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Whaling

 Subject
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Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Mowry Family Collection of Whaling Correspondence

 Item — Box Multi-collection Box : [Barcode: 31116021976490]
Identifier: 003-02-21
Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, mostly from Daniel D. Mowry to his family, but also from Captains James and Charles Nichols and Charles Nichols’ wife Carrie to the Mowry Family (Carrie Nichols was Ellen Mowry’s sister). Much of this correspondence was written at sea. The collection also includes a day book and hand-written poetry.

Dates: 1832 - 1867

Nicholson Whaling Collection - Books

 Collection
Identifier: 003-01-01

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

Samuel Osborn, Jr. papers

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976532]
Identifier: 003-02-25
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence to and from Samuel Osborn, Jr., business records including notes on whales and lots of sperm oil, bills and insurance documents, and a small number of miscellaneous personal papers.

Of particular note are correspondences related to the Arctic whaling disaster of 1871 requesting compensation for the owners of the lost vessels.

Dates: 1845 - 1894; 1999

Papers Related to the Whaling Bark Kathleen

 Collection — Box Nicholson Multi Collection Box 1: [Barcode: 31116022115239]
Identifier: 003-02-33

Ship's Papers of Perry (Bark) of Edgartown

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-13
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the records of the second and third whaling voyages of the Perry including shipping papers, correspondences, protests, bills and receipts, and crew accounts. The bulk of the records reflect the voyage of 1877-1880. Of particular note are details about the death of Master George Nickerson and crew dissatisfaction between his replacement, Master Benjamin F. Nickerson, and the First Mate, Horace Sherman.

Dates: 1875-1880

Ship’s Papers of President (Bark) of New Bedford

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-27
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers from two of the President’s whaling voyages: 1865-1869 under master Edmund Kelley, and 1869-1872 under master Eber C. Almy. The papers for the second of these voyages are scant. The collection also includes papers regarding the ship’s building and maintenance history which are unrelated to any specific voyage. Of additional note in this collection is a volume of sailing directions for Buzzards Bay published in New Bedford in 1821, which has since been...
Dates: 1821 - 1875; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1873

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

Samuel Rodman and William Logan Fisher correspondence

 File — Box Multi-collection box: [Barcode: 31116021976540]
Identifier: 003-02-29