Whaling logbooks, and other documents, copied in New England (USA) repositories
- AU PMB MS 854
- Colección
- 1836 - 1853
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. WILLIAM PENN; Lincoln; 1841-45; Pacific AWASHONKS; Coffin; 1834-36; Pacific AWASHONKS; Proctor; 1836; Pacific COMMODORE MORRIS; Jones; 1845-49; Pacific EDWARD CARY; Phinney; 1849-53 WILLIAM PENN; Miscellaneous Papers, 1833 -1845; The ship was built in Falmouth in 1832. The papers include - Copy of shipping papers, costs and expenses and instructions to master (John Lincoln) for whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean, May 8th 1833. (See Starbuck for details of this voyage) Also includes: Invoice for clothing, merchandise on board; list of officers and crew; details of cargo of sperm oil and details of sales (1836); memorandum of acceptances (1833); owners' accounts;list of slops; articles of outfit; instructions to master (R. Bodfish) October 5th 1836; memorandum of acceptances; abstract account June 10th 1841; bill of sale of one sixty-fourth of the ship and its cargo to Obed Goodspeed; 2 account books of Goodspeed, 1 Jan 1833-11 Jan 1844. Of special interest on this reel (AWASHONKS; 1834-36) Captain, two mates and some crew members killed by inhabitants of Namarik Island
New England Microfilming Project