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The Log of a Long Voyage (manuscript) by Caroline Schetky Turvey
The Log of a Long Voyage, a two-part typescript biography of Charles Alexander Schetky from the notes he dictated to his daughter, Caroline Schetky Turvey, during the last years of his life. The first part relates stories of his childhood and tales of his younger years at sea. The second part begi...
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| Collection: | The Log of A Long Voyage (manuscript) By Caroline Schetky Turvey |
| Collection Number: | 1754 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 520 | |a The Log of a Long Voyage, a two-part typescript biography of Charles Alexander Schetky from the notes he dictated to his daughter, Caroline Schetky Turvey, during the last years of his life. The first part relates stories of his childhood and tales of his younger years at sea. The second part begins with his entrance into the United States Navy in 1863, his service during the Civil War and thereafter, until his retirement from the Navy in 1889. Other biographical information is included about Schetsky's retirement in Haddonfield, N.J., 1889-1901. Some correspondence, 1949-1954, between Turvey and her godson, Ralph W. Wescott, on the biography; and some clippings about Schetky. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a Sailors and sailing |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States Navy. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b The Log of A Long Voyage (manuscript) By Caroline Schetky Turvey |l 1754 | ||