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  1. Food Conditions Aboard the Ship Morrison

    Date(s): September 16, 1844 to March 23, 1846 Location: NEW LONDON, Connecticut Tag(s): whaling industry, Food/Provisions 

    On the monday morning of September 16 in 1844, the ship Morrison, of New London, Conn., sailed out for a whaling voyage that concluded in 1846.  On board, the first mate Rev. Thomas Douglass recorded the happenings of the Morrison in a log book, often mentioning the poor quality of food, and the ways that the ship’s crew tried to supplement themselves with other foods.  Whalers like the Morrison...

  2. A Five-Year-Old Girl Meets her Confederate Father

    Date(s): May 1863 to August 1863 Location: SUMTER, South Carolina Tag(s): Civil War, Slavery, Family and Home Life, Military, Food/Provisions 

    Mrs. Doane remembers the hard work that had to be done on her South Carolina plantation while her father was away at war.  Though they never saw any Yankees, Confederate soldiers were frequent guests at the Cumming’s home.  Ragged and half-starved, these desperate soldiers took full liberties to raid their provisions, passing in hordes and killing their chickens.  Mrs. Cummings, however, did not...