Nicholson, Paul C. (Paul Coe), 1888-1956

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This collection contains a small number of Penniman’s personal papers and ephemera, mostly unrelated to his whaling career, including a receipt for homebuilding materials, a menu, and a visiting card.

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This collection includes the records of the second and third whaling voyages of the Perry including shipping papers, correspondences, protests, bills and receipts, and crew accounts. The bulk of the records reflect the voyage of 1877-1880. Of particular note are details about the death of Master George Nickerson and crew dissatisfaction between his replacement, Master Benjamin F. Nickerson, and the First Mate, Horace Sherman.

Scope and Contents This collection contains papers from two of the President’s whaling voyages: 1865-1869 under master Edmund Kelley, and 1869-1872 under master Eber C. Almy. The papers for the second of these voyages are scant. The collection also includes papers regarding the ship’s building and maintenance history which are unrelated to any specific voyage. Of additional note in this collection is a volume of sailing directions for Buzzards Bay published in New Bedford in 1821, which has since been...

Scope and Contents This collection contains captain Andrew J. Mosher’s correspondence from a voyage of the Robert Morrison from 1880 to 1884, along with agent’s and owner’s memoranda and information about shipments of oil from this same time period. It also contains crew papers including accounts and permissions, government documents, a significant number of bills and receipts, and documents related to the condemnation and sale of the Robert Morrison. Researchers will also note diagrams of the bark’s cask...

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The collection includes the records of ten voyages of the Thomas Hunt between 1872 and 1884, including receipts and bills of sale, shareholders’ agreements, insurance certificates, crew lists and crew agreements, supplies and slops accounts, shipping papers, governmental documents such as foreign manifests and customs documents, and correspondence with ship’s agent Joseph N. Hancox.