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S. S. Californian

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S. S. Californian

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Auction Date:2012 Dec 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Perhaps the closest ship to Titanic’s sinking and is surrounded in controversy resulting from claims it failed to assist the sinking ship. The Californian was essentially a cargo vessel with certification to carry less than 50 passengers. The ship was later sunk by a German U-boat in World War I. One-of-a-kind ALS signed “Aunt Mattie,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, May 31, 1912. Letter written on board the Leyland Liner S.S. Californian. “We may see Boston Harbor…so good after such a long voyage as it will be two weeks tomorrow since we sailed out of Liverpool…Our ship is small having but some 25 passengers but all very pleasant people and some specially charming, especially a young lady from South Africa a professional cellist going out to the Pacific coast on a holiday.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds. The only letter from the Californian we have seen, written not long after the Titanic disaster. In mid-April 1912, the Californian arrived in Boston and the captain and some of its officers were subpoenaed by the American inquiry.
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