Letter from the ship Navigator, 1847.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1 itemSubject(s): - Chase, Deborah P. -- Correspondence
- Palmer, George (Whaling master)
- Swain, William B
- Young Hero (Ship)
- Fires -- Massachusetts -- Nantucket
- Whaling -- Massachusetts -- Nantucket
- Whaling -- Pacific Ocean
- Whaling -- Peru -- Callao
- Callao (Callao, Peru) -- Description and travel
- Pitcairn Island -- Description and travel
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Anonymous letter (1847 March 6; Callao, Peru) written aboard the ship Navigator of Nantucket, Mass., George Palmer, master, addressed to the writer's mother, Deborah P. Chase. Notes amount of oil aboard, a visit to Pitcairn Island, the presence of the ship Young Hero of Nantucket, William B. Swain, master, at Callao, and a fire in Nantucket in July 1846.
Collection material in English.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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