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Journal of the Abraham Barker (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Alden T. Potter and kept by A. Vanderhoop William, on a whaling voyage between 1866 and 1879, 1866 - 1879

 Item — Volume: Wh A159 1866j
Identifier: logbook_vol_10

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

  • 1866 - 1879

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open to research.

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Contains whale stamps, profile views, sketch of vessel on fly-leaf. At end: accounts; valedictory; letters; oil records; names of those that raised whales; list of ships spoken and seen; "whales seen and caught on New Zealand," and crew list.

Repository Details

Part of the Providence Public Library Repository

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