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A day's sail in a whale ship : Notes 13 Sept 1864.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Howland, Matthew Morris, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2738
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Buzzards Bay (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Manuscript account by Matthew Morris Howland of sailing across Buzzards Bay, Mass. onboard the whaling ship JAVA and back via pilot boat. Howland describes his seasickness and a large wave that almost washed over him. The account was probably written as a school assignment at the Friends Academy, New Bedford.
- Notes:
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Miscellaneous Manuscripts.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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