Coxsackie: Gates Family folder 2, 1837-1841
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Eight
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
File contains original letters from David Gates to his brother, Hiram Gates, with modern transcripts. David was a sailor on a whaler in the Pacific and a ship wright in New Bedford. Letters contain some description of conditions on whaling voyages and one with a skeptical reference to the Millerite propecy concerning the end of the earth and second coming.
Dates
- Other: 1837-1841
Extent
From the Collection: 15 Cubic Feet (Four vertical file cabinets comprising fifteen drawers holding paper documents grouped in folders by appropriate subject or creator, nominally sorted in alphabetical order.)
Repository Details
Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository