Beetle, Henry W.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Journal of the Fortune (Bark) and James Andrews (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Henry W. Beetle and kept by Henry W. Beetle, on whaling voyages between 1851 and 1855, 1851 - 1855
Item — Volume: Wh J272 1851j
Identifier: logbook_vol_347
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:
1851 - 1855