Whaling Letter from Henry White to Parents, dated December 18, 1858
date: label: Date made
content: 1858
notes: label: Description
content: Letter 3, dated December 18, 1858, Swan River Colony, Australia
label: Description
content: Heading from Fayal to Cape Verde Islands, Captain's parents' home. Captain asked by locals for salute; gun went off and killed ship's carpenter. Carpenter buried ashore in Catholic cemetery at Bravo. On 21 October spoke English merchantman Forest Monarch. Man overboard was saved. 3-17 October, large comet visible in NW X N horizon. Made Amsterdam Island (uninhabited) 30 Nov. Made Swan River 13 (or 17) Dec.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Whalers
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Family & Social Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hazel H. and Kathryn J. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0102.03
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0102.03
label: accession number
content: 2005.0102
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter
label: Object Name
content: whaling letter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 15 in; 24.13 cm x 38.1 cm