Letter from the bark Ohio, 1863. 

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<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Anonymous letter (1863 December 27; South Atlantic) written from the bark Ohio of New Bedford, Mass., Daniel Flanders, master.  The writer notes that whales were taken in the South Atlantic.  Having learned that a Confederate raider, the screw sloop Alabama, was in the vicinity, the Ohio sailed to the Indian Ocean where it also fished for whales and later returned to the South Atlantic. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm2002084926 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Flanders, Daniel.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Confederate States of America. Navy. <br/>Alabama (Screw sloop)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Whaling--Atlantic Ocean.<br/>Whaling--Indian Ocean.<br/>Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Naval operations.--Civil War, 1861-1865