Awful Calamities: or, the Shipwrecks of December, 1839, Being a Full

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(MASSACHUSETTS). (GLOUCESTER). Awful Calamities: or, the Shipwrecks of December, 1839, Being a Full Account of the Dreadful Hurricanes of Dec. 15,21 & 27, on the Coast of Massachusetts; in Which Were Lost More than 90 Vessels, and Nearly 200 Dismasted, Driven Ashore or Otherwise Damaged, and More than 150 Lives Destroyed, of Which Full Statistics Are Given; Comprising also a Particular Relation of the Shipwreck of the Following Vessels: Barque Lloyd, Brigs Pocahontas, Rideout and J. Palmer, and Schs. Deposite, Catharine Nichols and Miller. And also of the Dreadful Disasters at Gloucester. Boston: Press of J. Howe, 1840. 3rd ed. 24pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Light scattered foxing, minor wear to foot of spine, else very good.

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