Topic: People and Organizations
The Service of Jacob
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| Author |
Edith DeBlois Laskey |
| Catalog date |
11/09/2005 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
People |
| Collection |
Fishing and Shipping Collection |
| 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. |
| Home Location |
DY Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#2 |
| Object ID |
2005-035-00175 |
| Object Name |
Book |
| People |
Laskey, Edith, DeBlois |
| Publisher |
N. Allen Lindsey & Co |
| Search Terms |
Curses |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
Marriage
Sailors
Marriage proposals |
| Title |
The Service of Jacob |
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Rev. 1.0a 1/2009 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number) at: butlerw@marblehead.org
Last modified on: January 05, 2009
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