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Sailors--United States--Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Mark H. Sullivan Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01007
Scope and Contents Contains a diary, 1865-1866, of Mark H. Sullivan of New Bedford, MA. Entries include brief notes on his work, travel, and names of people and their addresses. He mentions boarding the "Brig John Hathaway," seeing whales, and stopping at destinations, such as the Virgin Islands. He writes about pricing cost of fabric/clothing and, on the 5th, notes he begins work for Davis, Wiley and Co. "Drilling Strippers Whole day." Other entries mention balancing, drilling and scouring and others note...
Dates: 1865-1866