Massachusetts (Ship : 1836-1871)

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Dates:
Active 1861
Active 1870

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Thomas Chatfield; owner-agent: Zenas L. Adams; returned to Nantucket Oct. 14, 1860.

From the description of Log/journal, 1856 Sept. 28-1858 Oct. 27. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012800

Whaling vessel (364 tons); out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by James E. Bennett, on voyage from 4 Dec. 1851-5 June 1856 to the Coast of California and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: William F. Dow; built as bark at New Bedford, Mass., 1836; abandoned in Arctic, 1871.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Massachusetts, 1851 Dec. 5-1853 Mar. 24. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 495695124

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Seth Nickerson, Jr.

From the description of Logbook, 1841-1845. (Falmouth Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 81777002

Whaling vessel; out of Nantucket, Mass.; mastered by Horace Nickerson, on voyage from 16 Aug. 1853-20 June 1856; owner-agent: Zenas L. Adams; built as bark at New Bedford, Mass., 1836.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Massachusetts, 1853 Aug. 16-1856 June 20. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 495700267

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Horace Nickerson; owner-agent: Zenas L. Adams.

From the description of Log/journal, 1854 Feb. 18-Aug. 24. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013595

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Joseph T. Chase, on voyage from 17 Aug. 1848-1 Nov. 1851; owner-agent: O. & G.O. Crocker; built as bark at New Bedford, Mass., 1836.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Massachusetts, 1848 Aug. 17-1851 Nov. 1. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979730

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Subjects:

  • Bowhead whale
  • Children
  • Globicephala
  • Humpback whale
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Reformatories
  • Right whale
  • Seafaring life
  • Sperm whale
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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  • Okhotsk, Sea of (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Bonin Islands (Japan) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Okhotsk (Russia) (as recorded)
  • New Zealand (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • New Zealand (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Alejandro Selkirk Island (Juan Fernández Islands) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Okhotsk, Sea of (as recorded)
  • Indian Ocean (as recorded)
  • Guam (as recorded)
  • Oahu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)