Letters, 1853 Apr 25-1855 Mar 8.

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Letters, 1853 Apr 25-1855 Mar 8.

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Letters from Matthew Bunker to his parents, Paul and Almira Starbuck Bunker of New York, New York, describing his trip to Australia in the bark GEM OF THE SEA of New York, New York, A. Bowen, master; relating his experiences in the gold fields at Ballarat, Australia and detailing the problems encountered in carrying on a retail and jobbing business in Sandridge and Ballarat with O.B. Clapp, E.B. Freeland, and James Gifford under the firm name Clapp, Gifford and Co.; and discussing his trip to Calcutta, India, in the ship WILD ROVER of Boston, Massachusetts, Benajah Crowell, Jr., master. WILD ROVER was owned by Alpheus Hardy and Co.

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Wild Rover (Ship)

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Bowen, A.

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Clapp, Gifford, and Co.

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Crowell, Benajah, Jr.

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Bunker, Pauline M. E

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Gifford, James E., 1832-

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James Gifford, United States Navy paymaster steward, served on the United States Bark Release during the Civil War. Gifford's parents lived in New Bedford, Mass. From the description of James E. Gifford papers, 1863-1865. WorldCat record id: 26180441 From the guide to the James Gifford Papers, 1863-1865, (Southern Historical Collection) ...

Gem of the sea (Bark)

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Clapp, O. B.

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Freeland, E. B.

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Bunker, Matthew, b. 1830.

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Bunker, Almira Starbuck.

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Alpheus Hardy and Co.

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