Leon Lewis
 ( The first mate's 1821 account of the disaster , as well as personal contact with the captain , inspired Herman Melville in writing his 1851 novel "Moby Dick" . ) Lewis encouraged Nickerson to write down his story and in 1876 received from Nickerson a manuscript with additional accounts of his life . 
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