Journal of the Roscoe II (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Asa S. Tobey and kept by Asa S. Tobey, on a whaling voyage between 1846 and 1851, 1846 - 1851

Item — Volume: Wh R793 1846j

Identifier: logbook_vol_581

Staff Only

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

1846 - 1851

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open to research.

Extent

From the Collection: 650 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Contains whale stamps, sketches, pasted-in clipping with two poems. At end: draft of a letter describing a voyage to the Arctic on the ship LAGODA commencing July 1, 1850; lists of whaling grounds sighted by other vessels; account of the ROSCOE's sails in the "sale pen."