The microfilms in this series were obtained during two projects organised in 1970 and 1976 by the PMB. Each project was known as the PMB New England Microfilming Project and was under the direction of Dr John Cumpston, a specialist in early Australian maritime history. The purpose of the projects was to obtain microfilm copies of significant American records having a bearing on the history of Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and the Pacific basin generally. More than 40 libraries, museums and private individuals in New England made their records available to Dr Cumpston for microfilming or provided him with copies of their records on film where microfilming projects had already been carried out. The first project was sponsored by 12 libraries and the second by ten. The ten libraries which sponsored both projects are: the National Library of Australia, Canberra; the Library, Australian National University, Canberra; the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney; the Library, University of Sydney; the State Library of South Australia, Adelaide (in association with the libraries of the University of Adelaide and the Flinders University of South Australia); the State Library of Tasmania, Hobart; the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne; the Library Board of Western Australia, Perth; the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington; and the Library, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. The two libraries which sponsored only the first project are: the Library, University of Newcastle, New South Wales; and the State Library of Queensland, Brisbane. Reels numbered PMB 200-412 were obtained under the first project and reels numbered PMB 540-545; PMB 571-580; 671-699; 720-900 (includes American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions); 910-911; 914-915; and 953-958 under the second project. For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra 1984.

Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area of voyage BARWELL; Carr; 1785-6; East Indies, Far East ANN; ?Wise; 1776; Far East THREE SISTERS; ?Hibbs; 1788; East Indies ASTREA; Silsbee; 1790?; Far East, East Indies WILLIAM AND HENRY; ?Hodges; 1789-90; Far East GRAND TURK; ?Hodges; 1792-3; India HOPE; ?Ingraham; 1791-2; Far East UNITED STATES; Redman; 1784-5; India PERSEVERANCE; ?Wheatland; 1796-8; East Indies, Far East ?; ?Waters; 1796; India, Mauritius MARGARET; ?Magee; 1792; NW coast ASTREA; Bowditch; ?; Far East CONCORD; Appleton; 1799-1802; Chile, Far East

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. TYBEE; Driver; 1832-33; Continued from reel PMB 205 ELIZA; Winn; 1833-35; New Zealand, Fiji, Manila ELIZA; Winn; 1833-34; Fiji PERU; Eagleston; 1831; Fiji BLACK WARRIOR; Mugford; 1834; Australia BLACK WARRIOR; Mugford; 1834; Australia BLACK WARRIOR; Mugford; 1834-35; Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands BLACK WARRIOR; ?Mugford; 1834; Australia, New Zealand BLACK WARRIOR; ?; 1837-; Australia PALLAS/NAPLES; Archer; 1834-36; New Zealand, Fiji, Manila L.C.RICHMOND; ?; 1834; Tonga, Marquesas, Tahiti CONSUL; Chapman; 1834-35; Fiji, Manila, Society Islands ELIZA; ?Radcliff; 1838-41; New Zealand, Kermadecs TIGRES; Howe; 1834; Madagascar PALINURE; Endicott; 1835-36; Australia LYDIA; Howie; 1835-37; New Zealand

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.<BR>Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>MARY HAMILTON; Barker; n.d.; (Account Book)<BR>MOUNT WOLLASTON; Barker; 1877; Hawaii, Alaska<BR>LEO; Barker; 1878-79; voyages between San Francisco and Honolulu, Arctic<BR>MARY AND HELEN; Barker; 1884; Arctic<BR>Please note: The log of the LEO includes various accounts for the following ships; GOLDEN SOLE, ROWENA, FAWN AND MURRAY(passenger list). The log also lists many other vessels sailing in the Arctic.

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.<BR>Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>GAMBIA; Wallis; 1840-42; Continued from reel PMB 210<BR>CATHERINE; Cloutsman; 1845-47; Fiji, China<BR>NAVIGATOR; ?; 1845-47; Australia, New Zealand, China HENRY; ?Lind; 1845-47; Whaling Cruise<BR>MINDORO; Davis; 1845-46; Hawaii, Manila<BR>ELIZA ANN; ?; 1847-48; Australia, New Zealand, Manila<BR>ELIZA ANN; Chever; 1845-46; Australia, Far East, New Zealand<BR>AUSTRALIA; Chever; 1849-51; Australia, New Zealand, Manila<BR>HAMLET; Chever; 1855-56; Australia, Manila<BR>OCEAN EAGLE; Chever; 1857-58; Australia, Far East<BR>MAGI; Chever; 1858-59; East Indies, Far East<BR>WARWICK; ?Chever; 1845- 49; Fiji<BR>ELIZA ANN; ?Chever; 1846-47; Australia, Far East

