Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Crew List for the Acushnet, December 1840

Crew List for the Acushnet, December 1840

2 comments:

  1. Does it list Melville's height as 5' 7 1/2" ??

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  2. Hard to tell in this view, seven or nine. In Herman Melville's Whaling Years, Wilson Heflin gives it from the same document as 5' 9 1/2". Footnote adds Melville's earlier height from the crew list of the St Lawrence as 5 feet 8 1/2 inches.

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