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Captain Charles E Allen and Hannah Maria (Farnham) Allen letters, 1873.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Allen, Charles E., 1822-1883.
- Allen, Hannah Maria, 1830-1900.
- Boats and boating.
- Children.
- Dogs.
- Families.
- Health.
- Income.
- Infants.
- Medicine.
- Play.
- Poverty.
- Religion.
- Schools.
- Songs and music.
- War.
- Water.
- Whale oil.
- Whaling.
- Chile--Valparaíso.
- Massachusetts--Nantucket.
- New Zealand.
- South Pacific Ocean.
- Tasmania.
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1873.
- Summary:
- Collection of letters from Captain and Mrs Allen sent to their children while they were on a whaling voyage. These letters continue to talk about the children's new baby sister, report on the voyage, and discuss a stay in Valparaiso and plans to come home.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MSS 308/Folder 4
- Captain Charles E Allen (1822-1883), son of Walter and Rebecca (Fisher) Allen, was Master out of New Bedford of the bark Lafayette (1852), the ship Canton Packet (1857 and 1863), the bark Black Eagle (1860 and 1862), the bark Morning Star (1864 and 1866) and sailed his last voyage on the bark Sea Ranger on October 19, 1869, returning May 17, 1874. His wife, Maria (Farnham) (1830-1900), daughter of William and Emmaline (Dunn) Farnham, accompanied him with their son Rollin, seven years old, on the Sea Ranger in 1869. While they were away, their daughters Emma (1857-1904) and Lillian (1864-1941) stayed with Mrs George W Dunham of Nantucket. Their sister, Clara (1871-1944), was born on Norfolk Island during the voyage. Captain George W Allen (1827-1894), brother of Captain Charles E Allen, was also a whaling master. He sailed on the bark Mars 1869-1873, leaving at home his second wife Lucy (Daley) of Pennsylvania (1834-1874), and again from 1874-1878 after Lucy's death.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
- Collection: Allen Family Letters / Marjorie Tyrie Collection, 1869-1944 (bulk 1869-1874)
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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