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  <titleInfo>
    <title>John W. Persons correspondence, 1845</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Persons, John W.</namePart>
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  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <abstract>ALS (1845 July 31) written by Persons, while on a voyage in an unnamed whaling ship, to his brother, William B. Persons, of West Randolph, Vt.  Person indicates that the ship called at several islands in the Azores, caught a sperm whale, and was scheduled to continue on to a number of islands in the Pacific Ocean.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Whaler.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Persons, William B</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Atlantic Ocean</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Azores</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Pacific Ocean</geographic>
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    <occupation>Whalers (Persons)</occupation>
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  <identifier type="lccn">mm 97006379</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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