Research Catalog
Gilbert Jenkins Jr. letters sent.
- Title
- Gilbert Jenkins Jr. letters sent.
- Author
- Jenkins, Gilbert, Jr.
- Publication
- 1833-1835.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
Details
- Description
- .21 linear feet (1 folder)
- Summary
- Gilbert Jenkins Jr. was a mariner from Hudson, Columbia County, New York. He was the son of Gilbert Jenkins of Hudson, New York (died 1846 in Prairieville, Wisconsin), and the grandson of Thomas Jenkins (1741-1808) of Nantucket, Massachusetts, one of the founders of Hudson. The collection comprises four letters written by Gilbert Jenkins Jr. to family members, dated 1833-1835, while a seaman on the whaling ship America, cruising in the Pacific Ocean. The ship America was owned by the Hudson Whaling Company and commanded by Captain Folger.
- Subjects
- Note
- Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source (note)
- Donated by Maud Durlin Sullivan, 1940.
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Jenkins family land indentures, acquired in the same donation, are located in The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, MssCol 2212, New York State Miscellaneous Collection (Columbia County, Hudson, 1810, 1814; Greene County, Athens, 1818).
- Call Number
- MssCol 24495
- OCLC
- 1031402125
- Author
- Jenkins, Gilbert, Jr., creator.
- Title
- Gilbert Jenkins Jr. letters sent.
- Production
- 1833-1835.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Jenkins family land indentures, acquired in the same donation, are located in The New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, MssCol 2212, New York State Miscellaneous Collection (Columbia County, Hudson, 1810, 1814; Greene County, Athens, 1818).
- Source
- Donated by Maud Durlin Sullivan, 1940.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Mariners.Whalers (Persons)
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 24495