$3,120
Damon, Samuel Chenery (1815-1885) The Friend, a Monthly Journal Devoted to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence , Volume VII. Honolulu, Oahu: Printed at the Polynesian Office, 1849. Large quarto, twelve issues bound together, numbers 1-12; January 1, 1849 to May 1, 1849, and September 1, 1849 to December 20, 1849; no issues published in June, July or August, but two issues published each in October, November, and December, numbering 1 to 12 continuous, pagination continuous, with a title page for Damon's A Trip from the Sandwich Islands , Honolulu, 1849, and one blank leaf bound between the May and October issues, black half leather spine and abraded pink paste paper boards, water stains, 9 x 11 1/2 in. Damon, originally from Holden, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Amherst College and Princeton Theological Seminary, served for forty-two years at Bethel Church in Honolulu, during the height of Pacific whaling. Between 1842 to 1867, he estimated he saw 6,000 seamen entering the port of Honolulu per year.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
