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Title Letters Sent by Newell to his Wife Olive
Reference MSS 659, box 1, folder 7
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection George Newell Papers
Date 1853-1855; 1865
Author / Creator Newell, George
Description Letters to Newell's wife describing life at sea and in various ports, including Batavia and Bombay.
Document Type Manuscript, Correspondence
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce; Social Life
Keywords business, news, culture, customs, indigenous people, ship, voyage, landscape, travel, sea, cargo, health, disease, trade
Countries Australia; Indonesia; India; New Zealand; USA
Ports Boston, USA; Jakarta, Indonesia; Mumbai, India; Sydney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; New York, USA
Ships Sea Breeze
Additional Information

George Newell was a sea captain from Framingham, Massachusetts. He owned and mastered his own ship, the brig Malta, which he sailed primarily between Boston and Brazil, but he made voyages to numerous other locations.

Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue.

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