[Letter from an American merchant sailor describing sailing and trading in Cuba]

A letter home to Maine by an American mariner describing his sailing and trading adventures (shipping sugar from Matanzas to New Orleans), with some description of the coast of Cuba, including the stretch where Charles Gibbs, the famous pirate who was executed in 1831, had been active. Letter is addressed to Dorothy Clark, Portland, Maine

• 1834 Sept. 19-20

• Clark, Samuel W.

1 sheet ([3] pages ) ; 31 x 43 cm

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Title devised by cataloger

• Cuba

• Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831

• Sailors' writings
• Sugar trade
• Travel

• text

• English

Havana, Cuba,

Public domain (US)

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2020-10-28