BIB_ID
305338
Accession number
MA 1967.65
Creator
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957.
Display Date
ca. 1934-1945.
Credit line
Gift of Ray Nash, 1959-1960.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 25.7 cm
Notes
Copy of original with revisions and deletions.
Original letter written between ca. 1917-1945 from "On board the Joseph Conrad, Somewhere in the North Sea."
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed and revised typed and autograph copies of letters to Henry Watson Kent. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Original letter written between ca. 1917-1945 from "On board the Joseph Conrad, Somewhere in the North Sea."
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed and revised typed and autograph copies of letters to Henry Watson Kent. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of Ray Nash in 1959 and 1960.
Summary
Describing the voyage thus far, including having rudimentarily painted the ship's new name, suffering a broken diesel engine, meeting the captain, complaining of their lazy "English yachtsmen" who "aren't turning out very well," trading fresh fish for a bottle of "Square-face" with Danish fishing boats, disagreements with Fritz, having the opportunity to steer the ship for a few hours; dropping anchor on the Suffolk coast where they experienced trouble with engines, wind and a near collision.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (31.6 cm)
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