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Title: Log-book of Timothy Boardman
Kept On Board The Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During A
Cruise From New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., And
Return, In 1778; Also, A Biographical Sketch of The Author.

Author: Samuel W Boardman

Release Date: July 12, 2008 [EBook #26040]

Language: English

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LOG-BOOK
OF
TIMOTHY BOARDMAN;

KEPT ON BOARD THE PRIVATEER OLIVER CROMWELL,
DURING A CRUISE FROM NEW LONDON, CT.,
TO CHARLESTON, S. C., AND RETURN, IN 1778;

ALSO,

A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
OF THE AUTHOR.

BY THE REV. SAMUEL W. BOARDMAN, D.D.

ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE RUTLAND
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

ALBANY, N. Y.:
JOEL MUNSELL'S SONS.
1885.

PREFACE.

Under the auspices of the Rutland County Historical Society, is
published the Log-Book of Timothy Boardman, one of the pioneer settlers
of the town of Rutland, Vermont. This journal was kept on board the
privateer, Oliver Cromwell, during two cruises; the second one from New
London, Conn., to Charleston, S. C.; the third from Charleston to New
London, in the year 1778. It seems that the Log-Book of the first cruise
was either lost, never kept, or Mr. Boardman was not one of the crew to
keep it. It was kept as a private diary without any view to its ever
being published.

When this manuscript, on coarse, unruled paper, was brought to light, it
came to the knowledge of the officers of the county historical society,
who, at once, decided that it was a document of considerable value and
should be published. Cor