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Taber, Frederick P.

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ship's Papers of Hattie E. Smith (Schooner) of Edgartown

 File — Box: Multi-collection box
Identifier: 003-02-07
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of scant documentation for the Whaling Schooner Hattie E. Smith, a few pieces relating to each noted voyage. Much of this material was found in other whaling boxes, where it apparently had been misfiled with papers for other Osborn vessels.

Dates: 1881 - 1893

Journal of the John Dawson (Bark) and Progress (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Asaph S. Wicks (Weeks) and Henry Eldridge and kept by Frederick P. Taber, on whaling voyages between 1867 and 1875, 1867 - 1875

 Item — Volume: Wh J655 1867j
Identifier: logbook_vol_365
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: 1867 - 1875

Logbook of the Hattie E. Smith (Schooner) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Joseph D. Silva and Frederick Plummer Taber, on whaling voyages between 1885 and 1887, 1885 - 1887

 Item — Volume: Wh H366 1885L
Identifier: logbook_vol_310
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: 1885 - 1887