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Thread #102165 Message #3504582
Posted By: GUEST,Jon Bartlett
16-Apr-13 - 10:35 PM
Thread Name: Origin: John Cherokee
Subject: RE: Origin: John Cherokee
Whoops! Just remembered "shipped him aboard of a whaling ship", so 'the hatch" is not the first mention of nautical matters. But it raises another point - whaling ships in Mobile?