FREEPORT — What type of food would 19th century sailors eat on a journey from Freeport to China? How different was their food from what officers ate? What, if anything, was considered a treat?

Ship captain Robert Richard Randall signed his will on June 1, 1801, creating a home for retired sailors called “Sailors’ Snug Harbor.” He wanted to help “aged, decrepit, and worn-out sailors” who had ...

19th-Century Massachusetts Sailor-Made Doll. 19th-Century Massachusetts Sailor-Made Doll. Share. Appraiser. Margot Rosenberg. Christie's New York, NY, Event. Atlantic City, NJ. Appraiser Speciality.

From the outset of its 1819 voyage, its crew faced difficulties—or, to a superstitious 19th-century sailor, bad omens. On the second day at sea, a squall knocked the ship completely on its side.

Decades of detailed weather reports pulled from old sailor's logs. A database created in part from 19th-century maritime records sharpens our view of climate change over the past 150 years.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Noble Maritime Collection has unveiled the restoration of a 19th-century ceiling mural in the museum’s Writing Room, a historic feature of the former Sailors’ Snug ...

Love letters written from a 19th Century sailor to his sweetheart have been given a new lease of life as a song on a country singer's latest release. Folk artist Jacqui McDonald from Kendal, ...

Love letters written from a 19th Century sailor to his sweetheart have been given a new lease of life as a song on a country singer's latest release. Folk artist Jacqui McDonald from Kendal, ...