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New York -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles and Nicoll Dering Collection of Whaling Correspondence

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976532]
Identifier: 003-02-22
Scope and Contents This collection includes the business correspondence and accounts of Charles T. and Nicoll H. Dering of Sag Harbor and Henry Huntington of Rome, New York relative to the business of whaling. In his correspondence, which makes up the majority of the collection, Charles Dering, a whaling agent, encourages Henry Huntington to invest in his whaling ventures, and sends statements relating to the vessels and Huntington's investments therein, as well as miscellaneous personal and family...
Dates: 1833 - 1846

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