Howland/Merrill/Barney papers/Newhouse collection, 1804-1880.

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Howland/Merrill/Barney papers/Newhouse collection, 1804-1880.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28410354

Papers and business records of Howland, providing detailed accounts of financial activities within the whaling industry, his office, and on vessels outfitted by Howland and his partners, Cornelius Howland and George H. Barney; daybooks of Peter Barney, of Nantucket, Mass. (uncle of George) documenting the outfitting of whaling ships and including papers relating to the transactions of New Bedford merchants during the War of 1812; materials concerning a stowaway on the ship Ohio; information pertaining to the candle, whale oil, and real estate businesses of Edward Merrill, of New Bedford; and other papers concerning financial transactions, crew members, ship captains, and voyages, of several whaling vessels.

3 linear ft.

Nantucket Hist Association

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Nantucket Hist Association

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Ohio (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James Adams Norton, on voyage 9 Oct. 1851-28 May 1853 to the Off Shore, Coast of Kamchatka, and Okhotsk Sea whaling grounds; agent-owner: Edward Wing Howland; built at Rochester, Mass., 1833. From the description of Logbook, 1851 Oct. 9-1853 May 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979203 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Charles W. Coffin, on voyage 12 July 1837-19 Apr...

Barney, George Howland, 1821-1883

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Howland, Cornelius, 1802-1865

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Howland, Edward Wing, 1804-1879

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Whaling agent and businessman, of New Bedford, Mass. From the description of Howland/Merrill/Barney papers/Newhouse collection, 1804-1880. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 28410354 ...

Barney, Peter, 1757-1838

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Merrill, Edward

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