Osborn, Abraham, approximately 1833-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1833~
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Account book of the Almira (Ship) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Abraham Osborn, Jr., on a whaling voyage between 1864 and 1869, 1864 - 1869
Item — Volume: Wh A449 1864a vol 1 Octavo
Identifier: logbook_vol_33
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:
1864 - 1869
Henry Beetle Hough collection of whaling papers
File — Box: Multi-collection Box
Identifier: 003-02-20
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of materials related to the Beetle family of Martha’s Vineyard. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from Henry Beetle to his fiancée and later wife, Eliza Eaton Beetle, written while he was onboard ship during several whaling voyages. The letters include details of daily life aboard ship as well as expressions of homesickness and loneliness. Also included are miscellaneous family papers, photographs of Henry Beetle and his wife Eliza Eaton...
Dates:
1827 - 1884
Logbook of the Almira (Ship) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Frederick A. Smith and Abraham Osborn, Jr., on whaling voyages between 1858 and 1867, 1858 - 1867
Item — Volume: Wh A449 1858L
Identifier: logbook_vol_32
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:
1858 - 1867