Letterbook, 1847.

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Letterbook, 1847.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8625024

The letterbook of Robert Bennet Forbes contains copies of letters not published in his The voyage of the Jamestown on her errand of mercy (Boston, 1847). The letters date from April 1847 and illuminate the efforts of Forbes and other Bostonians to relieve victims of the Irish famine.

22 leaves, in folder.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8353826

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Jamestown (Ship)

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Merchant vessel, home port unknown, master unkinown. From the description of Logbook of the ship Jamestown, 1851 Oct. 12-1852 Jan. 22. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 230332740 ...

Forbes, R. B. (Robert Bennet), 1804-1889

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