Log/journal, 1853 May 6-1854 July 22.

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Log/journal, 1853 May 6-1854 July 22.

Log/journal, kept by purser George Harrison Ritchie (who transferred to the steamer Powhatan in Sept. 1854), relating to a survey voyage to the Pacific and Indian oceans and Hong Kong.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8071419

Nantucket Hist Association

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