Literary manuscripts.

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Literary manuscripts.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207170499

The collection consists of four of his sea stories, presumably written in his hand. All have corrections. The longest story is A Sailor's Legacy or Scenes on the Quarter Deck. This manuscript includes a preface with a detailed table of contents and chapters IV-XXVII (the final chapter). There are three shorter stories: The Spanish Pirate or Scenes on the Coast of Cuba; Old Norman, the Sailor Hermit; and Kate Morrison, the Sailor's Daughter. Evidently these were to be published together under the collective title The Black Flag or Three Stories Illustrating Different Phases of Piracy.

1 box.

American Antiquarian Society

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Sleeper, John Sherburne, 1794-1878

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John Sherburne Sleeper (1794-1878) was a journalist, author, sailor, shipmaster in the merchant service from Boston, and mayor of Roxbury, Mass. He wrote sea stories under the pseudonym "Hawser Martingale." From the description of Literary manuscripts. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207170499 ...