The Service of Jacob
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Record 118/479
Copyright Marblehead Historical Commission
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Collection Fishing and Shipping Collection
Author Edith DeBlois Laskey
Publish date C. 1900
Summary The story of a young Marblehead couple who were engaged but because the young man went to sea for a longer time than was expected the father of the woman cursed the marriage on his deathbed. Because of this curse the woman would not marry the man but they remained friends. When she was very old she realised how foolish she had been so she married him as she lay dying.
Object ID 2005-035-00175
Object Name Book
People Laskey, Edith, DeBlois
Publisher N. Allen Lindsey & Co
Pub Place Marblehead MA
Search Terms Curses
Subjects Marriage
Sailors
Marriage proposals
Title The Service of Jacob
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013