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

  • AU PMB MS 724
  • Collection
  • 1833 - 1909

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. CHINA; Maxfield; 1833-35; Indian Ocean CHINA; Towers; 1837-38; Indian Ocean PENMAN; Coffin; 1802-03; Pacific RICHMOND; Bonney; 1851-52; Indian Ocean GEORGE; Stanton; 1864-65; Pacific DR FRANKLIN; Nazzare; 1846; SOPHIA AND ELIZA; Dickens; 1844; A.R. TUCKER; West; 1893-94; A.R. TUCKER; West; 1895-96; JOSEPHINE; West; 1907-09; HERCULES; McEnnis; 1879-82; * - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean, see indexes for details

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

  • AU PMB MS 727
  • Collection
  • 1837 - 1854

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. NEWARK; Pendleton; 1846-49; Continued from reel PMB 726 GANGES; Coffin; 1849-53; Pacific BOLTON; Burtch; 1837-38; LA GRANGE; Stevens; 1837; CHARLES PHELPS; Hall; 1842-44; Pacific The remaining items on this reel are held in the Baker Library, Harvard University WILLIAM WIRT; Daggett; 1838-42; Pacific WILLIAM WIRT; Luce; 1846-48; ? WILLIAM WIRT; Daggett; 1848-50; ? ENTERPRISE; Russell; 1854; Pacific BARCLAY; ?; 1847-51; Pacific * - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean. Of special interest on this reel (CHARLES PHELPS; 1842-44) Trial on board of cook for suspected poisoning; (ENTERPRISE; 1854) Painting of a whaling scene.

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

  • AU PMB MS 732
  • Collection
  • 1842 - 1869

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. Hunnewell, James; Hawaiian letters, mostly from missionaries, 1842-68 (Continued from reel PMB 731) Hunnewell, James; Hawaiian letters from missionaries, 1845-69 Reminiscences and notes re Sandwich Islands (by Hunnewell?) 1843 Hunnewell, James; Selected papers, n.d.

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

  • AU PMB MS 735
  • Collection
  • 1798 - 1851

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.
TRIUMPH; Burt; 1849-50; Pacific WASHINGTON; Covell; 1838-40/1840-42; Indian Ocean KAMENELE; Shaw; 1836; Pacific WALTER SCOTT; Webber; 1836; Pacific PERU; Kilham; 1837-38; Pacific CHAMPION; Cook; 1842-44; Indian Ocean ROBERT EDWARDS; ?; 1838-41; Pacific CLARICE; ?; 1838-41; Pacific GENERAL SCOTT; Fisher; 1847-51; Pacific UNITY; Brewer; Pacific HANCOCK; ?; 1798-1800; Pacific

Of special interest on this reel (HANCOCK; 1798-1800) Record of preparing ship for sea; scurvy eliminated by using raw potatoes; ship's duties very detailed; particulars of fur trade; (PERU; 1837-38) Description of rebellion in Chile and subsequent banishment of General Freyre; description of mission at Moorea; (TRIUMPH; 1849-50) Excellent description of Juan Fernandez.

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

  • AU PMB MS 767B
  • Collection
  • 1829 - 1856

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200.
This reel contains journals and correspondence as indicated: OCEAN PEARL; Journal, Captain Winthrop Sears, 1854-56 Tufts, Henry; Letterbook - correspondence from father re ships and shipping, 1845-46 Tufts, Alfred; Letters to mother, 1854-55 Tufts, George; Letters to mother, 1855 RODMAN; Journal, Captain Wm. Whitton, 1859-63 PLANT; Journal, 1829-31 Of special interest on this reel (OCEAN PEARL; 1854-56) Excellent account of shipboard life, of relations between passengers; good descriptions of ports visited and life in Hawaii; smoking volcano in Mariana Islands

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.

