found in a barn at the home of a woman who was a Camp Fire Girls' "Guardian." Included is an application for a prospective Camp Fire Girl's Guardian, c. 1915, "The Constitution and By-Laws of the Camp Fire Girls," 1915, a photo of six Camp Fire Girl's and their Guardian, first names of back c. 1920s, , "Annual Report, Through the Year with The Camp Fire Girls," 1924, and "Everygirl's. The Magazine of the Camp Fire Girls, October, 1924 (light stain at top, Vertical fold crease from mailing).

Newburyport, Massachusetts Militia Annual Return, 1840, 8 pages, 4 - 6 1/2"x16", 4 - 6 1/2"x 12".

Annual Return of the names of all persons enrolled in the militia, 4th battalion, 2nd Division, in the town of Newburyport for the year 1840. The Whole Number of Persons Enrolled is Five hundred and fifty Four - 554. Of the eight pages, four have been trimmed (see dimensions, above) with loss of content on only one page. Of the 554 men supposed to be named on the Return, 21 names are missing. We have taken the time to list all of the names that appear on the Return below. We thought it would be a resource for people tracing their genealogy. Errors were undoubtedly made in the spelling of names when the Return was originally written and we are sure that we have also made errors. We would be very pleased if anyone who is aware of errors would send us corrections.

These militia units were largely social gatherings where war could be played at. The musters were often held near taverns or a short march away and the tavern keeper was usually expected to serve a first round on the house. The Mexican War showed up the militia system's deficiencies and they largely died out. That meant that when the Civil War broke out the only organized force fielded by the North were Regular Army units that were considerably reduced as Southerners rallied to the CSA flag. In the South, however, the militia system was more serious and formed the framework that became the various CSA Armies.

True Choate, Alfred Pilsbury, Ebenezer Whitmore, Stephen Choate, James Choate,
William Choate, John N. Tewkesbury, Rufus Creasey, Ezekiel Choate, Abraham Somerby,
William A. Cheney, Jeremiah Carter, Charles Emery,Nathan B. Blake, John B. Blake,
Edward Toppan, Jr., Oliver M. Akerman ,Joseph Akerman, John N. Pike, Emery Coffin
John Hoyt, Joseph Roberts, William Toppan, Jr., Amos Wood, Henry Merrill, Jr.,
John Pearson, III, Jonathan Martin , Albert Currier, Moses Quimby, Joseph Patch, Jr.,
Lewis Gilman, Samuel Sargent, Jeremiah Porter, Samuel Porter, Joseph J. Lunt,
Thomas Atwood, John L. Brown, John B. Atwood, Pottle Richardson, Jr.,
William Goodhue, Charles Smith, Jr., Thomas Grady, James Merrill, Jr., John Merrill, Jr.
George W. Wood, Edward Parker, Josiah W. C. Pike, Ebenezer Griffin, Ezekial G. Whittier
James L. Barker, Ephraim Eastman, Samuel P. Gurney, Jacob Hale, Joseph Bayley
Cyrus Moore, Owen Moore, Amos C. Toppan, Nathaniel I. Jackson, William Ashby, III
Thomas H. Cutter, Joseph B. Creasey, Rufus Wasgatt, Jr., Daniel Wasgatt, Micajah S. Read,
Joseph Rossiter, James Follansbee, David C. Ashe, Charles Ash, William O. Toppan,
Joshua Lane, William B. Johnson , John Bailey, Jr., Jonathan Moores , Thomas Hodgdo,
