The Journal of a Voyage from Charles-town to London in the Year 1778

The Journal of a Voyage from Charles-town to London in the Year 1778

Aikman, Louisa Wells

1779

American loyalists.

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Wells family.

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Wells, Louisa Susannah, 1755-1831.

One holograph bound volume containing Wells's recollections of a trip she made from Charleston, S.C. to London, via New York in 1778. She and her fellow passengers were largely Loyalists fleeing the colonies for England. Her ship was captured in July of 1778 by the British off the coast of North Carolina. It was taken as a prize to British-occupied New York where she and her fellow travelers spent the next three months waiting for their journey to continue. Written from memory ca. 1800, and is possibly based off of another earlier account that she wrote in 1779. She relates tales of ship life, military maneuvers, friendships she makes, scenery and social life, and details about people she meets during the journey.

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Ms. 564, The journal of a voyage from Charles-town to London in the year 1778 [ca. 1800]

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