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Hoffman, Edwin B. to ----- Bush

Description
The Edwin B. Hoffman collection mostly consists of professional correspondence and records related to Hoffman's career at sea, from 1901-1921. The first series includes accounts, forms, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, photographs, and printed ephemera pertaining to his time at the United States Lighthouse Service and United States Shipping Board. Letters and telegrams detail the loss of P.J. Abler (schooner) in 1915 and the collision of Dorr (schooner) and Oklahoma (schooner) in 1916. Included is a certificate indicating Hoffman was pilot on the first torpedo flotilla aboard the United States Ship Whipple. Most of the correspondence in this series is addressed to Hoffman. The second series includes accounts, certificates, correspondence, documents, logs, manifests, and reports concerning his service as Master of Eastern Leader (steamboat) in 1921. Letters and reports detail an accident to the rudder on 1921 May 26, while undocking in Limerick, Ireland for New York. Most of the letters are typed copies retained by Hoffman addressed to colleagues and family.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1921 April 4
Call number
mssHoffmane
Creator
Hoffman, Edwin (1875-1964)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Back of Beyond Books, July 2019.
Associated people
Ellicott, John M. (1859-1955.)
McNoble, E.L. (1881-1962.)
Shields, John Edward, (1858-1936.)
Sims, William Sowden,
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