Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. WM. THOMPSON; Weeks; 1838; Pacific WM. THOMPSON; Doane; 1839-42; Pacific WM. THOMPSON; Ellis; 1842-46; Pacific WM. THOMPSON; Ellis; 1846-48; Pacific WINSLOW; Eldredge; 1852-55; Atlantic WILLIAM C. NYE; Adams/Sowle; 1851-56; North Pacific WILLIAM C. NYE; Adams; 1851-56; North Pacific WASHINGTON; Holley; 1853-54; North Pacific

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. CONSTITUTION; Bunker; 1851-52; Pacific, Arctic DART; Powers; 1823; Atlantic GEORGE PORTER; Fitzgerald; 1826; Atlantic DOLPHIN; Paddock; 1790; Atlantic SWALLOW; ?; 1791; (Fragment) EMERALD; Cathcart; 1844-46; Pacific ENTERPRISE; Wyer; 1846-50; Pacific ENTERPRISE; Stetson; 1829-32; Pacific EDWARD; Clark; 1849-50; Pacific FRANCES; Alley; 1830-32; Pacific FOUR SISTERS; Peter Chase; 1795; Atlantic FIDELIA; Seaton; 1848; Atlantic LINDEN; Williams; 1848-49; Atlantic CARRINGTON; Abbott; 1849; Pacific TALBOT; Blish; 1849-50; Pacific, Atlantic MANDARIN; Stoddard; 1850; Atlantic, Pacific WILLIAM H. HARBECK; Shinn; 1851; Pacific, Atlantic GEORGE; McCleave; 1843-47; Pacific GOVERNOR CARVER; Beebe; 1857-60; Indian Ocean GIDEON; Clark; 1821-25; Pacific GEORGE WASHINGTON; Russell; 1840-44; South Pacific GEORGE WASHINGTON; Russell; 1844-47; Pacific WILLIAM HAMILTON; Swain; 1839-42; Pacific AUTUMN; Perry; 1845-49; Pacific see also reel PMB 397

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. NORMAN; Ray; 1855-60; Continued from reel PMB 380 NORMAN; Chase; 1851-55; Pacific NAPOLEON; Fuller; 1868-72; South Pacific, Atlantic OCEAN; Parker; 1840-44; Pacific OCEAN; Fuller; 1853-56; Pacific OMEGA; Gardner; 1836-40 Pacific OMEGA; Haggerty; 1840-44; Pacific OMEGA; Gardner; 1843-46; Indian Ocean, Pacific ORION; Ray; 1845-50; Pacific * see also reel PMB 397

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. This reel contains copies of pages omitted, spoiled or incorrectly exposed by the microfilmers in photographing the logbooks and other documents copied on reels PMB 372-392 inclusive. A key to the contents of the reel appears at the beginning and end of the film. Items on reels 372-392 containing material which has been refilmed on this reel have been marked with an asterisk (*).

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. HERCULES; McEnnis; 1879-82; Continued from reel PMB 724 PRINCE CHARLES; Gwynn/George; 1745; FALCON; Dougherty; 1865-67; MEXICO; Wing; 1844-45; PRESIDENT; Sowle; 1849-50; FRANCES A. BARSTOW; Reed; 1877-78/1878-80; - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean, see indexes for details

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. Hunnewell, James; Diary, 1816-22 Morgan, Charles W.; Letter Book, 1833-37 JOHN GILPIN; Ring; 1855-56; Pacific JOHN GILPIN; Ropes; 1856-57; * The remaining items on this reel are held by the Houghton Library HOLLANDER; Hardy/Millett; 1857-58; Indian Ocean SYREN; Morse; 1865-66; Pacific SYREN; Wood/Manters; 1870-71; Pacific SYREN; Johnson; 1877-79; Pacific CANTON; Lucas; 1842-45; Pacific CANTON; Sherman; 1874-78; Indian Ocean

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. CANTON; Sherman; 1874-78; Continued from reel PMB 733 ARCHER; ?; 1856-61; Pacific SYREN; Perkins; 1868-69; Pacific STAFFORD; Francis; 1851-54; Pacific PACIFIC; ?; 1851-54; Pacific ROBERT MORRISON; ?; 1854-57; Pacific MARIA; Macy; 1832-34; Pacific OROZIMBO; Bartlett; 1840-43; Pacific Of special interest on this reel (MARIA; 1832-34) Good record of shipboard life generally - of ports, of gaming and of gossip; comments on learning on board - many 'darkies' learned to read and write

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. ONTARIO; Bunker; 1824-27; Pacific LINDA STEWART; ?; 1877-81; Pacifc CHARLES DREW; Bonly; 1839-42; Pacific BHERING; Snow; 1842; Pacific LAFAYETTE; Ray; 1856-61; Pacific NIGER; Jernegan; 1852-56; Pacific

Of special interest on this reel (LINDA STEWART; 1877-81) In quarantine at Talcuhuano with smallpox cases from April to 29 June 1880; sent boats to help SAPPHO which was on fire, 26 June 1880.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. NIGER; Jernegan; 1852-56; Continued from reel PMB 736 Maury, Lieut. M.F., U.S. Navy (Compiler); Whale chart of the world compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, 1852 ALERT; Phelps; 1840-41; Pacific (Private journal to wife) ACUSHNET; Rogers; 1845-48; Pacific AWASHONKS; Lawrence; 1851-54; Pacific UNIDENTIFIED; ?; 1835-36; Pacific OHIO; Baker; 1854-58; Pacific LEONIDAS; Cleveland; 1833-37; Pacific SYREN; Johnson; 1871-73; Pacific

Of special interest on this reel (ACUSHNET; 1845-48) Sketches, including one of ACUSHNET; notes on ports of call, masts, sails; newspaper extract on MOBY DICK and ACUSHNET; (OHIO; 1854-58) Mr Slater put ashore in tent with two men to attend him; smoked ship - probably smallpox - Chatham Island, 30 November 1856

There are five items:

1. The Norfolk Island Whaling and Sharking Co. Ltd., Minutes of workers' meetings, November 1938, August-December 1939, July 1940, September 1941. Documents relating to banking transactions of the Council of Elders, 1903. Copy of the will of Francis Mason Nobbs, 12 December 1907. Probate of Nobbs' will, 12 July 1909. Obituary of Nobbs by the Deputy Administrator, 30 June 1909.
2. Account of provisions received and issued to colonial prisoners at Norfolk Island, January 1854.
3. The Demon a biography written by Henry Garrett, a prisoner on Norfolk Island c.1846-53, in response to Marcus Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life, with notes by R.N. Dalkin.
4. The 'Bounty' and After. A short history of the mutineers of the 'Bounty' by A.S. Gazzard. Published by the Norfolk Island Weekly, 1943.
5. Evidence taken at Norfolk Island by Commissioner Alexander Oliver during an inquiry into the administration of Norfolk Island affairs, 1903.