Journal of the Canton I (Ship) and Condor (Ship) and Pacific Ocean (Bark) and Uncas (Ship), mastered by James Ryder Allen and Jacob Taber and Charles Wetherby Gelett and kept by James Ryder Allen, on whaling voyages between 1843 and 1854, 1843 - 1854

Item — Volume: Wh U54 1843j

Identifier: logbook_vol_653

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

1843 - 1854

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

Journal kept on the ship UNCAS of New Bedford from Aug. 5, 1843 - April 12, 1846, master Charles W. Gelett. Also contains entries from five other voyages: on the ship CONDOR of New Bedford, July 7, 1846 - Mar. 4, 1847, master Jacob Taber (Sherman 190, Starbuck 434); on the ship CONDOR of New Bedford, June 22, 1848 - April 25, 1850, master James R. Allen (Sherman 191, Starbuck 452); on the ship CANTON of New Bedford, Feb. 18, 1851 - Mar. 25, 1852, master James R. Allen (Sherman 118, Starbuck 466); on the ship PACIFIC of New Bedford, Oct. 5, 1852 - May 4, 1854, master James R. Allen (Sherman 630, Starbuck 494); and on the ship PACIFIC of New Bedford, Mar. 1, 1866 (Starbuck 604). Also contains oil records from the ship PACIFIC, 1866; ship accounts from the ship CANTON; personal accounts; an illustration of a house; and poetry. At end: whale stamps, watercolor whaling scene.