Tucker, Joseph M. <br/><br/>
Joseph M. Tucker correspondence, 1858-1875. 

 - 6  items. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Letters written by Tucker to his parents in Dartmouth, Mass., while a crew member of the bark Roscius, capt. Frederick S. Howland, New Bedford, Mass., on a whaling voyage (1858-1861) to the Atlantic Ocean and of the bark Sea Fox, capt. John Horan, Westport, Mass., on a voyage (1861-1863) to the Pacific Ocean.  Tucker described life at sea and wrote of homesickness and his desire for news from home.  Includes a letter (1875 October 12-30) from his brother, Samuel J. Tucker, to their mother while on a whaling voyage (1875-1877) to the Pacific Ocean aboard the bark Hunter, capt. Charles L. Holt, New Bedford, Mass. 
<br/><br/><br/>Whaler. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 97006372  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Holt, Charles L.<br/>Horan, John, active 1861-1864. <br/>Howland, Frederick S.<br/>Tucker, Samuel J.--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Hunter (Bark)<br/>Roscius (Bark)<br/>Sea Fox (Bark : 1851-1890)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Seafaring life.<br/>Whaling--Atlantic Ocean.<br/>Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford.<br/>Whaling--Massachusetts--Westport.<br/>Whaling--Pacific Ocean.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Dartmouth (Mass.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Whalers (Persons)