# Fay 1942: The Story of the Mary Celeste > Charles Edey Fay, 1942. 21 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary reference for the ship's history, the voyage, the finding, Deveau's and… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D00ZKGC40E9/the-story-of-the-mary-celeste Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Mary Celeste](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste)Fay 1942 **0** # The Story of the Mary Celeste Charles Edey Fay, 1942. _Peabody Museum, Salem (1942); revised edition Dover Publications, New York (1988)_. The standard documentary history, written by an Atlantic Mutual insurance executive with access to the company's records, the New York shipping records, the consular correspondence and the Gibraltar testimony, much of which it reproduces. Every later account rests on it. **Mary Celeste** BookChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The primary reference for the ship's history, the voyage, the finding, Deveau's and Morehouse's testimony and the consular record. ## Cited by on this site 21 records [The slate position was correct; the ship was near Santa Maria and was abandoned there or soon after.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/answers/ANS0D0100Y21T58/the-slate-position-was-correct-the-ship-was-near-santa-maria) Answer ANS [Consul Horatio Sprague's correspondence on the Mary Celeste](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/artifacts/ART0D0104V21N0Z/consul-horatio-spragues-correspondence-on-the-mary-celeste) ART [The Dei Gratia's log, entries for 4 and 5 December 1872](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/artifacts/ART0D0103VT5RV4/the-dei-gratias-log-entries-for-4-and-5-december-1872) ART [The Mary Celeste's log and log slate](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/artifacts/ART0D0102MR0ZSQ/the-mary-celestes-log-and-log-slate) ART [Vice-Admiralty Court of Gibraltar proceedings in the Dei Gratia salvage claim, 1872–1873](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/artifacts/ART0D0102540165/vice-admiralty-court-of-gibraltar-proceedings-in-the-dei) ART [One pump was dismantled and a sounding rod lay on deck; the hold held 3½ feet of water that could not be…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/evidence/EVD0D00ZWS869YX/one-pump-was-dismantled-and-a-sounding-rod-lay-on-deck-the) Evidence EVD [Deveau sails the Mary Celeste into Gibraltar](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZT3A0MEG/deveau-sails-the-mary-celeste-into-gibraltar) EVT [Last log entry (24 November) and last slate entry (8 a.m. 25 November, Santa Maria bearing 6 miles)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZSKP2AFZ/last-log-entry-24-november-and-last-slate-entry-8-a-m-25) EVT [Launched at Spencers Island as Amazon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZS425BXH/launched-at-spencers-island-as-amazon) EVT [Mary Celeste clears New York for Genoa](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZSBW32GB/mary-celeste-clears-new-york-for-genoa) EVT [The Dei Gratia sights and boards the deserted ship](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/events/EVT0D00ZSVG5SCR/the-dei-gratia-sights-and-boards-the-deserted-ship) EVT [Albert G. Richardson](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZPXR1AH0/albert-g-richardson) FIG [Benjamin Spooner Briggs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZPE45AAW/benjamin-spooner-briggs) FIG [David Reed Morehouse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZQ5J2RNK/david-reed-morehouse) FIG [Oliver Deveau](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZQDC4PNM/oliver-deveau) FIG [Sarah Elizabeth Briggs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/people/FIG0D00ZPNY6HQD/sarah-elizabeth-briggs) FIG [The Mary Celeste](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste) The mystery article MYS [Where was the ship when she was abandoned, and where did Briggs think she was?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/questions/QST0D00ZW9M0578/where-was-the-ship-when-she-was-abandoned-and-where-did) Question QST [Why did ten people leave a sound, provisioned ship in a small boat?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/questions/QST0D00ZW1T1XWM/why-did-ten-people-leave-a-sound-provisioned-ship-in-a-small) Question QST [David Reed Morehouse: Testified that he sighted the vessel in the early afternoon steering…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/accounts/WIT0D00ZVT07AXG/david-reed-morehouse-testified-that-he-sighted-the-vessel-in) WIT [Oliver Deveau: Testified that he boarded the ship and found no one; about 3½ feet of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mary-celeste/accounts/WIT0D00ZVJ608Y1/oliver-deveau-testified-that-he-boarded-the-ship-and-found) WIT ## Cite it ``` Fay, C. E. (1942). The Story of the Mary Celeste. Peabody Museum, Salem (1942); revised edition Dover Publications, New York (1988). https://archive.org/details/storyofmaryceles0000fayc ``` [Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/storyofmaryceles0000fayc) Key **SRC** 0D00ZKGC40E9 Kind Book Rights The publisher's Kept 27 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D00ZKGC40E9/the-story-of-the-mary-celeste/csl.json)