Nicholson Whaling Collection
Logbooks from the Nicholson Whaling Collection at Providence Public Library.
Journal of the Alfred Gibbs (Ship) and Two Brothers (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Edward A. Nichols and kept by Edward Nichols, on whaling voyages between 1851 and 1858.
Creator: Alfred Gibbs (Ship), Two Brothers (Ship), Nichols, Edward probably
Date: January 1, 1851
Journal of the Sophia Thornton (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by John M. Young and kept by John M. Young, on a whaling voyage between 1851 and 1855.
Journal of the Kutusoff (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Abraham Wilcox Pierce and kept by George W. Cook, on a whaling voyage between 1852 and 1853.
Journal of the Franklin (Ship), Monticello (Ship) and Rambler (Ship); mastered by Josiah Richmond and Eben Baker; and kept by James H. Payne; on whaling voyages between 1853 and 1858.
Creator: Franklin (Ship), Monticello (Ship), Rambler (Ship), Payne, James H.
Date: January 1, 1853
Logbook of the Abraham Barker (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Abraham R. Barker, Jr., on a whaling voyage between 1853 and 1857.
Journal of the Isabella (Bark) and Petrel (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Moses G. Tucker and kept by Moses G. Tucker, on whaling voyages between 1853 and 1863.
Logbook of the Goethe (Ship) out of Bremerhaven, mastered by Samuel Harvey Austin, on a whaling voyage between 1856 and 1859.
Logbook of the Sharon (Ship) out of Fairhaven; MA, mastered by J. Henry Swift, John H. Platt and Lillibridge B. King; and kept by George L. Bowman; on a whaling voyage between 1856 and 1861.
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.
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Subjects in this Collection
- Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Drawings
- Indian--Description and travel
- Logbooks
- North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel
- Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Poetry
- Seafaring life
- South Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel
- South Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Stamps (marks)
- Voyages and travels
- Western Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whales
- Women and the sea