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Cottle, James, Jr.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Beetle Hough collection of whaling papers

 File — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-20
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of materials related to the Beetle family of Martha’s Vineyard. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from Henry Beetle to his fiancée and later wife, Eliza Eaton Beetle, written while he was onboard ship during several whaling voyages. The letters include details of daily life aboard ship as well as expressions of homesickness and loneliness. Also included are miscellaneous family papers, photographs of Henry Beetle and his wife Eliza Eaton...
Dates: 1827 - 1884

Logbook of the John Dawson (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by James Cottle, Jr., on a whaling voyage between 1864 and 1866, 1864 - 1866

 Item — Volume: Wh J655 1864L
Identifier: logbook_vol_364
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection includes nearly 800 logbooks, documenting over 1,000 voyages and ranges from the 18th to the 20th century.

Dates: 1864 - 1866

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Type
Archival Object 1
Collection 1
 
Subject
Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel 1
Business correspondence 1
Homesickness 1
Massachusetts -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling 1
Mediterranean Sea -- Description and travel 1