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Thomas Hardy letters : to mother, 1875-1880.
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Title:

Thomas Hardy letters: to mother, 1875-1880

Creator/Contributor:

Hardy, Thomas, Shipmaster, creator, correspondent.

Abstract:

Nine handwritten letters from a shipmaster sailing along the Pacific coast in Chile and San Francisco to his mother containing mostly personal regards with some details about his locations and destinations. Two letters, both dated in 1875, are from aboard the Barque Empress Eugénie in Coquimbo, Chile. Six of the letters are written aboard the Barque Dorsetshirs from various locations in Chile including Coquimbo, Coronel, Valparaiso, and Talcahuano. One letter, dated May 12, 1876, is written aboard the Dorsetshirs from San Francisco.

Date:

1875 (issued)

Subject:

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Ship captains -- Correspondence
Seafaring life -- Chile -- Description and travel
Capitaines de navire -- Correspondance
Vie en mer -- Chili -- Descriptions et voyages
Ship captains
Travel
Coquimbo (Chile) -- Description and travel
Valparaíso (Chile) -- Description and travel
Talcahuano (Chile) -- Description and travel
Coronel (Chile) -- Description and travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
California -- San Francisco
Chile
Chile -- Coquimbo
Chile -- Coronel
Chile -- Talcahuano
Chile -- Valparaíso
Empress Eugénie (Barque)
Dorsetshirs (Barque)
Shipmaster -- Hardy, Thomas -- Correspondence

Note:

Purchase; From Ken Harrison Western Americana; 20110512.
Preferred citation: Thomas Hardy letters : to mother, 1875-1880, BANC MSS 2011/73, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

print
1 folder.

Language:

English

Origin:

California