Isaac P. Noyes (1840-1900) was born on April 13, 1840, in New York, New York, the son of Captain John Updyke (1807-1878) and Frances Scott (Updyke) Noyes. In 1846, the family moved to Providence, Rhode Island. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Noyes served as a private in Battery H of the First Rhode Island Artillery. He mustered out of service on June 28, 1865, and by 1870 was living in Washington, D.C. For many years, Noyes worked as a clerk at the library office of the Surgeon General, but in 1870 he devoted more of his time writing. Noyes wrote poems and pamphlets on various subjects including meteorology, theology, fine arts, architecture, drama, and his own reminiscences. Isaac P. Noyes died on September 20, 1900, in Washington, D.C.
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Isaac P. Noyes memoir, RLC.Ms.545, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
This collection consists of a handwritten memoir by Isaac P. Noyes, entitled “Blue-Boat Cruise of 1877,” written on November 17, 1877. This memoir recounts the sailing excursion Noyes and four friends enjoyed on August 23-25, 1877 along the Narragansett Bay. Noyes and his friends, Thomas E. Nudd, Henry G. Place, Charles M. Sheldon, and Albert J. Sunderland, leased a boat, referred to as the ‘Blue Boat’ in Providence, Rhode Island and hired a sailing captain, Ned Grey, to sail from Providence through the Narragansett Bay making stops at Newport, Jamestown, Rocky Point, Fort Adams, and Dutch Island along the way. In this memoir, Noyes describes their daily activities and the conversations shared among the five friends during the trip.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Gift of Mrs. John H. G. Pell, 1988 June 21.
This collection was initially processed by Aimee Saunders in 2010.