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Whaling

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Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Perry (Bark) of Edgartown

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
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of President (Bark) of New Bedford

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
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of the Robert Morrison (Bark) of New Bedford

Samuel Rodman and William Logan Fisher correspondence

 File — Box Multi-collection box: [Barcode: 31116021976540]
Identifier: 003-02-29
Dates: 1799 - 1829
Found in: Providence Public Library / Samuel Rodman and William Logan Fisher correspondence

Sampson, Joseph T.

 Person

Scrapbook Volume 1, 1800-1911

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Volume 1
Dates: 1800-1911
Found in: Providence Public Library / 003-02-41, Whaling Scrapbooks Collection

Scrimshaw Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-05-01
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1800-1900
Found in: Providence Public Library / Scrimshaw Collection

Slocum, Henry A.

 Person

Ship’s Papers of the Thomas Hunt (Schooner) of Stonington

 File — Drawer FF-10: 11: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: 003-02-17
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the records of ten voyages of the Thomas Hunt between 1872 and 1884, including receipts and bills of sale, shareholders’ agreements, insurance certificates, crew lists and crew agreements, supplies and slops accounts, shipping papers, governmental documents such as foreign manifests and customs documents, and correspondence with ship’s agent Joseph N. Hancox.

Dates: 1872 - 1884
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of the Thomas Hunt (Schooner) of Stonington

John Turner papers

 File — Box Multi-collection box: [Barcode: 31116021976540]
Identifier: 003-02-34
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 56 items, chiefly business correspondence, related to the John Turner's business investments and shares in various whaling voyages out of New London, Connecticut for vessels including the McDonough, Palladium, Mentor, Spark and Indian Chief.

Dates: 1824 - 1856
Found in: Providence Public Library / John Turner papers

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