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Manufacturer: Jonathan Howe, Boston
a rare group of 6 seaman's newspapers, "The Sheet Anchor", published at the Boston Sailor's Home, Boston, Massachusetts, May to Sept, 1844, w front page illustrated with a large sailing schooner, incl news of the US Navy Frigate USS Cumberland, Nantucket whalers, The Mariners Church at Fort Hill, Seaman's Friend Society reunion, shipping news incl, US Navy Frigate USS Constellation, temperance efforts shipboard, New Bedford Massachusetts whaling ship news, shipwreck disasters, roster of "Mariners Churches", Maine to Virginia, list of "Sailor's Boarding Houses", etc. & efforts to promote temperance among seamen, each issue 8pp vg, complete. Publ Jonathan Howe, Boston. The 6 issues |
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