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Thread #126347 Message #2819019
Posted By: John Minear
22-Jan-10 - 08:36 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Lighter, I appreciate your critical reading of these sources and I was premature in accepting Hugill's argument for "Packet Ship". You are right. There really isn't any independent evidence to show that "Packet Ship" was sung in the 1850's. I'm withdrawing it as a candidate for the voyages of the "Julia Ann".