Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
Creator: | Parks Foster |
Title: | Parks Foster Vessel Book |
Dates: | 1899 |
Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) |
Abstract: | The Parks Foster was a steamship which transported coal and ore on the Great Lakes under the command of Captain E.J. Burke. The collection consists of a bound volume containing names, titles and wages of crew members, and a record of the ship's receipts and disbursements. |
MS Number | MS 3495 |
Location: | closed stacks |
Language: | The records are in English |
The Parks Foster Vessel Book, 1899, consists of a bound volume containing names, titles and wages of crew members, and a record of the ship's receipts and disbursements.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Great Lakes shipping in the late nineteenth century and the jobs, titles, receipts, and disbursements involved in the shipping of coal and ore. Genealogists might find the crew member lists useful.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3495 Parks Foster Vessel Book, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 1949.