26th Apr, 2022 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter)
235
[Z] A LOGBOOK FROM THE U.S.S.WYOMING,1871-72
A LOGBOOK FROM THE U.S.S.WYOMING,1871-72
kept between 4th November 1871 to 31st December 1872 whilst under Commander John L. Davis, contemporary half calf, worn, contents loose -- 15 x 10in. (38 x 25cm.)
John Lee Davis (1825-1889) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, who served during the American Civil War, and later commanded the Asiatic Squadron.
Wyoming was a screw sloop launched 1859. An interesting logbook describing in the first six pages Wyoming's refitting in Portsmouth and thence to, inter alia, Boston, Havana, Key West, Kingston (Jamaica), Norfolk (VA), Hampton Roads, Greytown, Aspinwall (Panama) and New Bedford (MA). After several adventures (including taking articles for the Paris Exhibition in April 1878) she was deployed on the North Atlantic then European Stations before becoming a training ship at the US Naval Academy for about ten years before being scrapped in 1892.
Sold for £868
Estimated at £500 - £700
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A LOGBOOK FROM THE U.S.S.WYOMING,1871-72
kept between 4th November 1871 to 31st December 1872 whilst under Commander John L. Davis, contemporary half calf, worn, contents loose -- 15 x 10in. (38 x 25cm.)
John Lee Davis (1825-1889) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, who served during the American Civil War, and later commanded the Asiatic Squadron.
Wyoming was a screw sloop launched 1859. An interesting logbook describing in the first six pages Wyoming's refitting in Portsmouth and thence to, inter alia, Boston, Havana, Key West, Kingston (Jamaica), Norfolk (VA), Hampton Roads, Greytown, Aspinwall (Panama) and New Bedford (MA). After several adventures (including taking articles for the Paris Exhibition in April 1878) she was deployed on the North Atlantic then European Stations before becoming a training ship at the US Naval Academy for about ten years before being scrapped in 1892.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter), 26th Apr, 2022
Order of Sale:
Mercantile (Sail) – 1-97
Mercantile (Steam) – 100-162
Naval (Sail) – 165-236
Naval (Steam) – 237-318
Navigational & Scientific Instruments – 320-380
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