James A. Clarkson, John Akin, Thomas Akin, Samuel M. Pike, Zebulon Brow,
James Young, Jr., John G. Dennis, Green Dennis, Thomas Choate, Jr., George Towle,
Henry Chapman, Luther C. Merrill, William Stover, Samuel F. Towle, Anthony F. Towle,
Nathan Towle, Thomas Towle, Daniel H. Cutler, William Cutler, Ebenezer G. Haines,
William T. Anderson, David J. Merrill, William Merrill, William Batchelder, Thomas L. Batchelder,
Hiram A. Tenney, Ebinezer Sumner, Samuel Woodbury, John N. Bradbury, William Orne,
Nathaniel Perkins, Solomon Littlefield, Hiram Canney, Jerome Canney, Alvah Canney,
Zane Worthey Sargent, William Adams Jr., Jonathan Leighton, Zebulon Titcomb, Jr,
John T. Page, Nehimiah A Bray, Stephan E. Cutter, William C. Randall, Joseph Johnson,
Moses Ross, William P. Johnson, Richard Johnson, Ebenezer L. Pearson, Jabez L. Pearson,
Parker Roberts, Samuel Brown, Nathaniel Sargent, James L. Lattimie, Henry P. Sargent,
Samuel Swain, Lowell Titcomb, Cornelius Pearson, Jonathan Lovering, Henry Page,
Henry A. Bartlet, Luther Davis, Joseph F. Flanders, Thomas Titcomb, Robert Rogers,
John Newman, Daniel Lakeman, Albert G. Maxwell, Benjamin Henderson, Joseph Cooper, Jr.,
Charles Bartlet, Augustus Pearson, Michael Morse, Caleb P. David, Benjamin C. Emerton,
Gilman Edgerly, Michael Atkinson, Thomas Houghind, William B. Morss, Charles Gerrish, J.,
Joseph Littlefield, John G.. Gurney, Horace Bickford, Samuel Walton, James P. Frothingham,
George Griffin, Frederick Griffin, Abner Lowell, Abriel Hodgdon, George Lunt, Jr.,
Richrd P. Morss, Charles H. Johnson, Edward S. Mosely, John L. Lord, John M. Cooper,
Charles Cooper, Charles Henderson, David E. Cutter, Johm Raynes, Jr,.Stephin Caldwell,
John Horton, Jr., Joseph B. Williams, Samuel G. Robinson (scratched out), George W. Hills
Joseph M. Titcomb, Rufus Spalding, Thomas D. Lawson, James Pendergast,
John B. Sylvester, William G. Wells, William O. Smith, Daniel A. Smith,
Henry Stockman, Moses Stockman, Edward Dearborn, David E. Coleman,
Daniel Silloway, James M. Cooper, Samuel Church, Moses Dodge, Nathaniel D. Plumer,
Andrew F. Howard, Charles French, David B. Jaques, William Gidlow, William Packer,
William H. Brewster, Samuel L. Blake, Edwin Currier, William G. Bartlett, Simon Jordon,
Samuel W. Jackman, Samuel K. Gilman, Thomas E. Pressey, John B. Kelsey, John B. Gough,
Nathaniel Hunt, Henry Lunt, Henry Moody, Moses Pearson, David B. Moody,
Anthony Knapp, Caleb Woodbury, Moody Kimball, Joseph T. Magowen, Amos Currier,
Ralph C. Huse, William Pritchard, Ebenezer S. Tucker, Joseph L.Toppan, Jonathan Tarr,
Richard Plumer, Samual Lunt, Otis G. Stanwood, Samuel L. Appeton, Moses Davenport, Jr.,
Adams Knight, John Akerman, Jr., Peter Fenimore, Philip W. Remick, Charles L. Huse,
Rueben S. Curtis, Joseph Dean, George Norton, William Tucker, Jr., George Witherall,
George M. Geary, Joseph A. Griffen, Joseph E. Holbrook, George A. Pike, John Orn, Jr.,
Richard Adams, Samuel E. Howe, Philip H. Blumpy, Daniel Moulton, William Pearson,
Charles Knapp, Anthony Davenport, Jr., Enoch Osgood, Jr., Timothy Young,
Samuel I. Cheever, Hiram Tuttle, William W. Merrill, William L. Merrill, Joseph Lunt, Jr.,
