Edward O. Dizer Log-Books

Edward O. Dizer Log-Books

Two log-books kept by Captain Edward O. Dizer of St. George, Maine. The earlier of the two is a log-book for the 106' bark STAR (built 1847 in Thomaston, ME by George Thorndike), homeport of New Orleans in 1859. Started by Captain James Smith on a voyage from New York to New Orleans and finished by Edward O. Dizer on a trip from Pensacola to Pernambuco, Brazil, both in 1859. It is a formal record of weather, courses, and the workings of the ship at sea and in port, including notes on cargo and repairs. The second volume contains a variety of entries, including a rough log for the bark LONE STAR on a trip to Buenos Aires, Bombay, and Moulmain (now Mawlamyine, Myanmar) in 1861; copies of letters, contracts, and bills written by Edward O. Dizer while in Bombay and Moulmain; a brief account of Dizer's career as a captain and mate between 1865 and 1871; and receipts for crew wages paid by Dizer as captain of the brig OCEAN BELLE. These include a lengthy letter to the family of the LONE STAR's mate describing his death in a mutiny after leaving Moulmain and some of Edward Dizer's reflections on the death of his brother, Samuel, from whom Edward inherited the command of the LONE STAR in 1861. LONE STAR, Bark, Warren, 376 tons, 122.0 x 28.4 x 12.0, Billet head, Square stern Built Warren, Maine, 1857 by Francis Spear. Owners: Aaron Spear, Warren, 1857-62; L. French, Warren, 1864. Master: John Dizer, 1862.