Publisher: Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Date Issued: 1842-01-01
Abstract: Personal journal kept by Captain Arthur Darley of the British Royal Navy aboard the HMS Electra describing his travels throughout Bermuda, the West Indies, Jamaica, Honduras, Colombia, Havana, Belize, and Galveston, Texas, from January 1, 1842 through February 3, 1843.
Description: Arthur Darley commanded the sloop HMS Electra based in the West Indies. He was a captain in the British Royal Navy during the period he was in charge of this sloop. The journal is a personal narrative of his experiences on board and in port, including discussions of his dinner companions and fellow captains of companion HMS ships as well as the flora and fauna of the ports.
Captain Arthur Darley kept this journal on board the HMS Electra while serving in the British Royal Navy in the West Indies and visiting ports in the Gulf of Mexico. He reported weather, latitude, and longitude, however, the journal is a very personal account of official duties, fishing, life aboard ship, and aspects of ports visited including Bermuda, Jamaica, Honduras, Colombia, Havana, Belize, and Galveston, Texas. The journal also recounts court martial trials, of which Captain Darley was a sitting member, and the punishments meted out.Connect to the online finding aid for this collection at
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/html/mss0097_0018.html
MSS 097, Item 018, Arthur Darley, Personal journal of Captain Arthur Darley, R.N., Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
The diaries, journals, and ships' logs housed in this collection are personal narratives and records acquired singly by the University of Delaware Library.
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