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    <title>Richard S. Chase correspondence, 1839</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Chase, Richard S.</namePart>
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  <abstract>ALS (1839 January 1; New Zealand) written by Chase to his father Richard of Swansea, Mass., from an unnamed whaleship.  Chase notes that the ship is bound for southern whaling grounds where whaling is expected to be good.</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>Chase, Richard</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">active 1839</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>New Zealand</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Whaling</topic>
    <geographic>Pacific Ocean</geographic>
  </subject>
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    <occupation>Whalers (Persons)</occupation>
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  <identifier type="lccn">mm2002084922</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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