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Logbook of the Meridian (Brig) of Wareham, Mass., mastered by Harvey Ricketson, keeper unknown, on voyage 1 October 1839 - 27 July 1840

Item Details

Creator: Meridian (Brig), Ricketson, Harvey
Subjects: Antigua, Barbuda, Barter, Block Island (R.I. : Island), Cayman Islands, Chase (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Equipment and supplies, Gomera (Canary Islands), Hand-to-hand fighting, Isle of Pines (New Caledonia), Jacmel (Haiti), Key West (Fla.), Massachusetts, Mercian (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Mona Island (P.R.), Montego Bay (Jamaica), Napoleon (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Navassa Island, New York (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, President (Ship : 1811-1880)--Sightings and encounters, Ricketson, Harvey, Saldana (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Saona Island (Dominican Republic), Sperm whale, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Tobey, M. S. F.--(Moses S. F.), Trading posts, Troy (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Vache Island (Haiti), Wareham, Whaling, Whaling ships
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, regionaldigitizationmass, americana

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