Nicholson Whaling Collection
Logbooks from the Nicholson Whaling Collection at Providence Public Library.
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.
Journal of the Hecla (Bark), Sarah Sheafe (Bark) and Addison (Ship); mastered by Eben Nickerson, Henry O. Loper and Samuel Lawrence; and kept by Ebenezer Nickerson; on whaling voyages between 1856 and 1861.
Creator: Hecla (Bark), Sarah Sheafe (Bark), Addison (Ship), Ebenezer Nickerson
Date: January 1, 1856
Journal of the Speedwell (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Benjamin F. Gibbs and kept by George Bowen, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1861.
Logbook of the Majestic (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Alfred C. Chester and Job Macomber and kept by Alfred C. Chester; Horace Mitchell, on whaling voyages between 1857 and 1861.
Journal of the Java II (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by George W. Raynor and kept by Albert N. Buel, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1860.
Journal of the Antilla (Ship), George Washington (Ship) and Nassau (Ship); mastered by and Elihu S. Brightman and Henry Clay Murdock; and kept by Charles Quinn; on whaling voyages between 1858 and 1860.
Creator: Antilla (Ship), George Washington (Ship), Nassau (Ship), Quinn, Charles
Date: January 1, 1858
Journal of the Addison (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Samuel Lawrence and kept by George L. Bowman, on a whaling voyage between 1859 and 1860.
Logbook of the Thomas Dickason (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by James Stewart, on a whaling voyage between 1860 and 1865.
Journal of the Cicero (Bark), Europa (Bark), Jacob A. Howland (Bark) and Minerva II (Bark); mastered by Edward, Sr. Penniman; and kept by Edward Penniman; on whaling voyages between 1860 and 1884.
Creator: Cicero (Bark), Europa (Bark), Jacob A. Howland (Bark), Minerva II (Bark), Penniman, Edward
Date: January 1, 1860
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Subjects in this Collection
- Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel
- Drawings
- Logbooks
- North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
- Seafaring life
- Stamps (marks)
- Voyages and travels
- Wesern Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Western Arctic Ocean--Description and travel
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whales
- Women and the sea