Letter: to Asa Fish /by Edmund Fanning, 1840 Dec 7.

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Letter: to Asa Fish /by Edmund Fanning, 1840 Dec 7.

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Concerning proposed petition to Congress for a "Citizens' Exploring Expedition to the South Seas."

3 p.; 24 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8012701

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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United States exploring expedition (1838-1842)

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The United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes left U.S.A. Aug. 1838, returning July 1842. The ships in the expedition were the Flying Fish, Oregon, Peacock, Porpoise, Relief, Seagull and Vincennes. The expedition visited the Antarctic, Sydney Harbour, Bay of Islands, N.Z., various islands in the Pacific and areas on the coast of South America and U.S.A. From the description of Records [microform]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225845806 ...

Fish, Asa, 1790-1861

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Asa Fish was born in Stonington, Connecticut, on July 17, 1790. He was the son of Sands Fish and Bridget Gallup. He was a merchant, insurance agent, bank and railroad director, selectman, probate judge, state legislator, and political and civic leader of Stonington. He was married to Prudence Brown Dean on September 30, 1818. Fish died in Mystic, Connecticut, on April 20, 1861. From the guide to the Asa Fish papers, 1810-1855, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Fanning, Edmund, 1769-1841

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