Found 3 collections related to Whaling ships

William R. Rodman (1786-1855) of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was a merchant whose family was associated with the establishment of the whaling industry there. Jacob Barker (1779-1871) of Nantucket made his fortune in New York City as a shipping merchant and banker. A prominent member of the Tammany Society, he helped finance the U.S. government during the War of 1812, and served briefly in the New York State Senate. Business and legal troubles led to Barker's move to New Orleans in 1834, where he became a practicing lawyer and continued various business pursuits. He died in Philadelphia in 1871. The collection comprises letters written by William R. Rodman at New Bedford, 1835 August 31-October 9, to Jacob Barker in New York and New Orleans, Louisiana regarding oil and candle transactions and their business arrangements for the whaling ship Mobile. Also included is copied correspondence, dated 1838-1839, regarding a dispute over the Mobile. The Mobile left New Bedford for the Pacific Ocean in August 1836, returning there in September 1839. The ship had completed an earlier voyage to the Pacific with its landing at New York in early March 1836. The collection also contains a copy of an undated agreement between Rodman and Barker regarding the Mobile, and a shipping invoice for oil consigned to Baker, signed by William R. Rodman, 1835. less

This logbook of the ship Adeline contains entries made between 1833 and 1837. The Adeline sailed from Newburyport, Massachusetts on November 13, 1833, with Captain William Buckley in command, bound for the southern Pacific on a whaling voyage. Entries mention weather conditions, whales and other fish caught, and ships met on the way. It also describes the ship's ports of debarkation and the number of barrels of whale oil on board. The ship stopped at Paita (Peru), the island of Oahu, Laihana (Maui), Tahiti, and other ports less

This volume contains the logbook of several whaling ships, including the Petrel and the Franklin Adams. The Petrel was a whaling ship out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, captained by Philiip H. Reed and later J. G. Reed, and this logbook contains entries made between 1866 and 1868 while whaling in the Pacific Ocean and from May 6-October 11, 1871 and December 30, 1871-September 1, 1872, during two whaling voyages from New Bedford to the Atlantic Ocean, with stops in Bermuda. It also contains miscellaneous accounts and other entries related to the Petrel In addition, the volume contains extracts from the logs of other ships, dated 1842-1876, noting the dates and positions when whales were sighted. The volume also contains the Master's log of the brig Franklin Adams, with entries from July 25, 1867-September 11, 1868. J.G. Reed, the ship's Master, made these entries while whaling in the Pacific less