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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