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Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 208
  • Collection
  • 1877 - 1884

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.<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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Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 248
  • Collection
  • 1827 - 1884

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. (VARIOUS); Brownell; 1830-47; Continued from reel PMB 247 SEA RANGER; Gomez/Peters; 1879-84; Atlantic DELPHOS; West; 1843-45; Atlantic, New Zealand, Society Islands, North Pacific BARNARD, Capt. Charles H., A Narrative of the ... Adventures of ..., New York, 1829. Voyage round the world during the years 1812-16. HOPE; ?; 1845-47; Indian Ocean MARCELLA; ?; 1858-61; South Atlantic, Indian Ocean PORTER; Samson; 1827-28; South Atlantic HUNTER; Smith; 1867-71; Indian Ocean, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga CANTON PACKET; Shearman; 1845-49; Fiji, New South Wales, New Zealand, Kermadecs, Tonga, Lord Howe Island

New England Microfilming Project

Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 311
  • Collection
  • 1834 - 1884

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. AURORA; Aveline/Barnes; 1865-71; Continued from reel PMB 310 BELLE; Brown; 1857-62; Pacific B. GOSNOLD; Robinson; 1875-76; Atlantic ANNAWAN; Clark; 1854-55; Atlantic AFTON; Clark; 1856-58; Atlantic OCEAN ROVER; Clark; 1859-62; Atlantic, Indian Ocean GREYHOUND; ?; 1884; Australia BENEZET; Pitman/Bartlett; 1834-36; Pacific BENEZET; Swift; 1836-37; Pacific

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Diaries, reminiscences, letter, Tahitian history

  • AU PMB MS 108
  • Collection
  • 1838 - 1884

The Rev. Joseph Johnston (1814-1892) left England for Tahiti as a missionary of the London Missionary Society in the ship 'Camden' in April 1838. He reached Tahiti in the following March, and served there until late 1849. In Tahiti he married Miss Harriet Platt, daughter of the Rev. George Platt. After his return to England in May 1850, he went to Fremantle, Western Australia, as a Congregational minister. He died there in 1892.

The microfilm contains the following documents:

  • Diary kept in the Camden en route to Tahiti, 26 April-28 October 1838.
  • A history and impression of Tahiti, with a narrative of the voyage in the Camden, 1838.
  • Diaries kept in Tahiti, 8 November -14 December 1838; 28 May-6 November 1839; and 6 January-30 December 1840.
  • Diary kept in the Camden during a tour of LMS mission stations in the Pacific, 16 March-19 July 1842.
  • Diaries kept in Tahiti 2 March-26 March and 11 April-26 May 1839.
  • Diaries kept in Tahiti, on return voyage to England, on voyage to Western Australia, and in Western Australia, July 1844-August 1852.
  • Diaries kept in England, on voyage to Western Australia and in Fremantle, 1852-55, 1864-68, 1869-71.
  • Letter from Johnston to Mr Gallop, dated Fremantle, 25 December 1884.
  • Reminiscences of Mrs S.F. Moore (nee Eliza Mary Johnston), Johnston's daughter.

Johnston, Joseph

Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 910
  • Collection
  • 1844 - 1885

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. ELIZABETH; Gifford; 1844-46; Pacific MOUNT WOLLASTON; Barker; 1877; Pacific LE0; Barker; 1878/1878-79/1979; Pacific MARY AND HELEN II; Barker; 1884-85; Pacific CORAL; Barker; 1880; Pacific PROGRESS; Barker; 1880-81; Pacific

New England Microfilming Project

Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 392
  • Collection
  • 1763 - 1885

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; Hallett; 1878-82; Atlantic FREEDOM; Lawrence; 1883; Atlantic GERMANIC; ?; 1883; Atlantic (Diary) ST DAVID; Frost; 1884-85; Pacific MARIA; Joy; 1829; Pacific ARCHIMEDES; Upham; 1821; Atlantic OLIVE; Hunt; 1821; Atlantic EAGLE; Coleman; 1825-28; Pacific LADY ADAMS; Fitch; 1802-05; Pacific PRICE; Coffin; 1774; (Accounts) ENDEAVOUR; ?; 1763; (Accounts) FOX; ?; 1775; (Accounts) BOSTON PACKET; ?; 1764; (Accounts) LYDIA; Joy; 1823-27; Pacific AURORA; Swain; 1827-30; Pacific ROSE; Coleman; 1837-41; Pacific HENRY; Coleman; 1848-51; Pacific LADY ADAMS; Colesworthy; 1805-06; Indian Ocean SPARTAN; Bunker; 1858-61; Pacific HERO; Russell; 1846-51; Pacific BARCLAY; Barney; 1832-35; Atlantic (Fragment) Ships arrived at and sailed from Nantucket, 1815 - 1868 HENRY; Coleman; 1848; Pacific * see also reel PMB 397

New England Microfilming Project

Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 885
  • Collection
  • 1837 - 1885

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. OCEAN; Holmes; 1878; OCEAN; Lewis; 1879-82; OCEAN; Chadwick; 1852-53; OCEAN; Chadwick; 1853-54; OCEAN; Chadwick; 1854-56; OCEAN; Cornell; 1859-61; OCEAN; Cornell; 1862-63; ADDISON; Cornell; 1868; OCEAN STEED; Borden; 1868-69; OCEAN STEED; Russell; 1870-72; OCMULGEE; West; 1854-57; Pacific OCTAVIA; Gifford; 1837-39; Indian Ocean FRUITFUL VINE; Nye; 1840; ANN; Almy; 1841; Indian Ocean LOUVRE; Blackley; 1842; Indian Ocean OHIO; Benton; 1881-85; OMEGA; Morey; 1847-50; Pacific * - Sailed to areas other than the Pacific or Indian Ocean.

New England Microfilming Project

Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories

  • AU PMB MS 914
  • Collection
  • 1844 - 1885

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. FLEETWING; Heppingstone; 1884-85; Pacific GAY HEAD; Kelly; 1870-71; Pacific CAMBRIA; Pease; 1858-62; Pacific DANIEL WOOD; Morrison; 1856-60; Pacific BARCLAY; Cory; 1849-50; MATTAPOISETT; Manchester; 1851; DUNBARTON; Nye; 1854-55; RICHMOND; Swift; 1844-47; Pacific - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean Of special interest on this reel (RICHMOND; 1844-47) A complete list of the officers and men appears at the beginning of the journal

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