Beniah B, Titcomb, Thomas E. Currier, Thomas Knapp, Daniel Woodman,
Joseph Toppan, Jr., Samuel Todd, William E. Morrill, George W. Stanwood,
Robert M. Mason, William B. Porter, Charles H. Porter, Jr., John Talbot,
Daniel D. Akerman, Paul Johnson, Gideon W. Hunt, George H. Huse, Charles Marsh,
Friend Moody Kezer, Moses B. Wheeler, Jesse Gunnison, David Currier,
Thomas Patten, Jr., Benjamin Davis, Jr., William L. Patten, Daniel H. Knight,
John W. Young, Ebenezer N. Bradley, Charles H. Porter, Nathan Poor,
Ebenezer, S. Merrill, Amos S. Follansbee, Isaac Titcomb, Moses Teel,
Jonathan Kittredge, Samuel Kezer, Daniel W. Bayley, Thomas G. Dodge, Joseph Greenleaf,
Daniel Lunt, Edward N. Shaw, Samuel E. Shaw, Benjamin R. Knapp,
William Stanwood Jr., Albert Frothingham, Charles Horton, John Huse, Samuel Fenimore,
John Dodge IV, Henry Flanders, Benjamin Savory, Phillip W. Hills, Edward H. George,
George J. George, Moses Bayley, William Bradstreet, Charles H. Hudson.,
Harrison G. O. Johnson, Samuel O. Johnson, Frederick Tucker, Joseph B. Hervey,
Charles W. Butler, Thomas Butler, Rufus Smith, Greenleaf Clark, James Horton, Jr.,
Edward Bass, Jr., John Teel, Jr., John C. Bradbury, Edward Stevens,
Christopher Morey, George Akerman, Benjamin Akerman, William Moody, Jr.,
Lloyd A. Waite, Nathaniel G. Bassett, William Shaw, Moses N. Downer,
James H. Barker, John W. Pettingell, George W. Dennis, William Page,
Charles I Brockway, Foster Smith, Jr., Edmund Bartlet, Jr., Edward L. Davis,
Henry Toppan, Charles Buntin, John Buntin, Samuel I. Brockway, George M. Curtis,
Gideon E. Leighton, Joseph Lowell, William Howard, Thomas S. Burroughs,
Joseph Ladd, Richard Stone, William C. Balch, Charles W. Bartlet, Charles I. Bishop,
Charles E. Sweet, Stephen Crocker, William Crocker, Washington Adams,
William B. Jones, John H. Wood, Simeon Briggs, Thomas Nurse, Henry Elliott,
John Coombs, Edward A. Wood, Joseph Moody, Jr., George H. Clark, Samuel A. Clark,
Moses E. Hale, Moses Coleman, Philip I. Cushing, John N. Cushing, Jr., Mark Haskell,
Charles W. Story, Jr., Nathaniel P. Brown, Samuel G. P. Mulliken, William K. Davis,
Samuel David, Ebenezer B. Robbins, William B. Lankaster, Alfred Wheeler,
Rufus Griffith, Robert Griffith, Jr,. Elbridge Stevens, Steven L. Bartlet, Edward Lee, Jr.,
Henry L. Piper, Stephen Kimball, Jr., Samuel Cook, Jr., Alfred Wood, Albert Dodge,
George Armitage, Robert Piper, Jr, John B. Gough, Nathaniel Hunt, Henry Lunt,
Henry Moody, Moses Pearson, David B. Moody, Anthony Knapp, Caleb Woodbury,
Moody Kimball, Joseph T. McGowan, Amos Currier, Ralph C. Huse, William Pritchard,
Ebenezer S. Tucker, Joseph F. Toppan, Jonathan Tarr, Richard Plumer, Samuel Lunt,
Otis G. Stanwood, Samuel W. Appleton, Moses Davenport, Jr., Aduns Knight,
John Akerman, Jr., Peter Fenimore, Philip K. Remick, Charles S. Huse, Rueben S. Custis,
Joseph Dean, George Norton, William Tucker, Jr., George Witherall, George W. Geary,
Joseph A. Griffin, Joseph E. Holbrook, George A. Pike, John Orn, Jr,.Richard Adams,
Samuel B. Howe, Philip H. Blumpy, Daniel Moulton, William Pearson,
Daniel Pingry (Pingree), John Osgood, Nathaniel Daniels, Greenleaf Dodge,
Tristram G. Talbot, Luther Reynolds, William W. Woods, Levi Lamb, Francis Cook,
