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Wonders from the deep or A true and exact account and description of the monstrous whale, lately taken near Colchester, : being two and forty foot in length, and of bigness proportionable. With the manner of its coming, and being kill'd on Thursday the 9th. of April. Being so rare and strange a sight that multitudes of people from all parts dayly go to see it as thick as to a market or fair
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The Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection contains 190 items that pertain to commercial, naval, and recreational maritime-related activities primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Materials date from approximately 1700 to 1990, with the bulk dating from 1800-1935. The collection consists of prints (engravings, etchings, aquatints, and lithographs), photographs, manuscript materials, publications, portfolios and bound volumes, and a single painting. The items deal primarily with whaling, yachting, and naval battles, and the vessels and people involved in these activities. The collection contains materials as diverse as early 18th-century engravings of whaling expeditions, letters from sailors working on whaling vessels during the 19th century, photographs of yachts competing for the America's Cup in the early 20th century, 19th-century lithographs of naval ships engaged in battle, and letters of marque and safe conduct signed by presidents of the United States, from George Washington to James Buchanan. Includes some letters and bills of sale of William Hathaway Jr. of New Bedford, Massachusetts. These items offer a wealth of information regarding the vessels that operated throughout three centuries, as well as the fishermen, sailors, and sportsmen who manned them.
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A letter from an eminent merchant in Ostend, : containing an account of a strange and monstrous birth hapned there, a woman being brought to bed of two children, which are joined together by the crowns of their heads. He being an eye-witness thereof. Dated May 7. old stile
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