In 1870, Jerry Crowley left home seeking adventure, but soon regretted his decision. He spent less than a year on a whaling vessel in the North Atlantic before the boat and crew disappeared.
Jerry's letters home reveal he regretted his decision and counted the days until he could return to his family in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Sadly, Jerry never returned home. William and Barnes, the company that chartered the Schooner Quickstep, wrote a letter informing the family that no news had come from the ship in weeks.
John Higgins, Jerry's great-nephew, wrote, "The last time that my grandmother saw her brother Jeremiah was when he and a friend boarded a train in Hoosick Falls to go to Boston. They signed up on a whaling vessel and left Boston with another ship into the North Atlantic. A year later the other ship returned but the one Jerry was on sank during a violent storm."
Jerry's letters home reveal he regretted his decision and counted the days until he could return to his family in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Sadly, Jerry never returned home. William and Barnes, the company that chartered the Schooner Quickstep, wrote a letter informing the family that no news had come from the ship in weeks.
John Higgins, Jerry's great-nephew, wrote, "The last time that my grandmother saw her brother Jeremiah was when he and a friend boarded a train in Hoosick Falls to go to Boston. They signed up on a whaling vessel and left Boston with another ship into the North Atlantic. A year later the other ship returned but the one Jerry was on sank during a violent storm."
In 1870, Jerry Crowley left home seeking adventure, but soon regretted his decision. He spent less than a year on a whaling vessel in the North Atlantic before the boat and crew disappeared.
Jerry's letters home reveal he regretted his decision and counted the days until he could return to his family in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Sadly, Jerry never returned home. William and Barnes, the company that chartered the Schooner Quickstep, wrote a letter informing the family that no news had come from the ship in weeks.
John Higgins, Jerry's great-nephew, wrote, "The last time that my grandmother saw her brother Jeremiah was when he and a friend boarded a train in Hoosick Falls to go to Boston. They signed up on a whaling vessel and left Boston with another ship into the North Atlantic. A year later the other ship returned but the one Jerry was on sank during a violent storm."
Jerry's letters home reveal he regretted his decision and counted the days until he could return to his family in Hoosick Falls, NY.
Sadly, Jerry never returned home. William and Barnes, the company that chartered the Schooner Quickstep, wrote a letter informing the family that no news had come from the ship in weeks.
John Higgins, Jerry's great-nephew, wrote, "The last time that my grandmother saw her brother Jeremiah was when he and a friend boarded a train in Hoosick Falls to go to Boston. They signed up on a whaling vessel and left Boston with another ship into the North Atlantic. A year later the other ship returned but the one Jerry was on sank during a violent storm."
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