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AU PMB MS 387
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- 1804 - 1875 (Creation)
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1 reel; 35mm microfilm
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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. TWO BROTHERS; Nichols; 1851; Pacific (Diary by passenger) WEYMOUTH; Harris; 1815-18; Pacific WINSLOW; Cross; 1804-05; Pacific HERO; Paddock; 1808-10; Atlantic EDWARD; Coleman; 1815-17; Atlantic EDWARD; Paddock; 1817-18; Pacific WALTER SCOTT; Bunker; 1840-44; Pacific AMAZON; Watts; 1850; Pacific WALTER IRVING; Atkins; 1865-66; Atlantic L.P. SIMMONS; Dunham; 1868-70; Atlantic ZONE; Frazer; 1861-62; Pacific YANTIC USS; Irwin; 1870; South Pacific OMAHA USS; ?; 1874-75; Pacific (Correspondence) ONWARD USS; White; 1874-75; Pacific (Correspondence) ENTERPRISE; Wyer; 1846-50; Pacific (accounts) YOUNG HERO; Wyer; 1853-54; Pacific (Diary by Mrs Wyer) YOUNG HERO; Swain; 1846-50; Pacific YOUNG HERO; Wyer; 1850-55; Pacific; CLIFFORD WAYNE; Howland; 1844-47; Pacific, Indian Ocean PERU; Turner; 1859-63; Pacific HERCULES; Imbert; 1847-50; Pacific CALIFORNIA; Wood; 1850-51; Pacific * see also reel PMB 397
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The contents of this microfilm may be used for personal research purposes only, including the making of copies by photographic or similar means. Reasonable quotations may be made subject to full acknowledgement being given to the author and holding institution. For more extensive use of the work or for any reproductions, written permission must be obtained from Nantucket Historical Society.
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Sponsoring libraries of the New England Microfilming Project, Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., 02554 (now run by the Nantucket Historical Association).
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ms387