Longley, Sylvanus S., 1834-1922

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Prominent farmer and stockman, now retired, ex-member of the Kansas legislature and influential citizen of Greenleaf, Washington County, Kan.; was born on his father's farm near Foxcroft, Me., on 15 Sept. 1834; Longley was onboard the whaling ship Canton on its last voyage and returned to Boston three years after the shipwreck.

From the description of Retrospective narrative of the wreck of the ship Canton, circa 1894. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 586046187

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creatorOf Longley, Sylvanus S., 1834-1922. Retrospective narrative of the wreck of the ship Canton, circa 1894. Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library
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associatedWith Swift & Perry. corporateBody
associatedWith Wing, Andrew J. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Guam
Okhotsk, Sea of
Massachusetts--New Bedford
Pacific Ocean
Kanton (Kiribati)
Subject
Seafaring life
Shipwrecks
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Voyages and travels
Whalers (Persons)
Whales
Whaling
Whaling masters
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Birth 1834

Death 1922

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