Fraser, John, Marine Painter, 1858-1927.

The collection consists of letters about Fraser's paintings and family matters, from 1893 to 1927. There are letters from two of Fraser’s younger brothers who were employed on merchant vessels. William P. Fraser drowned after being washed overboard from the barque LOCH TROOL during rough weather in 1890. Lawrence J. Fraser died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, San Francisco, after falling into a hold on the screw steamer HAZEL DOLLAR in 1914. See the records of deaths at sea in BT 334 held at The National Archives.