Congress (Ship) logbook, 1857-1866.

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Congress (Ship) logbook, 1857-1866.

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Logbook (172 pages) of a whaling voyage to the Indian Ocean in the ship Congress, of New Bedford, Mass. The ship's master was John C. Hamblin, and the logbook (1857 Jan.-1858 May) was kept by Caleb O. Hamblin. The volume also includes entries (1859-1863) relating to whaling voyages of the ship Governor Troup, kept by R. Kelley, and disbursements (1863-1866) relating to the ship Robert Edwards, also kept by Caleb O. Hamblin. Also includes newspaper clippings concerning Abraham Lincoln.

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Hamblin, Caleb Osburn

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Hamblin, John C. (John Coquin)

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Kelley, R.

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Congress (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by John Pitman; owner-agent: Philip H. Folger & Co. From the description of Log/journal, 1839 Aug. 27-1840 Jan. 28. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013815 Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John A. Castino, on voyage from 31 May 1864-13 May 1867; owner-agent: Edward C. Jones; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1823; formerly of Nantucket fleet; sold to New Bedford in 1843. Fr...

Governor Troup (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Edward R. Ashley; on voyage from 2 Dec. 1862-4 June 1867; agent-owner: Edward Coffin Jones; built at New York, N.Y., 1833. From the description of Logbook of the ship Governor Troup, 1865 Apr. 27-Oct. 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 275839702 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Anthony Milton, on voyage from 2 Aug. 1853-16 Mar. 1856 to the Western Islands, Falklands,...

Robert Edwards (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Caleb O. Hamblin, on voyage from 5 Aug. 1863-14 Apr. 1867; owner-agent: E.C. Jones; built at New York, 1817; burned at sea, 1870. From the description of Logbook of the ship Robert Edwards, 1863 Aug. 22-1866 June 7. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74984594 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John A. Kelly on voyage from 6 Sept. 1853-24 July 1857; owner-agent: J. & J....

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...