JOURNAL OF A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER IN 1813

JOURNAL OF A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER IN 1813. Circa 1813. Published in Boston in the year 1816,”A JOURNAL OF A YOUNG MAN OF MASSACHUSETTS, LATE, A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER”, presumably the journal of Benjamin M. Hartford, of Kennebunk, ME and so signed by him inside the front cover. It is a first person account of a young man signing on as an assistant surgeon aboard a privateer, the subsequent capture at sea by the British in 1813 and his internment at Melville Island, Halifax, at Chatham in England and lastly at Dartmoor Prison where they endured a massacre of American prisoners by the British guards. CONDITION: The leather-bound journal remains in good condition. There is some minor insect damage to the pages throughout. The pages with overall discoloration and foxing. 9-96456 (300-500)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3357	$265.50	JOURNAL OF A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER IN 1813. Circa 1813. Published in Boston in the year 1816,”A JOURNAL OF A YOUNG MAN OF MASSACHUSETTS, LATE, A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER”, presumably the journal of Benjamin M. Hartford, of Kennebunk, ME and so signed by him inside the front cover. It is a first person account of a young man signing on as an assistant surgeon aboard a privateer, the subsequent capture at sea by the British in 1813 and his internment at Melville Island, Halifax, at Chatham in England and lastly at Dartmoor Prison where they endured a massacre of American prisoners by the British guards. CONDITION: The leather-bound journal remains in good condition. There is some minor insect damage to the pages throughout. The pages with overall discoloration and foxing. 9-96456 (300-500) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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