Logbook of the steam barkentine Newport, 1893 Aug. 21-1896 Sept. 4.

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Logbook of the steam barkentine Newport, 1893 Aug. 21-1896 Sept. 4.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170921734

Partial log, kept by Harston H. Bodfish, relating to whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean.

1 v. (356 p.)

Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6916785

Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library

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Tilton, James A.

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Pacific Steam Whaling Co.

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Porter, William P. S.

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Leavitt, G. B.

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Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett)

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Knowles, Josiah Nickerson, 1830-1896

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Josiah Nickerson Knowles was born in Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1830. As clipper ship captain, he commanded ships including the Wild Wave, the Kentuckian, and the Charger, setting records for fast passages. In 1858, he was stranded for several months as a result of the wreck of the Wild Wave on Oeno Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The Glory of the Seas was his last clipper ship command. In 1880, Knowles settled in San Francisco, where he was active as a merchant and shipper in the whaling industry. ...

Newport (Steam barkentine)

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Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered (in the following order) by William P. Porter, James Tilton, Harston H. Bodfish, and G.B. Levitt, on whaling voyage from 1 June 1892-26 Sept. 1898, to the Herschel Island, 20/24, and Fathom whaling grounds; owner-agent: Pacific Steam Whaling Co.; built at San Francisco, Calif., 1875. From the description of Logbook of the steam barkentine Newport, 1893 Aug. 21-1896 Sept. 4. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat rec...