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

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)

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.

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

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. CALIFORNIA; Smith; 1900-01; Pacific CANTON; Folger; 1851-55; Pacific CLAUDIA; Senna; 1919; FENELON; Smith; 1833-34; RAINBOW; Nichols; 1859-64; Pacific LEONIDAS; Howland; 1861-62; MARTHA; Folger; 1845-49; Pacific MOSS; Clark; 1833-36; Pacific RELIANCE; Howland; 1768-71; Pacific SEA QUEEN; Movers; 1866-69; Pacific SOUTH CAROLINA; Perry; 1835-37; Indian Ocean - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean..

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. OLYMPIA; Potter; 1847-51; Continued from reel PMB 273 GOLCONDA; Winslow; 1864; South Pacific, Atlantic HENRY TABER; Packard; 1871; ? A.R. TUCKER; ?; 1871-74; South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, East Indies, New Zealand, New Guinea D.A. SMALL; Curren; 1875-76; North Atlantic ELIZA ADAMS; Cornell; 1877-78; Atlantic SEA RANGER; Holmes; 1879-82; Atlantic GOLDEN CITY; Bourne; 1882-84; North Atlantic DRACO; Kimball; 1843-47; Atlantic, Western Australia, East Indies, Indian Ocean NELLE; Pease; 1769; North Atlantic SQUREL(SQUIRREL?); Pease; 1769-70; North Atlantic UNION; Pease; 1770-72; North Atlantic (UNKNOWN); Hammett; 1789; North Atlantic KEZIAH; Hammett; 1789-93; North Atlantic DIANA; ?; 1793-95; North Atlantic JOHN HOWLAND; Whelden; 1864-70; North Atlantic OHIO; Coffin; 1833-37; South Atlantic, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Society Islands BENJAMIN CUMMINGS; Allen; 1866-69; Hawaii, Marquesas JAMES ARNOLD; Reynolds; 1892-94; South Atlantic, Pacific

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. HERALD; Ricketson; 1833-35; ANTELOPE; Wristley/Taber; 1860-63; ENDEAVOUR; ?; 1833-35; Indian Ocean DIGHTON; Paddock; 1769; ELIZABETH; Chase/Spaulding; 1867-70; Indian Ocean MONSOON; Coffin; 1832-33; Indian Ocean SAMARANG; Gray; 1833-35; Pacific JULIA AND ELIZA; Merryhew; 1815; FRANCIS ALLYN; Fuller; 1893-95; YOUNG PHENIX; Wing; 1860-63; Indian Ocean - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean.

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.

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. PETREL; Reed; 1891-93; PHILLIP DELANOYE; Gardner; 1855-56; Pacific PHOEBE ANN; Barnard; 1826-29; Pacific PIONEER; Hathaway; 1847-51; Pacific PIONEER; Tripp; 1877-80; PLATINA; Slocum; 1887-90; Indian Ocean PLOUGHBOY; Phelon; 1848-49; Pacific PLOVER; 1855/1858; Accounts PLOVER; Perkins; 1858-62; Indian Ocean PLOVER; 1862; Accounts PLOVER; Macy; 1862-64; Pacific POLLEY; Barnard; 1774-75; PRESIDENT; Kelly; 1865-69; Pacific - Sailed to areas other than the Pacific or Indian Ocean.