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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. BETSEY WILLIAMS; Hall; 1846-49; Pacific CATHERINE; Hull; 1854-57; Indian Ocean CATHERINE; Greene; 1848-50; 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.
NOBLE; Brown; 1841-43; Pacific WASHINGTON; Brown; 1843-44; Pacific LUCY ANN; Brown; 1844-47; Pacific. Transcript of journals of Washington and Lucy Ann FRANKLIN; Griffing; 1833-36; Pacific LUCY ANN (see above) AMELIA; ?; 1853-54; Pacific.

The remaining items are held by Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum: HERALD; Stewart(Stuart); 1845-48; Pacific ALICE; Penny; 1854-58; Pacific EMERALD; Jaggar; 1855; Pacific

Of special interest on this reel (LUCY ANN; 1844-47) Good descriptions of contact with islanders

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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. ATLANTIC; Coleman; 1846-49; Pacific MASSACHUSETTS; Chatfield; 1856-58; Pacific

Reverend John Geddie (1815-72), a Presbyterian missionary, left Nova Scotia, Canada, for the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in 1846. He reached Aneityum in May 1848 in the mission ship JOHN WILLIAMS. He was accompanied by his wife Charlotte Geddie (nee MacDonald, 1822-) and Thomas Powell of the London Missionary Society (LMS). Geddie and Powell established themselves on the southern side of the island, but were coolly received by the inhabitants. When Powell left the island after about a year, the Geddies remained with Samoan teachers. In 1852, the mission was joined by Reverend John Inglis and his wife Jessie from Scotland, representing the Reformed Presbyterian Church. They established a station on the northern side of the island. Meanwhile, Geddie had begun printing books in the Aneityumese language - the first being a spelling book, with readings from Scripture, hymns and prayers. During the next few years many similar works and translations of the Scriptures were published. Geddie retired to Australia in 1872, and died soon afterwards.

The diaries provide information about Geddie's activities during his first ten years on Aneityum.

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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. MONTPELIER; Macomber; 1853-56; Pacific JOSEPH MEIGS; Coffin; 1854-58; Pacific SARAH SHEAFE; Wall; 1851-55; Pacific

For details see PMB Doc .220

First series, vol. 12(1857): vol. 13(1857): vol. 14(1858)

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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.

Simpson Montgomery Molen (1832-1900) was born in Jacksonville, Illinois. His family moved to Camp Creek, near Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1845. After the Latter Day Saints prophet Joseph Smith was murdered in the following year, the Molen family left for Salt Lake City. In 1854, when he was 22, Molen left on a mission to the Hawaiian Islands and stayed there for four years. In the spring of 1876 he went on a second mission to Hawaii, accompanied by his wife, Jane Hyde Molen. This mission lasted three years and three months. his wife's diary, covering the period 18 May 1876 - 12 February 1877, has been microfilmed as PMB 527

The diary describes part of Molen's first mission to the Hawaiian Islands. It is followed by an account of his life copied from Vol.IV of Orson F. Whitney's History of Utah.

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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. LOGAN; ?; 1844-47; Continued from reel PMB 691 MARY ANN; Dallman; 1854(5)-58; Pacific GOOD RETURN; ?; 1851-55; Pacific ST GEORGE; Slocum; 1855-58; Pacific ATLANTIC; Wing; 1881; Pacific MONTEZUMA(MOCTEZUMA); Towers; 1847-51; Pacific EMILY MORGAN; Chase; 1854-59; Pacific HECTOR; Norton; 1852-56; Pacific.
Of special interest on this reel (HECTOR; 1852-56) At Pitcairn Island, ship leaking, deliberately holed by crew; (MARY ANN; 1854(5)-58) Partial eclipse of sun, 25/3/1857

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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. NEW BEDFORD; Swain; 1844-48; Pacific CATAWBA; Swain; 1848-52; Pacific CONGRESS; Upham; 1835-38; Pacific AURORA; Russell; 1819-22; Pacific HOMER; Haggerty; 1858-59; Desolation and Heard Island (Drawing) JAPAN; Paskett; 1832-34; Indian Ocean BRUTUS; Austin; 1845-46; Indian Ocean FLAVIO; Crocker; 1846-47; Indian Ocean ZENAS COFFIN; Frazer; 1848-53; Pacific HESPER; ?; 1853; Pacific, Atlantic ALPHA; Caswell; 1855-59; Pacific WASHINGTON; Bailey; 1843-47; Pacific see also reel PMB 397