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

  • AU PMB MS 725
  • Collection
  • 1745 - 1882

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

New England Microfilming Project

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

  • AU PMB MS 290
  • Collection
  • 1754 - 1892

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. TRIUMPHANT; Johnson; 1875-77; Continued from reel PMB 289 NEW ENGLAND; Baldwin; 1830-31; Hawaii TRIUMPHANT; Johnson; 1877-78; Pacific, Atlantic FERNESS ABBEY; Libbey; 1879; ? SYREN; ?; 1879; Atlantic, Pacific DETROIT; Johnson; 1880; Pacific, Atlantic JOSEPHINE; Frary; 1846-49; Hawaii, Far East, East Indies, Atlantic TAMERLAND; Burbank; 1877; Atlantic (FRAGMENT OF LOG); ?; 1843; Indian Ocean, Australia HENRIETTA; Ellis; 1851-55; Atlantic WILLIAM BAYLIES; Bartlett; 1886-87; South Atlantic, Juan Fernandez Islands, Hawaii LOTTIE BEARD/PEDRO VARELA; Ricketson; 1885; Atlantic THREE SISTERS; Chase; 1809-10; Atlantic JOHN D. WINTHROP; Cook; 1889; Hawaii, Marianas, Marshall Islands ROZARIO; Coffin; 1891; North Pacific STAMBOUL; Waldron; 1892; North Pacific SYMRNA; Chase; 1853-57; Indian Ocean, Western Australia, East Indies MONTGOMERY/ELIZABETH/JAMES MAURY; Chase; 1858-62; South Atlantic, Galapagos Islands, Marquesas, New Zealand, Kermadecs, Ellice Islands MORNING STAR; Colcord; 1875; Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Carolines SEAFLOWER; ?; 1754; North Atlantic JOSEPH PEABODY; Peterson; 1856-57; Atlantic, Pacific SHARON; Johnson; 1845-51; Marquesas, Pitcairn Island H.L. SCRANTON; Wood; 1846-47; Atlantic CONDOR; Taber; 1832-33; South Atlantic FRANCIS HENRIETTA; Russell; 1833-34; Atlantic, Pacific Of special interest on this reel (SHARON; 1845-46) Descriptions of visits to Marquesas and Pitcairn Island

New England Microfilming Project

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

  • AU PMB MS 957
  • Collection
  • 1756 - 1873

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. CORTES; Hammond; 1842-46; Pacific MANUFACTOR; Taber; 1756; JAMES MAURY; Smith; 1872; Pacific UNION; Ellis; 1855-57; STAFFORD; Pierce; 1860-64; Pacific JUANITA; Braine; 1873; * ILLINOIS; Jagger; 1845-47; Pacific ADELINE GIBBS; Besse; ?; ?

New England Microfilming Project

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

  • AU PMB MS 279
  • Collection
  • 1756 - 1863

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. HOPE; Taber; 1863; New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Nauru, Solomons MANUFACTOR; ?; 1756; North Atlantic FLYING CLOUD; Creesy; 1851; Atlantic, Pacific PATRICK HENRY; Delano; 1839-43; North Atlantic COURIER; Severence; 1833-34; South Atlantic MINERVA; ?; 1844-47; Hawaii, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Society Islands HOPE; ?; 1839-40; Indian Ocean, Australia REWARD; Williams; 1805-06; Indian Ocean DANIEL WEBSTER; ?; 1848-52; Atlantic, Galapagos Islands, Society Islands, Marquesas, Hawaii, Ellice Islands, Far East UNITED STATES; Hix; 1840-43; Galapagos Islands UNITED STATES; Gifford; 1843-46; Atlantic, Indian Ocean UNITED STATES; Smith; 1846-49; Atlantic, Indian Ocean SOLON; ?; 1850-51; North Atlantic SOLON; ?; 1852-53; North Atlantic SOLON; ?; 1854-56; Atlantic

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

  • AU PMB MS 681
  • Collection
  • 1760 - 1871

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.
NATHANIEL P. TALLMADGE; Hedges; 1843-45; (Continued from reel PMB 680) FRANKLIN; Youngs; 1839-41; Indian Ocean HAMILTON; Ludlow; 1840-42; Indian Ocean IRIS; Douglas; 1841-44; Indian Ocean THAMES; Hedges (to Simon Town)/Bishop; 1843-46; Pacific Typed transcript of journal of Thames.
The following 4 items are held in the John Jermain Memorial Library Sag Harbor:
Shipping Notes, ships and shipping from the port of Sag Harbor, 1797-1864 CITIZEN; Lansing; 1843-46; Pacific Hazard Russella; Notes on the Sag Harbor whaling fleet 1760-1871. Includes notes on Konohassett, Neptune, Pacific, Prudent, Thames, William Tell and others. Hazard Russella; Whaling notes, n.d. LEVI STARBUCK; Ellison; 1850-53; Pacific Typed transcript of journal of Levi Starbuck.

