Herman W. Spakler Collection 1852-1985

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Herman W. Spakler Collection 1852-1985

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Diary of a Dutch cabin boy working on the ship Isis, with entries written beginning somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean and ending in San Francisco. Accompanied by diary translations, along with transcriptions and translations of a small number of letters from the diarist to his parents, a monograph on his brother's foundation, and a few items about the Spakler family.

6 folders in 1 box; (0.5 cubic feet)

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San Francisco History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6649120

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Spakler, Harmen Willem, 1837-1855.

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Herman W. Spakler was born in Amsterdam in 1837. He attended boarding school in Barneveld, determined to join the merchant marine. For his first voyage he apprenticed on the ship Isis, leaving Amsterdam in late November 1852, stopping at San Francisco and Hong Kong, and returning by San Francisco, Valparaiso, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., arriving at Rotterdam in July 1855. His second voyage (October? 1855) took him to Livorno, Italy, and on his return in December 1855, he was thrown overboard...

Isis (Navire)

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Spakler family

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