Newsclips: Whaling and Stories from the Sea, 1903-1937.

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Newsclips: Whaling and Stories from the Sea, 1903-1937.

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Collection includes two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Volume I, "Spun Yarns of an Old Salt" includes a variety of clippings which tell stories of the sea from many different perspectives. Most of these articles were taken from the Salem Evening News and/or the Boston Evening Record. An Index is included with Volume I. Volume II, includes a serialization of "Chasing the Bowhead Whale," which narrates the "Life Experiences, Observatons, and Adventures of Captain H. H. Bodfish, a whaleman, originally from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. These articles were printed in the Vineyard Gazette on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Several articles on mutiny are also included in this volume.

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Bullock, Isaac, b. 1800.

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Hussey, Isaac B.

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Mellen, Archibald, Jr.

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Allen, Joseph, Chase.

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Charles C. Mooers.; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing. From the description of Log/journal, 1862 June 12-1864 Apr. 12. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013365 Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by William Allen, on voyage from 4 May 1852-17 Feb. 1855; owner-agent: James H. Slocum; built at Philadelphia, Pa., 1844; stove by a whale and sank, 1902. From the description of Logbo...

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Planter (Ship)

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Glover, John, General, 1732-1797.

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Bodfish, Hartson, Hartlett.

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Briggs, Enos, 1746-1819

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