Letters to Tom at sea : from mother and sister, San Francisco, Calif., 1866.

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Letters to Tom at sea : from mother and sister, San Francisco, Calif., 1866.

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Contains 5 letters to a seaman from his family while he is at sea and inaccessible and not writing. Mentioned is Captain Scammon, famous for decimating the gray whale population in Magdalena Bay, Baja; "Cork the Clown" attempt of a tight-rope walk from Cliff House to Sea Rock; and general news from San Francisco.

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Scammon, Charles Melville, 1825-1911

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Cliff House (San Francisco, Calif.)

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