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Field name | Value |
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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. |
Copyright | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |