This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Summary
This collection contains a letter from Althea Temple of Nantucket, Mass., to her friend Catherine Gunn in Boston dated 24 January 1847.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS584
- Title:
- Althea Temple Letter to Catherine Gunn
- Date(s):
- 24 January 1847
- Creator:
- Temple, Althea.
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Althea Temple Letter to Catherine Gunn collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Purchase of the Nantucket Historical Association in 2020 (Acc. RL2020.39).
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Subject Headings
- Fires--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
- Ships.
- Women--19th century.
- Women--Nantucket.
Biographical Information
Althea Temple lived in Nantucket, Mass., in the mid-nineteenth century.
Scope and Content
This collection contains a letter from Althea Temple of Nantucket, Mass., to her friend Catherine Gunn in Boston dated 24 January 1847. In this letter, Althea mentions a large fire in Boston and describes the anxiety in Nantucket over ships that had been gone over four years.
Contents
Folder 1 Letter, 24 January 1847
Processing Information
Processed by Ashley Miller, March 2022.
Materials in this collection were digitized with support from Connie and Tom Cigarran.