Milo Calkin papers, 1833-1953 (bulk 1833-1842).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsDescription: 5 items; 1 container; 0.2 linear feetSubject(s): Summary: Photocopy and transcript of journal kept by Calkin as a carpenter aboard the whaling ship, Independence, on its voyage from Nantucket, Mass., to the South Pacific Ocean. Calkin made the trip on the advice of his physician as a cure for asthma. Includes description and sketches of whaling, shipwreck on Starbuck Island (Kirihati), subsequent boat trip to Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and Hawaii, Calkin's years in Hawaii as a clerk in a mercantile firm, and his return to the U.S. (1842). Also includes an introduction to the journal written in 1953 by George Boland Eckhart, biographical information concerning Calkin, and a map (1952).
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Photocopy and transcript of journal kept by Calkin as a carpenter aboard the whaling ship, Independence, on its voyage from Nantucket, Mass., to the South Pacific Ocean. Calkin made the trip on the advice of his physician as a cure for asthma. Includes description and sketches of whaling, shipwreck on Starbuck Island (Kirihati), subsequent boat trip to Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and Hawaii, Calkin's years in Hawaii as a clerk in a mercantile firm, and his return to the U.S. (1842). Also includes an introduction to the journal written in 1953 by George Boland Eckhart, biographical information concerning Calkin, and a map (1952).

Microfilm produced from originals in the Huntington Library. San Marino, Calif.

California: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino

Businessman, librarian, and shipwright.

Collection material in English.

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