Mitchell, David, 1944-
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Epithet: Admiral
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0003d8
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, blacksmith and farrier. David Mitchell made and repaired tools, and produced many different types of household hardware, including chains, screws, nails, bolts, and hinges, etc. He also did a steady business making and installing horseshoes. Mitchell's business was closely tied to the whaling trade and his customers included the island's most influential whaling families. He supplied marine hardware to numerous Nantucket whaling vessels, and often undertook repairs of others.
From the description of Ledger, 1839-1868 (inclusive) 1840-1859 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 48505085
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Subjects:
- Blacksmithing
- Forging
- Horseshoeing
- Ironwork
- Whaling
- Whaling ships
- Whaling trade
Occupations:
- Apprentices
- Blacksmiths
- Horseshoers
- Whalers (Persons)
Places:
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- Surinam, South America (as recorded)
- Isle of Wight, England (as recorded)
- Cévennes, France (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Nantucket Island (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Northamptonshire, England (as recorded)
- Caribbee al. Leeward Islands, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Nantucket (Mass.) (as recorded)
- Canterbury, Kent (as recorded)
- Queensland (as recorded)
- Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (as recorded)
- New South Wales (as recorded)
- Guernsey, Channel Islands (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Bolac Plains (Vic.) (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Cévennes, France (as recorded)
- Nantucket Island (Mass.) (as recorded)
- Ratisbon, Bavaria (as recorded)
- Normandy, France (as recorded)
