Whaling collection, 1830-1904.

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Southampton Colonial Society (Southampton, N.Y.). Whaling collection, 1830-1904.

Whaling collection, 1830-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155551789

Letters, receipts and accounts of shares for sale of whale oil and whale bone; bills for ship supplies; ledger of accounts of various ships and captains, 1843; correspondence and other items related to shipwrecks; memoirs and histories of whaling voyages; photocopies of ship logs; and miscellaneous letters written on voyages. Individuals and shipping firms mentioned include Charles T. Dering, Sylvester Hasley, Edward Halsey, Edward D. Topping, Captain Henry Ol French, Jonathan and Stephen Feeks, W. R. and C. Hitchcock, Fish Grinnell & Co., and the Hampton Whaling Company. Ships named include the Henry, Imperial, General Warren, Champion, Pioneer, Nimrod, Bee, Barbara, Sabina, Crescent and Tuscany.

70 items.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library