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Preferred Citation:

Sailor's Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Susan A. Riggs, Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, prior to November 2009.

Scope and Contents

Diary, kept January 1 to March 30, 1918 on board the U.S.S. Vestal by an unidentified sailor who worked in the blacksmith shop. He mentions letters from Cam [or C.A.M.], owing taxes in British Columbia, weather, airing mattress, his 27th birthday on March 18, and other topics. It also includes an English-French dictionary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Diaries
• Sailors--United States--Diaries
• World War, 1914-1918