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(MARITIME.) Dodge, Antipas. Log book of the ship Australia of Salem, MA on a journey from New York to Sumatra and back. 120 manuscript log pages. Folio, original 1/2 calf, worn, with worn early linen cover; only minor wear and foxing to contents. Also includes page of hand-colored signal flags, detached leaf with mounted flying fish wings, 32 pages of scrapbook pages on the Spanish-American War kept by daughter in 1898 (mostly clippings, some in color). Vp, January to December 1859
The log keeper, Antipas Dodge (1842-1867), was a lifelong resident of Beverly, MA. His log is mainly concerned with the technical aspects of sail deployment. The ship reaches Rigaih, Sumatra on 3 May, and the journal resumes on 23 August. An interesting juxtaposition of old and new communication technology can be seen in this entry: "Signalized an English ship . . . bound to Mobile. She reports the Atlantic telegraph a failure" (5 December 1859). On 16 December, Dodge's ship resupplied an English barque they met which was short of provisions. Dodge died eight years later in Mauritius, working as a supercargo on a French ship.
