P-045: JL McFeeters Journal

J. L. McFeeters Journal
The J.L. McFeeters Journal 1904 collection consists of a single journal that Capt. J.L. McFeeters wrote in daily. Entries include details on the weather and river water levels but also include details of Capt. McFeeters personal and work life. Capt. McFeeters discussed the deaths of political figures and friends, ship fires on the Edgar Cheery and Mayflower, and his bank account records. Capt. McFeeters also references W.L. Sibert several times who was promoted from Caption to Major by President T. Roosevelt in 1904. Capt. McFeeters worked on a snag boat in 1904.