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Episodes tagged "Food/Provisions": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Food Conditions Aboard the Ship Morrison
    date September 16, 1844 to March 23, 1846map NEW LONDON, Connecticuttags 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 May, 1863 to August, 1863map SUMTER, South Carolinatags 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...