DescriptionThis collection of 12 documents relates to the maritime career of Frederick Valentine Hedges. They consist of five reference letters; one Ordinary apprentice's indenture; four certificates of discharge and character; one handwritten copy of the poem ‘Loss of the CAWARRA’; and one manual of devotion, from the writings of Saint Augustin. The documents span the period 1850 – 1869.
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