New England Microfilming Project

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

  • AU PMB MS 891
  • Collection
  • 1762 - 1881

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. ST PETER; Simmons; 1846-49; Indian Ocean ST PETER; Almy; 1849-52; Indian Ocean SALLY ANNE; Flanders; 1835-36; SEINE; Flanders; 1837-38; SANDWICH; Coffin; 1762/1763; SAPPHO; Howland; 1852-54; Pacific SAPPHO; Coffin; 1860-63; Pacific SARAH; Handy; 1863-64/1864; SARAH B. HALE; Slocum/Sherman; 1877-79; SARAH W. HUNT; Miner; 1886-87; * - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean, see indexes for details

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 848
  • Collection
  • 1763 - 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. MARTHA; Whippey; 1829-33; Pacific JULIAN; Taber; 1847-50; Pacific Account Books (Owners): Howland, H; 1763-89 Nye, N.H.; 1846-56 and 1858-64 Swain, E.R.; 1841-80 YOUNG PHOENIX; D. Sherman; 1868-70 (Account Book)

New England Microfilming Project

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

  • AU PMB MS 872
  • Collection
  • 1766 - 1907

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. JOSEPHINE; 1907; Accounts JOSHUA BRAGDON; Swain; 1853-57; Pacific JULIAN; Taber; 1848-49; Pacific JUNO; Sanford; 1843; JUNO; Cook; 1843-44; JUNO; White; 1766; KARLUK; McGregor; 1904-06; Pacific KARLUK; McGregor; 1906; Pacific KATE CORY; Tripp; 1858-60; Kempton, D.B. (of New Bedford); Diary, 1857-67 KENSINGTON; Stetson; 1857-61; Pacific KEOKA; Grinnell; 1857-60; KUTUSOFF; Pierce; 1852-53; Pacific LAETITIA; Himes; 1854-57; AURELIA; Flanders; 1877; LAETITIA; Stowell; 1857-60; Pacific LAETITIA; Stowell; 1864-68; Pacific - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean.

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Miscellaneous papers

  • AU PMB MS 73
  • Collection
  • 1768 - 1882

The 15 manuscript items on this microfilm were bought by the Territory of French Polynesia at an auction of Pacific manuscripts in Paris in June, 1969. They were formerly part of the Ropiteau-O'Reilly collection.

The 15 items are:

  1. A six-page account of Tahiti by Chenard de la Giraudais, commander of 'l'Etoile', the consort of Bougainville's ship 'La Boudeuse', which visited Tahiti in April, 1768.
  2. Letter written in Tahiti on February 6, 1799, by the L.M.S. missionary John Harris.
  3. Journal of the missionaries Henry Nott and James Elder describing a preaching tour, Tahiti in 1802.
  4. Letter from King Pomare II to the L.M.S., London, dated January 1, 1807.
  5. Journal kept by the missionaries William Henry and John Davies during a preaching tour on the island of Huahine in 1809.
  6. Letter from Pomare II dated September 25, 1812, to the missionaries on Moorea informing them of his determination to abandon false gods and ancient rites against evil spirits.
  7. Letter from the missionaries John Williams, L.E. Threlkeld and J.M. Orsmond from Raiatea to the L.M.S. in London, dated September 5, 1819. Collective report on affairs at the missions on Raiatea and Tahaa.
  8. Letter from the missionary George Platt from Bora Bora, dated May 28, 1828, describing a visit to the island of Maupiti.
  9. Letter from Queen Pomare IV and her second husband Ariifaaite to the missionary Henry Nott dated February 4, 1836, asking to be readmitted to church membership.
  10. Letterbook (pp71) copies of 19 letters by George Pritchard, British Consul in Tahiti - November 26 1836 to February 15 1837.
  11. May 11, 1846 letter from Queen Pomare IV at Raiatea to the directors, L.M.S., stating she would never live under the French protectorate.
  12. 94-page report, 'Look Again, or a few observations on the affairs of Tahiti from 1845 to 1849 by an eye-witness' by Rev. J.M. Orsmond to President of France.
  13. & 14. Letters from Queen Pomare IV to President of France (August 26, 1851) re government of her country and French Governor (September 18, 1872) re funeral of her small daughter.
  14. Account book 1877-1882 by Pomare V Tahiti's last king, d.1891

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