Scope and Content From the Collection: The Sailing Diary contains accounts of two voyages made by an unidentified man in the nineteenth century. The description of the first trip begins with the writer's arrival in New York on July 15 [1857]. The writer departs New York on July 21, aboard the steamship Webster, bound for Liverpool via Newfoundland. He describes daily life aboard the ship, including shipboard operations, provides weather conditions and mentions any noteworthy events, especially...