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Manuscripts
An autograph manuscript of Edmund Fanning's memoir "Voyages round the world...;" it includes a title page, introduction, and chapters I-XXV. The manuscript is written in both pen and pencil, on various sizes of paper, with corrections and additions; it is incomplete with some chapters missing. In addition to the manuscript, there are unidentified supplementary autograph notes and a draft of Fanning's proposal to Congress for the opening of trade with New South Wales.
mssHM 84119
Visual Materials
"F.J.H."--artist's signature with a drawing of an anchor, left hand edge. "Equal to a Transatlantic voyage at less than half the cost /ask ticket agent for information"--text below title and image of vessel.
priJHK 00120