TY  - GEN
AU  - Tucker,Joseph M.
TI  - Joseph M. Tucker correspondence,
KW  - Holt, Charles L.
KW  - Horan, John,
KW  - Howland, Frederick S.
KW  - Tucker, Samuel J.
KW  - Hunter (Bark)
KW  - Roscius (Bark)
KW  - Sea Fox (Bark : 1851-1890)
KW  - Seafaring life
KW  - Whaling
KW  - Atlantic Ocean
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - New Bedford
KW  - Westport
KW  - Pacific Ocean
KW  - Dartmouth (Mass.)
KW  - History
KW  - Whalers (Persons)
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
ER  -