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Whaling

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Ship's Papers of Eunice H. Adams (Brig) of Edgartown

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-02
Scope and Contents The records in this collection represent four voyages of the brig Eunice H. Adams while under the management of Samuel Osborn, Jr. of Edgartown, Massachusetts. The records include articles of agreement, correspondence, crew lists, bills & receipts and crew accounts. Several voyages include records of activities of particular note. The voyage of 1884-1885 includes records related to ship repair due to leaks, regular shipping business and bills related to medical treatment for...
Dates: 1883-1895
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Eunice H. Adams (Brig) of Edgartown

Leonard Hammond papers

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976532]
Identifier: 003-02-23
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a small amount of business correspondence to Leonard Hammond related to various maritime enterprises as well as an insurance form for a sperm oil shipment.

Dates: 1844 - 1862
Found in: Providence Public Library / Leonard Hammond papers

Ship's Papers of Hattie E. Smith (Schooner) of Edgartown

 File — Box Multi-collection box : [Barcode: 31116021976243 ]
Identifier: 003-02-07
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of scant documentation for the Whaling Schooner Hattie E. Smith, a few pieces relating to each noted voyage. Much of this material was found in other whaling boxes, where it apparently had been misfiled with papers for other Osborn vessels.

Dates: 1881 - 1893
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Hattie E. Smith (Schooner) of Edgartown

Henry Beetle Hough collection of whaling papers

 File — Box Multi-collection Box : [Barcode: 31116021976490]
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
Found in: Providence Public Library / Henry Beetle Hough collection of whaling papers

Insurance Protest of the Whale Ship Malta of New Bedford

 Collection — Box Nicholson Multi Collection Box 1: [Barcode: 31116022115239]
Identifier: 003-02-35
Dates: November 25, 1857
Found in: Providence Public Library / Insurance Protest of the Whale Ship Malta of New Bedford

International Whaling Conference on Historical Whaling records

 File
Identifier: 003-02-36
Scope and Contents

Collection includes scholarly and scientific papers that were contributed to and collected by the conference as well as records related to the agreements following the conference such as a bibliography of resources, general policy statement, Report of the Biological Subcommittee, Report of the Subcommittee of Historian and Scholars, details related to logbook entries, voyage summary data sheet, voyage summery record and logbook reading report template.

Dates: 1977-09-12 - 1977-09-16
Found in: Providence Public Library / International Whaling Conference on Historical Whaling records

Ship’s Papers of Lion (Ship) of Providence

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021976425]
Identifier: 003-02-18
Scope and Contents

This collection contains minimal documentation for the first and last voyages of the Lion, with better, though decidedly incomplete, documentation for the middle two voyages from Providence. Papers include correspondence, bills and receipts, gauges of oil, financial records including interest and deposits, crew lists and expenses, stockholders’ meeting minutes, and legal documents.

Dates: 1841-1857
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of Lion (Ship) of Providence

Aaron Lopez papers

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976532]
Identifier: 003-02-24
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, bills and notes, and shipping receipts including for various provisions such as dry goods, preserved beef, women’s shoes, spermaceti candles and oil, rum and pitch. Of particular interest is a letter of apology to Lopez from his son-in-law, Abraham Pereira Mendes, that notes, “I have so inhumanly assaulted and cruely treated [Lopez}…past follies…being so numerous and heinous…” which followed a family disagreement between Mendes and Lopez....
Dates: 1756 - 1775
Found in: Providence Public Library / Aaron Lopez papers

Ship's Papers of Mary Frazier of New Bedford

 File — Flat file case Flat File
Identifier: 003-02-28
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
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Mary Frazier of New Bedford

Ship's Papers of Minnesota (Bark) of Edgartown

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021976227]
Identifier: 003-02-04
Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence between Master Charles S. Downs and agent Samuel Osborn, Jr. relating to the business of whaling and the condemnation and sale of the vessel. Also included are permissions for crew members to go whaling, signed crew agreements, outfitting notes, and a crew list. Bills and receipts are included from the time of outfitting until the sale of the vessel and return of its oil. Documents and consular copies of the transactions relating to survey, maintenance,...
Dates: 1880 - 1883
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Minnesota (Bark) of Edgartown

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