This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Seventeen Months at Sea in a Tramp Ship Tragedy Tale
A first person memoir fragment recounts a wild scheme to ship aboard a tramp steamer bound for South America. Bill and the narrator join a rambunctious crew including One-eyed Gibson, the cook, and a stowaway boy named Monday, enduring seasickness, brutal work, coercive discipline, and a dramatic escape to salvage freedom in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks Public School No
Bill” Meek
Jim” Fleming
Charlie” Unger
Bill
Bangill
Bil
Cuba
South America
Port Simon
Costa Rica
Dana
Charlie
Jim
New York
Erie Basin
Eda
Southea
Museum of Natural History
Central Park
Karl Tatzner
Fritz
Gulf Stream
Florida
Castries
St. Lucia
British West Indies
Coaling - Company
Board of Trade
Martinique
Barbados
Louis Maranto
Mary of God
Gibson
Charles Tasima Benn
Punta Arenas
Taolcahunna
Lobas
Valparaiso
Chile
Davy Jones
Iran
Morday
New York Harbor
Terra Bente