Latta- Nassau, Mary C.
Person
Dates
- Usage: 1837-1870
- Usage: 1837 - 1870
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Mary C. Latta Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 01568
Scope and Contents
Four page letter addressed to her brother from Evangasimba on the island of Corisco off the coast of Africa. She describes her journey and extended length to sail from Boston to Africa because of the lack of winds and favorable conditions for the vessel. Despite that and a quick, but destructive tornado, the journey across the Atlantic, according to Latta, was a very pleasant one. Upon her arrival in Corisco Latta presented with a few welts or sores on the back of her hand. She thought...
Dates:
1860 November 29
Found in:
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