Fragments 04- Ownership and Geographic Description (accordion)

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Title

Fragments 04- Ownership and Geographic Description (accordion)

Subject

War, navy, geography

Description

This document includes illustrations and descriptions of naval fleets, expansive landscapes, and rescuing people from shipwrecks.

Creator

Nelsons

Source

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Rights

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Type

Manuscript book

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Transcription

[Illustration]

Goose Lake with an exploring party in it

[Illustration]

My house and tower before I found the shipwrecked people. Me and my Indian boy when Gust lived there

[Illustration]

High Cliffs. 28 miles long by 100 feet high. The masts of my steam launch are 45 feet high

[Illustration]

[Page break] My ocean greyhound after I had got 200 people on my island it is manned by 20 men besides the captain. My navy now consists of my steam launch my ocean greyhound a pinnace and two sail boats. My greyhound is 280 feet long by 5[0] feet wide and costs 3,500,000 dollars

[Illustration]

[Illustration]

My city after I rescued 2 families 4 in each and 2 sailors. One sailor has a sister and an Indian

[Illustration]

My salt grotto 5 miners the entrance is 20 feet from ground

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