TY  - GEN
AU  - Cochran,William P.
TI  - William P. Cochran correspondence,
KW  - Cochran, Joseph,
KW  - Eddy, Abraham T.
KW  - Grand Turk (Whaling ship)
KW  - Motion sickness
KW  - Whaling
KW  - Atlantic Ocean
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - New Bedford
KW  - Cape Verde
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Faial Island (Azores)
KW  - Whalers (Persons)
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - ALS (1832 July 4-5; Faial Island, Azores) from Cochran to his father, Joseph Cochran, of New Boston, N.H., regarding his life as an inexperienced whaler.  Mentions his seasickness, whales caught, fresh produce supplies for the ship, and sailing for the Cape Verde Islands.  Whaleship is unnamed but is possibly the Grand Turk, Abraham T. Eddy, master, which sailed from New Bedford, Mass., for the South Atlantic on June 2, 1832
ER  -