Rhode Island -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or 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
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
Nicholson Whaling Collection Logbooks
Collection — Wh Folio Shelves
Identifier: 003-02-01
Scope and Contents
The collection includes nearly 800 logbooks, documenting over 1,000 voyages and ranges from the 18th to the 20th century.
Dates:
circa 1762-1931