Sea Chest, 2
| Other author | Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/sea-chest/22165471 |
| Series | Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-3312 |
| Summary | Sea chest, carved in relief on front starboard view of 3-masted ship, carved below picture "FLYING CLOUD", a 5-pointed star each side of picture, becket handles, 3 hinges on lid, varnished inside, printed in pencil(?) on inside of lid upper left "CAPT. HERBERT HUMPHREY,/ YARMOUTH, ME.", lock, no key. Tradition has it that this chest, c. late 19th C., was carved for a capt. of the FLYING CLOUD by a common seaman. Ref: Herbert N. Humphrey mentioned in "Shipbuilding Days & Tales of the Sea in Old North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine" by William Hutchinson Rowe, Marks Printing House, Portland, 1924, p. 62. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference:1978_115. |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Sea Chest, 2, Sea Chest, 2. |
| Location of original | Mystic Seaport Museum |
| Copyright note | Material sourced from the Mystic Seaport Museum |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |