Letter by Michael Jackson re shipwreck of unnamed vessel of Parke Jackson Line.

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Undated letter (possibly 1837) by Michael Jackson to his parents in Wrightington from St Peter's Hospital, Bristol, re shipwreck of un-named vessel, (possibly Caledonia(n)), Parke - Jackson Line, sailing from Liverpool. Crew are obliged to drink blood and eat heart and liver of dead men to survive.