Nicholson Whaling Collection

Logbook of the Addison (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Samuel Lawrence and kept by Mary Lawrence Chipman, on a whaling voyage between 1856 and 1860.
Logbook of the Belvedere (Bark) and California (Bark), mastered by Giles P. Slocum and Ellsworth Luce West, on whaling voyages between 1892 and 1895.
Logbook of the Tamerlane (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Nathaniel P. Gray, on a whaling voyage between 1862 and 1865.
Logbook of the Active (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Seth Mandell Blackmer, on a whaling voyage between 1870 and 1871.
Logbook of the Janus II (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Joseph H. Cornell and kept by John C. Sylvester, on a whaling voyage between 1862 and 1865.
Logbook of the Addison (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Samuel Lawrence and kept by Mary Lawrence Chipman, on a whaling voyage between 1856 and 1860.
Journal of the Cornelius Howland (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin Franklin ? Homan and kept by Benjamin Franklin Homan, on a whaling voyage between 1867 and 1870.
Journal of the Covington (Bark) out of Warren, RI, mastered by Allen M. Newman and kept by Albert F. Peck, on a whaling voyage between 1856 and 1861.
Journal of the Antilla (Ship), George Washington (Ship) and Nassau (Ship); mastered by and Elihu S. Brightman and Henry Clay Murdock; and kept by Charles Quinn; on whaling voyages between 1858 and 1860.
Creator: Antilla (Ship), George Washington (Ship), Nassau (Ship), Quinn, Charles
Date: January 1, 1858
Logbook of the Congaree (Bark), Enterprise (Ship) and Liverpool II (Ship); mastered by Weston J. Swift; and kept by Weston J. Swift; on whaling voyages between 1849 and 1863.
Creator: Congaree (Bark), Enterprise (Ship), Liverpool II (Ship), Swift, Weston J.
Date: January 1, 1849
Journal of the Arab (Bark) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Moses L. Snell and kept by Moses L. Snell, on a whaling voyage between 1850 and 1853.
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Subjects in this Collection
- Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel
- Drawings
- Logbooks
- North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Seafaring life
- South Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Stamps (marks)
- Voyages and travels
- Western Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whales
- Women and the sea