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Continental drift

Jeremiah Briggs Journal of America (Ship), 1801-1802

[Robert Edwards (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Caleb O. Hamblin, keeper Joseph T. Sampson, on voyage 5 August 1863 – 14 April 1867],

[Roscoe (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William H. Almy and then Frederick Hussey, keeper William H. Almy and then Almira Almy, on voyage 8 November 1859 – 12 April 1860],

[Union (Ship) of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Edmund Gardner, keeper Edmund Gardner, on voyage 9 September 1807 – 1 October 1807]

Furniture at the Essex Institute

[Juniata (Screw sloop of war), out of New York, N.Y., Captain: D.L. Braine, kept by Henry B. Nories, on voyage from 24 June-23 Oct. 1873],

[Grampus (Brig) of Charlestown, Mass., mastered by T. Pearce, keeper unknown, on voyage 29 June 1784 – 19 November 1784],

[Herald of the Morning (Clipper ship) of Boston, Mass., mastered by William S. Williams, keeper Mrs. Williams, on voyage 16 October 1864 – 17 February 1865],

Logbook of the Hecla (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by Frederic H. Smith, on voyage from 1869-1870; Logbook of the Minnesota (Ship) of Edgartown, mastered by Charles S. Downs, on voyage from 1880-1882; Logbook of the Petrel (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by Charles S. Downs, on voyage from 1874-1877

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