I spoke today with Kelly Drake of Mystic Seaport's Museum of America and the Sea, concerning the Mediterranean Passport. I was hoping to be able to use the numerical entry on the document, shown on the left, in order to identify the ship's name and commander. Both are listed on the Passport, but difficult to read. Kelly informed me that the number indicated where the passport was issued, rather than being an index number- so the number will not be of help. I said the name of the master and commander appeared to be "Stephen Trowbridge." Kelley said there was research being done on a Trowbridge who had a ship called "The Gem." A number of Trowbridges were listed in the Museum's digital "Ship Register- search for the Ship Master" Index. None of them however had the first name of Stephen. Kelly's knowledge about a Trowbridge as a ship master prompted me to look further. On http://www.immigrantships.net The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild website, (the group transcribes ship manifests for genealogical purposes) I found a "Stephen Trowbridge" listed as master of a schooner called Horatio, 1827. Could this be the Stephen Trowbridge listed on the Mediterranean Passport?
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