Massachusetts -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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Leonard Hammond papers
Ship's Papers of Mattapoisett (Bark) of Rochester
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021976326]
Identifier: 003-02-11
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of seven completed whaling voyages of the Mattapoisett from 1841-1888 and one whaling voyage which was planned for 1889 but never undertaken. This collection contains a few miscellaneous papers from the early voyages, mostly odd papers that were found in the corresponding logbooks and journals and in the collection of the papers of Leonard Hammond of Mattapoisett. The bulk of the records are for the last whaling voyage of the vessel from 1886-1888 under...
Dates:
1841-1892