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San Marino, CA 91108
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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.
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Includes Harbour Regulations for the Port of Shanghai; Pacific Load Line Data by J.C. Rohlfs; United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Small Craft, Storm, and Hurricane Warnings; and "Code Flag" and "Answering Pennant."
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United States Civil Service Commission. Application for the Trades and Skilled Occupations; Department of Commerce and Labor. Notice of Rating; Department of Commerce and Labor. Probationary Appointment-Prior Date; and Department of Water and Commerce. Personal Question Sheet.
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Miscellaneous documents and records include Department of Commerce radio service; Times on Voyage; List of Slop supplies; United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation standing orders, crew list, application for officer's berth, and receipt.
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2 statements beginning "WHEREAS, Captain E.B. Hoffman, was captain of..." Signed by multiple individuals.
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