Overview of the Collection
Biography of George Dunn Gilderdale
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Repository:
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G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport |
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Creator:
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Gilderdale, George Dunn, 1824-1902 |
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Title:
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George Dunn Gilderdale Papers |
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Dates:
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1845-1890 |
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Extent:
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78 pieces |
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Abstract:
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This is a collection of
correspondence, accounts, logbooks, notebooks, shipping documents, home remedies for
ailments and diseases, etc. Topics include Gilderdale's command of the bark PERU on a whaling
and sealing voyage to the South Shetland Islands, the steamships EUTERPE and GENERAL
SEDGEWICK, and the ship MARY AND SUSAN; his Civil War service in the U.S. Navy on
board the U.S.S. ADOLPH HUGEL, ARLETTA, COMMODORE READ, and YANKEE; and
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Identification:
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Coll. 44 |
George Dunn Gilderdale was a shipmaster of Mystic, Connecticut. Evidence indicates that
he commanded vessels from the 1850's through the 1870's; among them the whaling/sealing bark
PERU of New London, the ship MARY AND SUSAN, the brig THOMAS MOULDEN, the
schooner WILMINGTON, and the steamships EUTERPE and GENERAL SEDGEWICK.
During the Civil War, Gilderdale served aboard the U.S.S. ARLETTA, YANKEE, ADOLF
HUGEL, and COMMODORE READE. In 1854 he married Elvira P. Andrews (d. 1883).
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Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts
Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Adolph Hugel (Schooner)
Arletta (Schooner)
Commodore Read (Ferry)
Euterpe (Steamboat)
General Sedgewick (Steamboat)
Mary and Susan (Ship)
Peru (Bark)
United States. Navy
Yankee (Steamboat)
Places:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
Subjects:
Diseases
Flags
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Sealing--Antarctica--South Shetland Islands
Shipping
Signals and signaling
Whaling--Antarctica--South Shetland Islands
Document Types:
Accounts
Logbooks
Notebooks
Occupations:
Shipmasters--Connecticut--Mystic
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Preferred Citation
Coll. 44, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Papers; 1824-1902
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Bills, shipping
documents, correspondence, accounts; 1845-1890 |
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Two pages from log
of brig THOMAS MOULDEN, G. D. Gilderdale, Master; undated |
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Signals and flags
memoranda, Union vessels prize list, duty descriptions aboard U.S. steamer YANKEE, Quarter Bill,
U.S. Schooner A. HUGEL, deck plan, U.S. schooner HUGEL; undated |
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Home remedies for
ailments and diseases by G. Gilderdale; undated |
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Miscellaneous and
unidentified materials; undated |
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Xerox copies of
Gilderdale manuscripts; 1831-1889 |
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Volumes; 1850-1879
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Volume
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Journal kept by
George D. Gilderdale aboard the steamship GENERAL SEDGEWICK, and EUTERPE, and
bark PERU; 1869-1872 |
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Notebook kept by
George D. Gilderdale regarding sealing area and skinning methods; 1850-1870 |
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Journal kept by
George D. Gilderdale aboard the bark PERU of New London, Connecticut; 1872 Apr
- Jun |
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Pocket notebook of
George D. Gilderdale U.S.N.; 1865 |
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Pocket notebook of
George D. Gilderdale; 1879 |
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