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

  • AU PMB MS 769
  • Collection
  • 1798 - 1843

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); Date of voyage; Area or places visited. PLEASE NOTE: PMB 768 to 783 - the names of the captains or logkeepers were not readily available for inclusion in these entries. Some of the names may be located in the indexes mentioned above. ANN AND HOPE; 1799-1800; Pacific ANN AND HOPE; 1800; Indian Ocean ANN AND HOPE; 1798-1799; Pacific ANN AND HOPE; 1799-1800; Pacific ENVOY; 1833-37; Pacific ENVOY; 1842-43; Pacific GENERAL CARRINGTON; 1823-24; Pacific PROVIDENCE; 1824; Pacific REBECCA; 1806-1807; Indian Ocean PANTHER; 1819-1822; Indian Ocean PANTHER; 1828-1830; Pacific OSPRAY (extracts); 1818, 1821; Pacific SUPERIOR; 1824-27; Pacific Of special interest on this reel (ANN AND HOPE; 1798-1800) Notes on Australian aboriginal weapons, language, customs; Benelong; Bass and Flinders' whaleboat expedition; skirmish with French privateer at Tinian; lists of European merchants and American ships at Canton.

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

  • AU PMB MS 770
  • Collection
  • 1803 - 1861

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); Date of voyage; Area or places visited. PLEASE NOTE: PMB 768 to 783 - the names of the captains or logkeepers were not readily available for inclusion in these records. Some of the names may be located in the indexes mentioned above.
SUPERIOR; 1824-27; Continued from reel PMB 769 SUPERIOR; 1824-25; Pacific METACOM; 1849; Pacific MERCURY; 1822-25; Pacific ARCHER; 1852-53; Pacific PATTERSON; 1803-04; Pacific PHILIP TABB; 1836-38; Pacific BENJAMIN RUSH; 1833-37; Pacific BRUNSWICK; 1839-41; Indian Ocean ISIS; 1804; Pacific KENSINGTON; 1857-61; Pacific.
Of special interest on this reel (PATTERSON; 1803-04) Interesting account of Sydney, black swans, spotted deer, kangaroos, buildings, liquor trade, Parramatta, cattle; shortage of beef; distress in new Port Phillip settlement; purchase of seal skins; home through East Indies from China

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

  • AU PMB MS 774
  • Collection
  • 1790 - 1857

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); Date of voyage; Area or places visited.
PLEASE NOTE: PMB 768 to 783 - the names of the captains or logkeepers were not readily available for inclusion in these entries. Some of the names may be located in the indexes mentioned above.
PEACOCK USS, VINCENNES USS; 1838-42; Continued from reel PMB 773 HOPE; 1790-92; Pacific VANCOUVER; 1804-06; Pacific Taylor; Sketchbook, 1854-57 OTTER; 1809-11; Pacific

Of special interest on this reel (VANCOUVER; 1804-06) Early fur trading voyage; beauty of Hawaii; visit of royal family; (OTTER; 1809-11) Visited by king at Hawaii; difficulties of navigation; problems and dangers of trading with the Indians; note on Russian plans for extension of influence, 27 May 1810.

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

  • AU PMB MS 775
  • Collection
  • 1809 - 1868

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200
Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Date of voyage; Area or places visited:
OTTER; 1809-11; Continued from reel PMB 774.
The following items are held by The Mariners' Museum: JOHN P. WEST; 1862-63; Pacific JOHN P. WEST; 1863-68; Pacific ALICE FRAZIER; 1854-55; Pacific GEORGE AND SUSAN; 1827-29; Pacific SAMUEL ROBERTSON; 1846-49; Pacific HUNTER; 1856-58; Indian Ocean MOCTEZUMA; 1854-57; Pacific
Of special interest on this reel (ALICE FRAZIER; 1851-55) Sketches of whales; charming child's account of voyage from Honolulu to Sydney and of Sydney in early 1855; (JOHN P. WEST; 1863-68) Account of pirate ship SHENANDOAH burning whale ships, 26 June 1865.

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.PLEASE NOTE: PMB 768 to 783 - the names of the captains or logkeepers were not readily available for inclusion in these entries. Some of the names may be located in the indexes mentioned above.

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

  • AU PMB MS 778
  • Collection
  • 1774 - 1851

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200.
Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited:
JUPITER; Varela; 1774-75; Voyage to Tahiti from Peru List of ships arriving at Hilo, Hawaii, 16 January 1844 to 1 October 1851.

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.

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