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478: AN EXTREMELY ROUGH PASSAGE


Seller: scottwinslow ( 2724  )
End Time: 2008-07-26 20:59:22 GMT
Bids: 1
Current Price: $75.00
Location: Bedford, New Hampshire. USA
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478: AN EXTREMELY ROUGH PASSAGE
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478: AN EXTREMELY ROUGH PASSAGE
Autograph Letter Signed, "A.H. Washburn." Three pages, 7 1/4" x 9". Norfolk. December 12, 1846. Addressed on integral leaf to Captain Robert Knox. With circular "Norfolk" and straight "Paid" postal cancellation. Washburn writes, in part: " … we had a rough passage & a long one. We was 76 days getting here. We had nothing but a continued gale we had 3 gales in one week. The first gale took us between South Shoal & George's we was not in a comfortable situation … we managed to keep out of the gulf all through the gale … 2nd gale that was on Thursday that was a gale such as I have not seen for many years … I do not no [sic] that I have ever seen the wind blow harder on the coast of America … there was a good many came out the day we did. We out sailed the whole of them even the great Clipper Built Ship Wasel [?] Jones which is Said to be the fastest ship belonging to Boston. The Asia sails remarkable fast for such a kind of ship … We are bound to Galway you will find it on the west part of Ireland. A new place altogether for American Ships … " Paper loss from wax seal. Else Very Fine.
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