Abraham Barker (Bark)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1845 - 1894
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Journal of the Abraham Barker (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Alden T. Potter and kept by A. Vanderhoop William, on a whaling voyage between 1866 and 1879, 1866 - 1879
Item — Volume: Wh A159 1866j
Identifier: logbook_vol_10
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:
1866 - 1879
Charles Henry Wilbur papers
File — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-16
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 69 letters to and from Wilbur, his mother, sister and brother in law, his friends, and two whaling agents, as well as a variety of other people involved in the life and death of this whaleman from New Jersey. The correspondence in this collection begins during Wilbur’s naval service in 1864 and continues through his whaling career and into the next generation of his sister's family, ending in 1916. It includes correspondence between members of his family and the U....
Dates:
1843 - 1916
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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Charles Henry Wilbur papers