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Title Letterbook
Reference MS Vault 38
Library California Historical Society
Collection Josiah Nickerson Knowles Collection, 1853-1935 (bulk 1853-1873)
Date 1854-1858
Author / Creator Knowles, Josiah Knickerson
Description A copybook of letters from Captain Josiah Knowles to Capen, Bangs and Company of Boston, Massachusetts, owners of the ship Wild Wave, of which Knowles was master.
Document Type Correspondence, Manuscript
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords captain, voyage, ship, merchant, travel, seafaring, sailor, accounts, master, business, finance, freight, correspondence, letter, report, ballast, trade, commerce
Countries USA; UK; India; Peru; Italy; France
Places Mobile Bay; Florida; London; Chincha Islands; Massachusetts
Ports San Francisco, USA; Boston, USA; New Orleans, USA; Kolkata, India; Callao, Peru; Genoa, Italy; Le Havre, France
Company Capen, Bangs and Company
Ships Wild Wave
Additional Information Knowles was a ship captain, of Eastham, Massachusetts.

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