Mattapoisett (Bark)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Leonard Hammond papers
File — Box: Multi-Collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-23
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a small amount of business correspondence to Leonard Hammond related to various maritime enterprises as well as an insurance form for a sperm oil shipment.
Dates:
1844 - 1862
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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Leonard Hammond papers
Journal of the Glacier (Bark), Greyhound (Bark), Mattapoisett (Bark) and President II (Bark); mastered by Benjamin D. Gifford, James M. Sowle and Orlando Jefferson Tripp; and kept by William C. Brownell; on whaling voyages between 1862 and 1872, 1862 - 1872
Item — Volume: Wh G845 1862j
Identifier: logbook_vol_294
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection includes nearly 800 logbooks, documenting over 1,000 voyages and ranges from the 18th to the 20th century.
Dates:
1862 - 1872
Ship's Papers of Mattapoisett (Bark) of Rochester
File — Box: 1
Identifier: 003-02-11
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of seven completed whaling voyages of the Mattapoisett from 1841-1888 and one whaling voyage which was planned for 1889 but never undertaken. This collection contains a few miscellaneous papers from the early voyages, mostly odd papers that were found in the corresponding logbooks and journals and in the collection of the papers of Leonard Hammond of Mattapoisett. The bulk of the records are for the last whaling voyage of the vessel from 1886-1888 under...
Dates:
1841-1892