Log/journal, 1886 Jan. 5-Nov. 12.

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Log/journal, 1886 Jan. 5-Nov. 12.

Log/journal, kept by Barker, relating to a voyage from San Francisco to the North Pacific.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8071105

Nantucket Hist Association

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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. ...

Mary and Helen (Steam bark : 1882-1886)

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Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Frederick A. Barker, on voyage from 30 Dec. 1882-14 Nov. 1885 to the Coast of California and Okhotsk Sea whaling grounds; owner-agent: Josiah N. Knowles; built at Bath, Me., 1882; after 1886 renamed Beluga. From the description of Logbook of the steam bark Mary and Helen, 1884 Dec. 30-1885 Nov. 4. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 180696837 Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., ma...

Barker, Frederick A.

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