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.<BR>Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>ELIZA ANN; ?Chever; 1846-47; Continued from reel PMB 211<BR>SAMOA; Archer; 1845-; Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands, Fiji, Manila<BR>AUSTRALIA; ?; 1852-54; Australia<BR>COMMISSARY; ?; 1844; (not copied)<BR>ELIZA ANN; ?Chever; 1845; Australia<BR>THOMAS W. SEAERS; Osgood; 1852-53; California; China<BR>LOUISIANA; Drew/Crosby; 1851-53; ?<BR>COLUMBIA; Silsbee; 1850-51; Pacific Ocean<BR>SHIRLEY; Snell; 1852-53; Australia, Manila<BR>FRANCIS WHITNEY; Silver; 1852; South America, Tahiti, East Indies ?; ?; 1853-54; Australia<BR>Of special interest on this reel is the discovery of a number of small islands at 4X30'S, 159X17'E by the SHIRLEY; 1852-53

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.<BR>Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>FRANKLIN ADAMS; ?; 1850-64; Society Islands, Fiji, Rotuma<BR>WITCHCRAFT; ?; 1853; Pacific Ocean<BR>FRANKLIN; Rose; n.d.; (not copied)<BR>GAMBIA; ?Hartwell; 1844; New Zealand, Fiji, Manila<BR>GLIDE; Endicott; 1829-32; New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Manila<BR>GLIDE; Endicott; 1829-32; as above<BR>HAMILTON; ?Martin; 1819-23; Hawaii, China<BR>HIBERNIA;Eldredge; 1844-46; New Zealand, Hawaii, Society Islands<BR>JOSEPH MAXWELL; ?Wady; 1852-55; Indian Ocean<BR>HERCULES; ?; 1835; China<BR>JOSEPH MAXWELL; Chase; 1863-; Arctic, Pacific<BR>JOSEPH MAXWELL; ?; 1867-8; Whaling Cruise<BR>Of special interest on this reel (GLIDE; 1829) Good description of adventures ashore after a wreck in Fiji.

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.<BR>Information is provided in the following format:<BR>Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>UNCAS; Gelett; 1846-49; Continued from reel PMB 22<BR>CITY; ?; 1851; North Pacific<BR>UNION; Boardman; 1802-03; China<BR>VIGILANT; ?Cole; 1860-62; Juan Fernandez, Galapagos<BR>WASHINGTON; ?Palmer; 1850-53; Pacific Ocean<BR>WILLIAM WIRT; Allen; 1846-50; Whaling Cruise<BR>SYREN; ?; 1855-56; California, China<BR>SYREN; Saunders; 1853-54; California, India<BR>Townsend, J.K., Sketches of voyage and residence in the South Sea Islands<BR>EDWARD; Hicks Jr.; 1827-29; Chile, China<BR>ELIZA; ?Richardson; 1805-6; Australia, Norfolk Island, Orient<BR>SOOLOO; Moreland; 1861-62; Orient<BR>SOOLOO; ?Allen Jr.; 1861; California<BR>HOPE; Gifford; 1863; New South Wales, Pacific<BR>

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.<BR>Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited.<BR>EMERALD; Cheever; 1833-36; New Zealand, Solomons, Manila<BR>EMERALD; Eagleston; 1833-36; As above, plus Fiji, Tahiti, Rotuma<BR>EAGLESTON, Capt. J.H., Letters sent and received from Bay of Islands, Tahiti and Rotuma, 1834-35<BR>EMERALD; Osborn; 1833-36; As above<BR>PHILLIPS, Stephen C., Account book of a Salem merchant, including goods shipped on the DERBY, 1832<BR>VINCENNES; Clark; 1838-42; Journal of the US Exploring Expedition<BR>DRUMMOND; Mullett; 1849; California<BR>TERROR; ?Waters; 1855; Australia<BR>DAVID G. FLEMING; ?Cruickshank; 1855; Australia, South America<BR>RED JACKET; ?Reed; 1854; Melbourne<BR>EAGLE WING; ?Waters; 1856-58; California, Orient, Australia<BR>Of special interest on this reel (EMERALD; 1833-36) Description of beche-de-mer establishments; account of capture of French brig, AIMABLE JOSEPHINE; description of Fijian manners and customs.

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. BARCLAY; Cottle; 1834-37; Galapagos, Society Islands ELIZABETH; ?; 1831-32; South Atlantic JOHN A. ROBB; ?; 1857-61; Fanning, Christmas Island CANTON; Baker; 1862-66; Indian Ocean, South Atlantic HELEN SNOW; Weeks; 1854-57; Pacific HELEN SNOW; Macomber; 1871-72; Pacific SENECA; Kelly; 1869-71; Hawaii, Tuamotus NORMAN; ?; 1880-81; ? LOTTIE E. COOK; Beese; 1885-87; Atlantic ARNOLDA; Braley; 1867-71; Pacific

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. ARNOLDA; Braley; 1867-71; Continued from reel PMB 230 EXCHANGE; ?; 1874-49; Atlantic ELIZABETH; Luce; 1844-46; South Atlantic ROSCOE; Macomber; 1860-64; Atlantic, Galapagos, Juan Fernandez Islands HERALD; ?; 1832-34; Indian Ocean, Atlantic HERALD; ?; 1837-40; Indian Ocean, New Zealand MERCURY; ?; 1851-52; South Pacific CICERO; Courtney; 1856-60; Juan Fernandez Islands, Hawaii, Christmas Island, Cook Islands CICERO; Stivers; 1860-65; Atlantic, Marquesas, Hawaii, Phoenix Island