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Thomas Stavers fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1800-1836].

Reference:

R3098-0-2-E, MG24-H82

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

99190

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Thomas Stavers fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1800-1836].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a memoir written by Captain Stavers covering the period from his childhood to November 1836. This account describes Stavers' career, particularly his whaling in the Pacific and an unsuccessful whaling cruise in British Columbia waters in 1834.

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Stavers, Thomas, b. 1798

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Stavers, Thomas, b. 1798 : Captain Thomas Stavers was born at Deptford, Kent, England in 1798, the son of a whaling captain. After making at least two whaling voyages to Davis Strait in his youth, Stavers had a long whaling career in the South Pacific. From 1821 to 1836, he was Captain of the British Whaler Tuscan.

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General note:

Received in 1988 from Michael Buckley, Ottawa, Ontario.
Subject heading:

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Whaling - British Columbia, 1834

Whaling - South Pacific, 1798

Autobiography, 1798
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1989/0020

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MG24-H82
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