Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2021.024.069

Title

The employment of seamen for service aboard American vessels in the Great Lakes commercial trade under sail

Object Name

Book

Dates of Creation

2014

Creator

Warner, Edward. S

Other Creators

Association for Great Lakes Maritime History

Description

This book focuses on the history of employment and service of seaman aboard Great Lakes vessels from America. This book discusses topics of hiring seamen, securing contracts and the difficulties that seamen endured during their service.

Table of Contents:

1) Introduction
2) Commentary on information sources used
3) Engaging seamen
4) Compensating seamen
5) The difficult lives an times of seamen
6) Concluding remarks

Title page is signed by the author with an inscription to Art Amos: "Art, Your Schooner St. James paper initiated the AGLMH "Occasional Papers" series. Please accept this second paper in the series with my compliments and kindest regards, Ed, 9/2/2014"

Collection

Arthur Amos shipwreck research collection

Marine Heritage Centre

Ontario Marine History and Underwater Archaeology Research Centre

System of arrangement

This item is part of the Arthur Amos Shipwreck Collection, Series 1 (General and Marine History Books), File 1 (Local, Provincial, and International History and Marine History Books)

Parent Object

AASRC S1, F1

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

280 pages ; 21 x 28 cm

Places

Canada
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Superior
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
United States

Search Terms & Subjects

Employment
Marine
Shipping industry