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Logbook of the William Hamilton (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Captain Fisher, kept by Abraham W. Pierce, on voyage 10 July 1845 - 14 January 1848

Item Details

Creator: William Hamilton (Ship), Pierce, Abraham W.
Subjects: --John and Elizabeth (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Aitutake Atoll (Cook Islands), Albacore, Alexander (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Amsterdam Island (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises), Archer (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Baily, John, Barker, William, Benjamin Rush (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Black Warrior (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Block Island (R.I. : Island), Blue whale, Bowditch (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Brooklin (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Cabinet (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, California (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Canton (Ship : 1808-1854)--Sightings and encounters, Caroline (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Carrolton, Henry, Champion (Ship : 1833-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Charles (Ship : 1817-1855)--Sightings and encounters, Charles Phelps (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Christmas, Church attendance, Cole, Josiah, Commodore Preble (Whaling ship)--Sightings and encounters, Concordia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Condon (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Corvo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Covington (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Death, Diamond Head (Hawaii), Diseases, Dover (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, East Hampton (N.Y.), Edward Cory (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Elizabeth (Ship : 1827-1841)--Sightings and encounters, Eugene (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Ferdinand (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Fisher, Lorenzoi, Fortuna (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Fredonia (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Friends (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, G. E. Donnel (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, General Fest (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Good Return (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hamilton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Harrison (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hawaii, Heiss Island (Russia), Henry (Whaleship)--Sightings and encounters, Hercules (Ship : 1816-1857)--Sightings and encounters, Honolulu (Hawaii), Humpback whale, Huntress (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Isaac Howland (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Isaac Howland, Jr. & Company (New Bedford, Mass.), Isabella (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Joseph, Jesse, Joseph, Lauro, Lagrange (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Lahaina (Hawaii), Lancaster (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Little, John O, Macaulay Island (Kermadec Islands), Magnolia (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Margaret (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Marine accidents, Mariner (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Martha (Ship : 1826-1860)--Sightings and encounters, Maui (Hawaii), Mentor (Ship : 1830-1848)--Sightings and encounters, Metacom (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Narwal (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Nimrod (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Norse, Anthony, Ocumulgee (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Ontario (Ship : 1820-1853)--Sightings and encounters, Orocimbo (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Peck, John, Peruvian (Ship : 1818-1857)--Sightings and encounters, Pitcairn Island, Pope, John, Porpoises, Portsmouth (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Quid Pool (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Raoul Island (Kermadec Islands), Redding, Henry P, Right Whales, Robert Brown (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sabbath, Sarah and Julia (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Smith, John, Smoking cessation, Sperm whale, St. George (Ship : 1828-1876)--Sightings and encounters, Steiglits (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Stewart Island/Rakiura (N.Z.), Superior (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Tasmania, Tiger (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Townsend, E, Vineyard (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Whalers (Persons), Wilson, David, Wounds and injuries, Wright, Henry
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, regionaldigitizationmass, americana

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