Letter, 1842 Nov. 2.

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Letter, 1842 Nov. 2.

Letter from Coleman announcing the anticipated shipping of a new boat steerer, believed by some to have been Herman Melville.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8048624

Nantucket Hist Association

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Coleman, John B. (John Brown), 1810-

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Whaling master, of Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Letter, 1842 Nov. 2. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70950200 ...