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Whales

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Logbook of the Greyhound (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Lysander Gifford, on a whaling voyage between 1866 and 1871., 1866-1871

 Item — Volume Wh G845b 1866L: [Barcode: 31116021858060]
Identifier: logbook_vol_806
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: 1866-1871

Logbook of the Hunter (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Charles L. Holt and kept by John McInnis and Charles L. Holt, on a whaling voyage between 1871 and 1875., 1871-1875

 Item — Volume Wh H945 1871L: [Barcode: 31116021858078]
Identifier: logbook_vol_807
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: 1871-1875

Logbook of the John Howland (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Timothy Leary and kept by Timothy Leary, on a whaling voyage between 1847 and 1851., 1847-1851

 Item — Volume Wh J655h 1847L: [Barcode: 31116021858052]
Identifier: logbook_vol_805
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: 1847-1851

Ship’s Papers of the Robert Morrison (Bark) of New Bedford

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-19
Scope and Contents This collection contains captain Andrew J. Mosher’s correspondence from a voyage of the Robert Morrison from 1880 to 1884, along with agent’s and owner’s memoranda and information about shipments of oil from this same time period. It also contains crew papers including accounts and permissions, government documents, a significant number of bills and receipts, and documents related to the condemnation and sale of the Robert Morrison. Researchers will also note diagrams of the bark’s cask...
Dates: 1879-1890