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Logbook of the William Baylies (Steam bark) of San Francisco, mastered by George W. Porter, keeper unknown, on voyage from 1892 December 15-1893 November 10

Item Details

Creator: William Baylies (Steam bark), William Baylies (Steam bark), Porter, George W.
Subjects: --Abraham Barker (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, --Northern Light (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Accidents, Alaska (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Alice Knowles (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Andrew Hicks (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Arrest (Police methods), Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Beluga (Steam bark)--Sightings and encounters, Belvedere (Steam bark)--Sightings and encounters, Berthole, Antone, Blakely (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Boshell, Joseph, Bowhead whale, California (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Clement, James, Desertion, Naval, Diseases, Domingo, John, Driscoll, William, Drowning, Drowning victims, Finback whale, Fordham, Nathan, Frances A. Barstow (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Graham, Frank--Death and burial, Hendricks, Carl, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, Horatio (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Humpback whale, Hunter (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Insubordination, James Allen (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, James Arnold (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Jessie H. Freeman (Steam bark)--Sightings and encounters, John Winthrop (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Karluk (Steam brigantine)--Sightings and encounters, Ketath, Thomas, Knife fighting, La Ninfa (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, Larso, Harry, Lewis, William, Lewis, William--(Shipowner), Manning, Richard, Marine accidents, Mars (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Mary & Ida (Schooner)--Sightings and encounters, McCauliffe, J. J, McGowan, Frank, Mermaid (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Miller, J. R, Mitchell, E. L, Mitchell, J. M, Munster, Karl, Mutiny, Navarch (Steam bark)--Sightings and encounters, Navarin (Russia : Cape)--Description and travel, North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Ophir (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Perez, Samuel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Porter, George W., shipmaster, Punishment, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Matthew Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Scroder, John, Seafaring life, Silvia, Joseph, Simmons, Charles, Stanton, D. H, Storey, James, Thrasher (Steam bark).--Sightings and encounters, Triton (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Unalaska (Alaska)--Description and travel, United States.--Honolulu (Hawaii), Voyages and travels, Wanderer (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Wassling, Charles, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whales, Whaling masters, Whaling--California--San Francisco, WhalingCaliforniaSan Francisco, Wounds and injuries
Collections: Whaling Collections
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Date: 1892
Language: English
Referring Collections: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals, americana

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