- DeptCollections, Decorative Arts, Maritime Arts
- Size30 manuscript pages, 4 to, 9 5/8 by 13 inches
Important U.S. Navy U.S.S. Peacock Handwritten Manuscript Music Book, celebrating the United States Exploring Expedition of 1840 & The Sooloo Sea Expedition of 1842. Handwritten by James D. Dana. Volume of nine miscellaneous songs with verses by J. C. Palmer, U. S. N. and others set to music composed and arranged for guitar by James D. Dana. Dana served as mineralogist and geologist for the Pacific expeditions under Captain Charles Wilkes from 1838-1842. 30 manuscript pages, 4 to, 9 5/8 by 13 inches, quarter morocco, marbled boards, (abrading of morocco, typical age toning and foxing of leaves, some leaves removed from front of volume). 1837-1842.
Compositions include: “The Old Peacock, A Breeze from the Unpopular Opera of the Icebergs, As sung with great noise on the Forecastle of U.S. Ship Peacock” (1840) and “Antarctic Mariner’s Song” (1842)
Notes: USS Peacock was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the War of 1812; rebuilt as an exploration ship (1828), she sailed as part of the U.S. Exploring Expedition in 1838. The Peacock ran aground and broke up on the Columbia Bar between Oregon and Washington without loss of life in 1841.
Literature:
Wilkes, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition,1838-1842. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1844
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