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Two Years Before the Mast · Character

Mr. Brown

A passenger on the Pilgrim, traveling to California for business.

minor

Also known as Mr. Richard Brown

First appearance: i

Mr. Brown shows up with force in IX. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Bill Brown comments on the unfamiliarity of the place, calling it 'the seventh city that ever I was in, and no Christian one neither.'
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In IX: Bill Brown comments on the unfamiliarity of the place, calling it 'the seventh city that ever I was in, and no Christian one neither.' Later, in XXII: The chief mate of the Alert, described as a hearty, noisy,…

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RHRichard Henry …HOHopeGBGeorge BallmerMBMr. Brown

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