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Title Captain Charles E Allen and Hannah Maria (Farnham) Allen Letters, 1869-70
Reference MSS 308/Folder 1
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Collection Allen Family Letters / Marjorie Tyrie Collection, 1869-1944 (bulk 1869-1874)
Date 16 Oct 1869 - 9 Oct 1870
Description Collection of letters from Captain and Mrs Allen sent to their children while they were on a whaling voyage. The letters explain why they have gone, give advice, rules and encouragement to their children, and speculate on the situation at home.
Document Type Correspondence
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce; Social Life
Keywords family, children, whaling, inheritance, homesickness, household, death, bereavement, song, music, gifts, plants, flowers, clothes, fruit, education, health, school, desertion, letter, social life, party, advice, recruitment, flora and fauna, religion, mission
Countries USA
Places South Pacific; Norfolk Island; Cook Islands
Ports New Bedford, USA; Nantucket, USA
Ships Sea Ranger
People Charles E Allen; Hannah Maria Allen
Additional Information

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.

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