| Description | Includes account of being boarded by a press gang from the Man of War Alfred with two men being pressed and recovered, one of whom was an 'American slave' [enslaved person]; being shot at, chased, and boarded by French and British privateers; an outbreak of smallpox and resulting deaths; weather, including the Aurora Borealis and an eclipse of the sun; sea conditions and sealife encountered. Latitude and longitude given.
Front cover inscribed: 'Miss Gifford, Duffield Bank' |
| Administrative History | Benjamin Bakewell (1767-1844) was the son of Joseph Bakewell and Sarah Woodhouse. He emigrated to America in 1793 and in 1808 purchased a flint glass company in Pittsburgh. The company, known variously as the Pittsburgh Glass Manufactory, Bakewell & Page, and Bakewell, Pears & Co, was a successful glassware producer which was in business for 80 years. |