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Folder 5

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

From Osborn to [John T. Besse] re: name of a master, 1885

 File — Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the File:

This collection contains correspondence to and from Samuel Osborn, Jr., business records including notes on whales and lots of sperm oil, bills and insurance documents, and a small number of miscellaneous personal papers.

Of particular note are correspondences related to the Arctic whaling disaster of 1871 requesting compensation for the owners of the lost vessels.

Dates: 1885