Records relating to the Bark Lucy Ann : Typescripts (carbon), 1842.

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Records relating to the Bark Lucy Ann : Typescripts (carbon), 1842.

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Typed transcript copies of records transferred to the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Australia, in 1936, relating to the "mutiny" on the Lucy Ann off Tahiti in 1842, when 11 seamen, including Herman Melville, refused to do duty. The records include copies of the complaint of the master, Henry Ventom, to Charles B. Wilson, the British consul; depositions against the 11 seamen; correspondence of the consul with the provisional council of Tahiti concerning the trial of the "Mutineers" and the escape of certain prisoners; and medical certificates. With the papers is a letter of transmittal from John W. Earnshaw, Sydney, May 28, 1947.

16 leaves ; 33 cm.

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Great Britain. Consulate, Tahiti.

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Earnshaw, John W.

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Lucy Ann (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Wilmington, Del., mastered by John S. Barker, on voyage 24 July 1837-24 Apr. 1839 to the Pigeon, Vasquez, and French Rock whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Wheeler. From the description of Logbook, 1837 July 25-1839 Apr. 26. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70969927 ...

Venton, Henry.

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Wilson, Charles Branch, 1861-1941

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Charles Branch Wilson (1861-1941) was born in Exeter, Maine. He received his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and the Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1910. While completing his A.M., Wilson worked as a tutor in Botany at Colby. In 1891, he was appointed Professor of Science at the State Normal School, Gorham, Maine. He became Professor of Natural Science at the State Normal School, Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1896 and the following year was made Professor of B...