Thomas Waters Jr. Sketch of Barque Fawn (1840)
Thomas wrote this letter to his mother and father, Thomas Sr & Elizabeth Waters, shortly after he became a teenaged apprentice on the whaling ship Barque Fawn. You can faintly…
Transcription of Letters of Thomas Waters Jr. (1840-1871)
These transcriptions were done by Sheila Turvey and provided substantial source documentation for the book By Sea, By Land.