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Collings, Michael, fl. 1821 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.100 Author/Creator: Collings, Michael, fl. 1821 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 20, 1821 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Informs Hobart that he has sent the President his statement on his "Travels through the Seacourse of Massachusetts." Discusses fishing, shipping, and other seafaring matters.

Collings, Michael, fl. 1821
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
Cobb, fl. 1821
Folder, Walter, fl. 1821
Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

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