Falmouth Town Library

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="http://www.ememories.com/pf/default.asp?PF=94999884B192A3&PFR=7419" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ememories.com/pf/default.asp?"><U><B><IMG SRC="087a86b0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="107" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <div> <B>Click to view my online photo album  "Falmouth Town Library"</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Repositories "><U>Repositories </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography, Reading Abbreviation list"><U>Bibliography, Reading & Abbreviation lists</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="British Library"><U>British Library</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="C.R.O."><U>C.R.O.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="C.L.S.L."><U>C.L.S.L.</U></A>   |   <B>Falmouth Town Library  </B>   |   <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="N.M.M."><U>N.M.M.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post Office Archives"><U>Post Office Archives</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="P.R.O. 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Similar database are being built on the subjects of:</div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tallships Falmouth for Orders"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tallships</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tallships Falmouth for Orders"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Pilots"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Falmouth Pilots  </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Quay Punts"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Falmouth Quay Punts </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smuggling "><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Smuggling </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fishing Refs."><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fishing </U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ship Boatbuilders"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Shipbuilding</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tugs Local Steamers "><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tugs   </U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                           </FONT></div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> Perhaps because Miss Philbrick, and Lady Ursula Redgrave, have done such good work tracing the history of Flushing, and because, being on the water so much over the years, when I was introduced to the  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham ( extracts) 2 vols published 1855..doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Autobiograph"><U>Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham</U></A></FONT> (available at Falmouth Reference Library) by <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Thumbs\Pauleen Scaite, Falmouth Librarian 15Jan98.JPG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="file://D:\DIALSPACE Content\Thumbs\Paule"><U> <a href="HTMLobj-302/Pauleen_Scaite__Falmouth_Librarian_15Jan98.JPG"><u>Pauline Scaite</u> </a>  </U></A></FONT> (another walking computer, filled with Falmouth's maritime history!)  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>