Whaling voyage logbook

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1244", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1244", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Whaling voyage logbook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1887-1892", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1887/1892"}

physdesc

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abstract

{"value"=>"This volume contains the log of a whaling voyage in the South Atlantic aboard the Greyhound, a whaling bark out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Joseph T. Enos was its master, and entries date from October 18, 1887 through April 19, 1892. The ship anchored occasionally at St. Helena. Entries record weather conditions, work on board, whales seen, whales taken, and other information and are written in several different hands"}

date_inclusive_start

1887

date_inclusive_end

1892

origination

{"value"=>"Greyhound (Bark)", "type"=>"corpname"}

keydate

1887

prefercite

{"value"=>"Whaling voyage logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.13 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1887

date_end

1892

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