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Re: Posting Statistics / Proposal
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jul 23, 11:36 AM
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jul 23, 11:36 AM
This is definitely along the lines of my thinking as well.
Another fun project that we could perhaps spearhead: get somebody to
reprint the original 1802 Bowditch in time for its 200th anniversary
next year, and the Peabody Essex Museum would be the perfect partner
in this endeavor.
Dan
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Subject: Re: Posting Statistics / Proposal
The idea of a NAVIGATION-L gathering sounds like great fun, and if it were
in the Northeast US I would certainly try to make it. Given that I'm in the
Boston area, Salem appeals greatly.
A couple of years ago we had a gathering of the SEAROOM-L and GUNROOM lists
(which focus on nautical fiction, especially the Aubry/Maturin novels of
Patrick O'Brien). We turned it into a fundraiser for the USS CONSTITUTION,
which at that time was passing the hat to buy sails. Maybe we could do
something similar revolving around the Peabody Essex Museum, which has a
fine collection of old navigation instruments?
-- Peter Smith
Dover, Massachusetts
42d 13'N 71d 17'W
