Tag: MerchantSeamen
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The Master of the Hull: The Lifelong Service of Jeremiah Norton
In 1844, Jeremiah Norton stood in a crowded London registry office and lied. At sixty-three, he was too old for the sea, so he shaved a decade off his age to secure one last berth. He died a ship’s carpenter on the Norma, leaving behind a mystery of ghost dates.
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