James Loper (Ship)

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Dates:
Active 1859
Active 1860

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by William S. Whippey; owner-agent: Levi Starbuck.

From the description of Log/journal, 1846 Dec. 9-1851 May 9 [microform]. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71014104

Whaling vessel (348 tons), out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Obed Ramsdell, on voyage from 18 Sept. 1855-14 Aug. 1860; owner-agent: Obed Starbuck; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1837.

From the description of Logbook of the ship James Loper, 1859 June 8-1860 Aug. 12. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 423803452

Whaling vessel; out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Obed Cathcart on voyage from 26 June 1838-11 May 1842; owner-agent: Levi Starbuck; built at Rochester, Mass., 1837.

From the description of Logbook of the ship James Loper, 1838 Oct. 28-1841 Sept. 27. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 179859411

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by William S. Whippey; owner: Charles G. & Henry Coffin.

From the description of Accounts, 1851-1854. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013673

Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Obed Ramsdell; owner-agent: Obed Starbuck.

From the description of Log/journal, 1855 Sept. 20-1860 July 13. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013293

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Subjects:

  • Desertion
  • Dreams
  • Finback whale
  • Globicephala
  • Humpback whale
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Marine accidents
  • Rescue
  • Right whale
  • Seafaring life
  • Ship captains
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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Places:

  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Paita (Peru) (as recorded)
  • Hilo (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Java Sea (Indonesia) (as recorded)
  • Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) (as recorded)
  • Maui (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Oahu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Coral Sea (as recorded)
  • Coral Sea Islands (as recorded)
  • Tumbes (Peru) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Celebes Sea (as recorded)
  • North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Nantucket (as recorded)
  • Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) (as recorded)