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    Letter from Joshua Sears to Wife Minerva Sears

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    Date
    1850-04-23
    Author
    Joshua Sears
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    The Chatham; Voyage at sea; Charlestown; The Ship Concordia; Voyage to Boston; Passengers; Captain J. Freeman; Captain William F. Howes; A Doane; Harriet; David; Mr Gray & Morse; Insurance on Nautical Instruments; Mr Kirk B.; The Calcutta; The Louisa; Old Fatty Rogers
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    Folded, sealed letter from Joshua Sears in Boston to wife Minerva in East Dennis
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10766/2947
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    • Letters and Envelopes - Sears Family 1801 - 1865
    • Letters from Voyages - Capt. Joshua Sears

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