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Sanborn family papers, 1844-1875 : Notes|Correspondence 1844-1875.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
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- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Colman, Nathan, author.
- Sanborn, Deborah, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2614
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Letter writing.
- Letters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Chiefly correspondence of the Hodgdon family of Rochester, N.H., including letters of Elizabeth K. (Hodgdon) Colman, teacher, of Somersworth, N.H., and her husband, Nathan Jenkins Colman, mariner; together with letters (1850-1851) from Trueman Sanborn to his brother Cyrus, describing living conditions and costs in Sacramento, Calif., during the Gold Rush. Nathan Colman's letters include descriptions of his activities during voyages to Cuba and European ports while serving as mate aboard the bark EFFORT, 1840-1842. The collection also contains a short diary of Deborah (Frothingham) Sanborn.
- Notes:
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Sanborn Family Papers, 1785-1875.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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