Female Sailor Blind In One Eye Reveals How She Got Her Male Attire And Gig Aboard The Ship By Going “”to

Female Sailor Blind In One Eye Reveals How She Got Her Male Attire And Gig Aboard The Ship By Going “”to

Female Sailor blind in one eye reveals how she got her male attire and gig aboard the ship by going “”to a dealer in sailor’s clothes, enjoining upon him the utmost secrecy, who furnished me with sufficient clothing, and rendered me every assistance in his power to forward the object I had in view. He even procured me employment on board of a vessel which was soon to sail for New Orleans, and whispered a good word for me to the captain of the vessel.” (1841)

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