Richard H.M. Settle correspondence and photograph
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Correspondence; Charles W. Morgan (Ship); Whaling; Seafaring life; A.R. Tucker (Bark); Bounding Billow (Bark); History
Description: Letters and typewritten transcripts of letters written by Settle during three voyages aboard whaling ships from New Bedford, Mass., including the Charles W. Morgan to the Indian Ocean, the A.R. Tucker to the Atlantic Ocean, and the Bounding Billow to the Pacific Ocean.  His letters are written to Georgeanna, or Georgia, in New Bedford, who became his wife after the first voyage.  The letters discuss life at sea and provide details about whaling.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1997.

Whaler.

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