Whaling Documents, 1786-1863.

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Whaling Documents, 1786-1863.

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Whaling Documents include: accounts of whale oil sales; correspondence and typescripts related to whaling voyages; copy of "Articles of Agreement relative to Whale Fishery;" copy of marriage certificate containing names of New Bedford whaling families; bills of sale for whale oil and whale bone; subscriptioins to Salem whaling ventures; crew lists; whale oil prices in Amsterdam; and an insurance policy. Volume contains 1098 entries of whaling vessels of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1839 through 1841; entries include vessel name, tonnage, maker of ship, destination, reports of voyage; months at sea; and amount of sperm oil, whale oil and whale bone obtained during voyage.

2 boxes.

Peabody Essex Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7944492

Peabody Essex Museum

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Whaling vessel (230 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Alex Hathaway, on voyage from 25 Mar. 1841-8 Dec. 1842; agent-owner: Levi L. Crane; built at Machias, Me., 1826; bought from New York, 1835; whaling out of Falmouth, Mass., 1835-1840; sold to New Bedford, Mass., 1840; whaling out of New Bedford, 1841-1857. From the description of Logbook of the bark George Washington, 1841 Mar. 25-1842 Dec. 8. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 428978885 ...

Bancroft, John, 1802-1882

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John Bancroft was born in Lancashire, England, in 1802 and emigrated with his family to the Delaware Valley in 1822. With his father and brother, Samuel, he established a woolen mill near Brandywine Bridge in Wilmington, Del. They relocated to Upper Providence Township, Pa., in 1827 and to Todmorden Mills in Nether Providence Township in 1831. From the description of ALS : Brandywine, Del., to Robert Hurnard, Kelvedon, England, 1824 Sept. 19. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat r...

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Mars (Bark)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Philip H. Borden, on voyage from 24 Sept. 1845-27 May 1848 to the Coast of Brazil, Madagascar, Delagoa Bay, and Coast of New Holland whaling grounds; owner-agent: Charles R. Tucker & Company; built at Newburyport, Mass., 1823. From the description of Logbook of the bark Mars, 1845 Oct. 5-1847 Sept. 30. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 192020046 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass.,...

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Ropes, Nathaniel

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Parker, John A., 1804-

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Durfee, David M., 1855-1942

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Childs, Nathan W.

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Cooke, Samuel, active 1880-1882

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Adeline Gibbs (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of Fairhaven, Mass.; mastered by Isaiah West, on voyage from 16 Oct. 1845-30 June 1848 to the South Pacific whaling grounds; owner-agent: Gibbs & Jenney; built at Rochester, Mass., 1841. From the description of Logbook of the ship Adeline Gibbs, 1845 Oct. 16-1848 June 30. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 79410439 ...

Clematis (Ship)

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