Ship's Papers of Mary Frazier of New Bedford

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Identifier: 003-02-28

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains fairly complete documentation, excluding correspondence,for the four voyages between 1865-1876 under the management of Charles Tucker of New Bedford. There are scant papers remaining for the voyages managed by Samuel Osborn, other than the account books in the PPL collection.

Dates

1865 - 1890

Creator

Nicholson, Paul C. (Paul Coe), 1888-1956 (Collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

PPL believes this collection is in the public domain. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Mary Frazier was a bark built in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1832. The ship was purchased from Boston by New Bedford parties in 1842 and commenced whaling from that port. She made nine whaling voyages from New Bedford before being sold to Samuel Osborn, Jr. of Edgartown in 1876. Under Osborn's management, she made four more voyages before dragging anchor off the island of Flores in the Azores in 1889 which forced her abandonment. Note - this information contradicts the Ship Registers of New Bedford, but is confirmed by the registry certificate within this collection.

Extent

.8 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is organized chronologically by voyage.

Custodial History

Acquired as part of the Paul C. Nicholson Whaling Collection in 1956.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Paul C. Nicholson, 1956.

Related Materials

PPL also owns logbooks for the voyages of 1865-1865, 1865-1867, 1867-1871, and 1871-1876.

Separated Materials

These papers were originally found in Whaling Box, M3939. Whaling boxes have been removed to the Whaling Artifacts Collection.

Processing Information

Previously part of general Nicholson Whaling Manuscript Collection, Subgroup 24. Processing by Judith Lund in 2008 with additions made to the finding aid by Janaya Kizzie in 2014. The decision to reprocess the subgroups as individual collections was made by Jordan Goffin in 2018. The collection was reprocessed by Kate Wells in 2024.