Potomac (Ship)

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Dates:
Active 1845
Active 1849

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Enoch Ackley (died on voyage) and George H. Swain; owner-agent: Isaac & Philip Macy; part of Stone Fleet sunk off Charleston Harbor 1861-1862.

From the description of Log/journal, 1853 Oct. 25-1857 Sept. 19. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012910

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Charles Grant; owner-agent: Isaac & Philip Macy; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., ca. 1845; sunk as part of stone fleet off Charleston harbor ca. 1861.

From the description of Log/journal, 1849 Aug. 7-1853 May 11. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012931

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Isaac B. Hussey.

From the description of Log/journal, 1841 Nov. 20-1845 May 04 [microform]. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71014067

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Oliver C. Swain; owner-agent: Isaac & Philip Macy; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., ca. 1845; sunk as part of stone fleet off Charleston harbor ca. 1861.

From the description of Log/journal, 1845 Sept. 4-1849 June 2. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012932

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Subjects:

  • Blockade
  • Camels (Dry docks)
  • Logbooks
  • Ship captains' spouses
  • Signals and signaling
  • Tuberculosis
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters
  • Whaling ships
  • Women and the sea

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Places:

  • Whaling--New England (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Whaling--Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • San Salvador Island (Bahamas) (as recorded)
  • South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Whaling--Pacific ocean (as recorded)
  • South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Pitcairn Island (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)