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Logbook of the Herald (ship), Hecla (bark), Petrel (bark), Ohio (bark), of New Bedford, Mass., and Rose Pool (bark), of Edgartown, Mass., mastered by Seth Nickerson, John R. Sturgis, Frederick Howland Smith, and Alexander P. Fisher, kept by Frederick Howland Smith, on five voyages from1878 October 6-1878 October 6

Item Details

Creator: Herald (Ship), Hecla (Bark), Petrel (Bark), Ohio (Bark : 1833-1889), Rose Pool (Bark), Nickerson, Seth, Sturgis, John R., Smith, Frederick Howland, Fisher, Alexander P.
Subjects: --Islander (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, A.R. Tucker (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Aids to navigation, Antoine Da (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Auguste (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Bird Island (Seychelles)--Description and travel, Charles W. Morgan (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Drawings, Edgartown, Elizabeth (Bark : Launched 1847)--Sightings and encounters, Equipment and supplies, Fisher, Alexander P., Gazelle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Herald (Bark : Active 1869-1873)--Sightings and encounters, Illustrations, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Inventories, John Dawson (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Laetitia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Logbooks, Marie Gabrielle (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Massachusetts, Merlin (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Nellie Antrim (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, New Bedford, Nickerson, Seth, Orray Taft (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Osceola (Bark : 1852-1872)--Sightings and encounters, Para (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Petrel (Schooner : 1840-1879)--Sightings and encounters, President (Bark : 1849-1904)--Sightings and encounters, Prince Charlie (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sea Fox (Bark : Launched 1851)--Sightings and encounters, Sea Queen (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Seafaring life, Ships, Shipwrecks, Signals and signaling, Sturgis, John R, Thomas Winslow (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Turkish Empire (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Voyages and travels, Whale oil, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling, Whaling masters, Young Phenix (Ship)--Sightings and encounters
Collections: Whaling Collections
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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