Robt. Gunnison, George Larkin, Henry A. Seidenburg, Frederick Marsh,
William L. Dodge, Jr., Rufus Cook, Rufus Wells, William H. Lankaster (Lancaster),
George Lambert, Peter B. Bass, Joseph Patten, Anson W. Bayley, George Knapp,
John N. Cook, Samuel L. Davis, Hazen Davis, Benjamin Small, Elijah Brown,
Ebenezer Jewett, Abner Lane, Henry S. Bartlett, Joseph Silloway, Jr., Joseph Bartlet,
William H. Moulton, Dana Dodge, Joseph N. Jaques, John B. Pritchard, Abraham Edward,
Abraham L. Lunt, Horace W. Bartlet, William Mugridge, Augustus Todd, Dennis Small,
John I. Marsh, Philip R. Piper, John T. Loring, Samuel G. Morrill, William I. Badger,
William Shaw, Jr., Newman Brown, Benjamin G. Parker, Enoch G. Currier,
Samuel P. W. Johnson, George W. Colby, Benjamin Lunt, Samuel Huse,
Atkinson Stanwood, Warren Waymouth, James Burnham, William Britcher,
William F. Follansbee, Jacob A. Balch, George Perkins, George Noyes,
Daniel Page, Isaac Goodwin, Micajah J. Clark, Thomas L. Poor, David L. Poor,
Joseph Howard, Elbridge Morrill, Joshua Turner, Benjamin H. Jaques, Samuel L. Gould,
Silas Lunt, Ebenezar Post, Jerimiah Jones, Benjamin D. Appleton, John E. Wright,
John C. Pettingale, John Post, Lewis Potter, Moses C. Knight, Henry Lunt,
Elijah Brown, Gilman A. Brown, James A. Post, William Falch, Nathan L. Magowan,
Nathaniel H. Lavalett, Moody A. Thurlo, Joseph B. Lanford, William H. Brown,
Charles Lavalett, Joseph Stevens, Michael Stevens, Jr., Jeremiah Greenleaf, Ebenezer Lane,
Thomas Disney, Smith Adams, Joseph Small, Benjammin H. Poor, Charles Stanwood,
Samuel Kilborn, William I. Lunt, David Pettingell, Joseph Piper, Jr., Robert Bayley, Jr.,
Daniel Goodwin, Philip H. Richardson, Ferber Fletcher, Joseph Griffith, Paul T. Griffith,
Daniel J. Morss, George Rolfe, Alvin Douge, Charles H. Dodge, George E. Evans,
Thomas Louis, Frederick Knight, George Daniels, Thomas Vurrier, Abel Goodwin,
Henry Spiller, Leonard Plumer, John G. Pearson, John Woodman, Hector C. Brown,
George N. Young, Samuel Currier, Jr,.William Plumer, Thomas Cook, Jr.,
William H. Pettingell, Charles Smith, Asa Davis, William D. Page, James L.Pettingell,
William H. Lunt, Joseph C. Rundlett, Charles Questrom, Samuel Clannin,
Nathan L. Nelson, Thomas L. Nelson, John G. Plumer, George W. Hale,
Joseph A. Somerby, John Goodwin, Majer A. Lane, William Gray, William Lecraw. Jr.

New Hampshire Militia Company Return, 1842, 7 1/2"x9 3/4". Inspection return of Sixth Company, Ninth regiment, Fourth Brigade, Third Division of militia commanded by Capt. Edward Hall as inspected on the third Tuesday in May, A. D. 1842. These militia units were largerly social gatherings where war could be played at. The musters were often held near taverns or a short march away and the tavern keeper was usually expected to serve a first round on the house. The Mexican War showed up the militia system's deficiencies and they largely died out. That meant that when the Civil War broke out the only organized force fielded by the North were Regular Army units that were considerably reduced as Southerners rallied to the CSA flag. In the South, however, the militia system was more serious and formed the framework that became the various CSA Armies.