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    Letter from Joshua Sears to Wife Minerva

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    Date
    1859-11-20
    Author
    Joshua Sears
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    Cargo; Passengers; Cutting Paddy; The Boston Light; Whampoa; The Flying Childres; Foo Chow Foo; San Francisco; Mr Bush; Captain Linnell; The Flying Mist; Great Ball; Lulu; Crinoline; Captains and their wives; Silk dealer; 2 Crape shawls; Calvin Clark Howes; The Ship Eliza & Ella; Mr Doane
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    Letter from Joshua Sears in Hong Kong to wife Minerva
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10766/3015
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    • Letters and Envelopes - Sears Family 1801 - 1865
    • Letters from Voyages - Capt. Joshua Sears

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