(WHALING) Smith Henry H Archive of letters from a whaler to

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(WHALING.) Smith, Henry H. Archive of letters from a whaler to his wife from aboard the ship Factor. 8 letters addressed to wife [Mary Blackmer Smith]; various sizes, no major condition issues. Vp, 1844-45

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Henry Hulsart Smith (1809-1851) was a resident of Rochester, MA near New Bedford. Most of his letters are devoted to reminiscences of home, interspersed with a few maritime scenes: "The next day after the gale, we saw a shoal of sperm whales & we had but one boat ready & it was verry rough, however I took the boat and went after them, but got none" (16 October 1844). According to Starbuck, the Factor had a successful voyage in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but was condemned at Tahiti in July 1847.