Item Details

coverage

1757-1784

creator

Stradley, John

date

2024-04-12T19:27:54Z

2024-04-12T19:27:54Z

2024-04-12 (issued)

description

Handwritten memoir by John Stradley; It tells of his voyages to New York, the Barbados Islands, the West Indies, and his return to England. He mentions press gangs that forced men into military service, encountered storms, and his conversion to Christianity. The final page contains comments on the memoir by his son Thomas Stradley, a Baptist minister in western North Carolina.

format

application/pdf

51 pages

memoirs

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/103307

language

English

relation

Special Collections and Archives

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

John Stradley Memoir (MF5)

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source

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/28057

subject

Stradley, John

Voyages and travels

Seafaring life

Conversion--Christianity

New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel

Barbados--Description and travel

West Indies--Description and travel

England--Description and travel

Ocean travel

Christian life

title

John Stradley Memoir

type

Text