Information file, 1847-1938.

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Information file, 1847-1938.

Letter from Joseph M. Belford to Joseph F. Osborne about establishing a company "for the culture and sale of oysters," 1904; lease between Joshua Edwards and Preston Spring for a boathouse for a whaleboat, 1912; certificate of enrollment and license for the schooner POCHASSET of Providence, R.I., 1909; booklet on the hurricane of 1938, 1938; etchings from HARPER'S WEEKLY of "Whaling at Amagansett," 1868; photograph of the Jake Wills General Store; notarized letters from masters of vessels that ran aground off Montauk, 1887-1893; and a "share" or accounting of fishing transactions, 1847, and clippings and photographs of whales, schooners, and wrecks, 1851-1891.

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Related Entities

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East Hampton Town Marine Museum (Amagansett, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: Artifacts and records that document the economic, social, and political impact tha fishing and whaling have had on the South Fork of Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155543726 Many of the photographs appeared in the book MEN'S LIVES by Peter Matthiessen. In addition the photographs are being used in an exhibition called "Men's Lives." From the description of Long Isla...

Osborne, Joseph, active 1890

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Spring, Preston.

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Jake Wills General Store (Amagansett, N.Y.)

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Pochasset (Schooner)

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Belford, Joseph M.

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Edwards, Joshua S.

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