William Mason Post Diary
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a diary that describes voyages between Mobile, Ala. and New York on brigs: Mobile, Magnolia, and Metamora and the ship Hector. Includes some family records 1801-1900.
Dates
- February 27, 1843-February 26, 1844
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
William Mason Post was a sailor and shipmaster; at sea 1840's to ca. 1870; then settled in Fort Collins, Colo. area. B. December 10, 1823; Conn. D. December 10, 1915; Ft. Collins, Colo. Went to sea at age 13 as a cabin boy (1836). 1861-1864 he was master and executive officer of the the Union's store ship "Relief" and the gunboat "Sonoma". Elected alderman in Fort Collins, Colo.
Extent
1 envelope(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Dr. T.E. Griffin, Jr., 1968.
General
Former call number: CMSS -M630 M68-440.
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Merchant mariners -- United States -- Diaries. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Seafaring life -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Seafaring life -- Gulf Coast (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Voyages and travels. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
