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LL/117834
Unidentified photographer
1855 (ca)
William Swain

Albumen print
5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2018.474
 
Swain was born in Nantucket in 1777 and went to sea at age 12. Whaling ships he is known to have commanded in the early years of the 19th century include the Atlantic and the Cumberland.
 
LL/117834


 

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