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Copy to the text of an email seeking information on Captain I.N. Hibbard sent to the hibbardfamily.com website:
My interest lies in the actions of Captain I.N. Hibbard after a steamship wreck that took place in 1904. I have collected material on the event, but have been able to learn very little about Captain I.N. Hibbard himself.
For example:
* What do the initials I. and N. stand for? * *He is quoted as saying that he had experienced 22 years on the seas. It certainly sounds like a naval captain, but I can't verify that.
*Did he ever work for The Pacific Coast Steamship Company, that major company that ran ships up and down the west coast for a number of years?
*I can verify that he and a partner ran a whaling Company from 1907-1910. It was The Tyee Company of San Francisco, operating out of Alaska.
*BUT I have no idea what he looked like, where his permanent home was, whether he had any descendents, or a anything else about him.
*Also, I know nothing of his connection to Dr. Lloyd Hibbard, the well-known musicologist, a professor in the Music Department of North Texas State University, Denton, Texas until his death sometime in the 1970ies or 80ies.
There are other questions, but I can't think of them right now. Mainly I want to know as much as possible about Captain I.N. Hibbard; and I thank you most gratefully for whatever information or information leads you are able to send to me.
I want to tell you at this stage, I believe it is proper to do so, that I believe that the artifact I own is historically important. It was left to his long-time friends, my parents, who in turn left it to me. I believe strongly that it belongs in a museum or even better in the home of some Hibbard family who would treasure it, tell its story over and over to family and friends, and pass it on, with pride, to future generations of Hibbards. For that reason, instead of passing it on to members of my family or selling it to some west coast museum, I want to honor it with as much background as I can so that it can take its suitable place in the history of a particular, fascinating time in Pacific coastal history.
I will then put it and the accompanying facts regarding it -- about the event and the man -- up for direct sale or auction to members of the Hibbard family only. I have no way of knowing how you would feel about this plan, but whatever amount of assistance you feel like giving me or helping me to uncover under these circumstances will be deeply appreciated.
Please respond with any information in the comments. Thank you for your help!
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