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RARE AND IMPORTANT BRITISH SAILOR'S DIARY ILLUSTRATED WITH WATERCOLORS, BY GEORGE HODGE, 1790-1833.
Hodge was born in 1777 in Tynemouth, Northumberland and went to sea at the age of thirteen aboard the Brig Margery. His diary includes descriptions of day-to-day life, as well as his experiences as an impressed seaman and...