Carleton D. Morse whaling collection, 1762-1964


John Hay Library , Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Published in 2013

Collection Overview

Title: Carlton D. Morse whaling collection
Date range: 1762-1964
Creator: Morse, Carleton D. (Carleton Doty), 1890-1955
Extent: 4.0 Linear feet (10 clamshell boxes and 1 oversize box)
Abstract: The Carleton D. Morse whaling collection contains correspondence, logbooks and accounts, seaman's journals, merchant's and owner's accounts, reports and legal documents, literary works, photographs and engravings, as well as newspaper clippings, research notes, ephemera and other printed materials pertaining to whaling. Generally, the materials date from the middle 18th century to middle 20th century. This collection is part of a broader collection of whaling books, pamphlets, clippings and shipping lists collected by Carleton D. Morse (Brown University Class of 1913).
Language of materials: English
Repository: John Hay Library , Special Collections
Collection number: Ms.79.22

Scope & content

The Carleton D. Morse whaling collection includes all kinds of manuscript materials pertaining to whaling (correspondence, logbooks and accounts, seaman's journals, merchant's and owner's accounts, reports and legal documents, literary works, photographs and engravings, as well as newspaper clippings, research notes, ephemera and other printed materials) collected by Mr. Morse or added to the collection after its arrival at Brown University. The materials currently in the collection date from the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th, however the researcher should take note that there are several undated items.

As a manuscript collection, the Carleton D. Morse whaling collection is a subject-oriented collection, consisting of papers relating to whaling and generated by individuals connected with that industry over a period of more than two hundred years, rather than the more usual kind of manuscript collection which consists of papers generated by one individual, family, business or institution over a (usually) finite period of years.

Because of its subject orientation, and because certain items (such as the logbook of the ship Almira (entry II,A,1 of this guide)) have been added to the collection since Mr. Morse's death and since its acquisition by Brown, it seems most advisable to treat the Morse whaling collection as an "open" collection, organized so as to be able to receive any new additions in the future such as new manuscript materials on whaling that Brown acquires.

When originally processed, manuscripts for the Ms. Swift & Allen firm and a number of items then thought to be unrelated were removed from the collection. Later curatorial staff came to regret this arrangement, and recommended that the collection be reintegrated. This finding aid brings together the original Morse Whaling manuscripts (Ms. 79.22), along with related but previously separated materials from Ms. Swift & Allen and Ms. 85.16, A79.35, A79.36, and A79.37 as well as materials found laid into some of the books (processed as Ms. 63.5) and additional ephemera from the collection file.

It should be noted that, after thorough review, the correspondence of Malvina Pinkham and the Pinkham family (Ms. 85.16) and the Marshall Johnson papers (A79.38), although both were received with the Carleton D. Morse whaling collection, have been determined not to have a direct connection to whaling. These remain separate as distinct manuscript collections, with appropriate cross-references to the Whaling collection.

The bulk of the printed materials in the Carleton D. Morse whaling collection--books and pamphlets--have been individually cataloged and shelved as a unit within the John Hay Library. These can be identified through JOSIAH by the location code "Hay Whaling." While not directly related to items found in the Morse Whaling manuscript collection, they should not be overlooked.

Access Points

Subject Names Subject Organizations Geographical Names Subject Topics Occupations Document Types Subject Topics

Arrangement

The collection is divided into the following series:

  • Series 1. Ship's logbooks and accounts
  • Series 2. Seamen's journals and correspondence
  • Series 3. Accounts of merchants and owners
  • Series 4. Reports and legal documents
  • Series 5. Literary works
  • Series 6. Photographs and engravings
  • Series 7. Ephemera, newspaper clippings, research notes and other printed matter

Biographical note

Carleton Doty Morse was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on June 12, 1890 and attended Brown University, where he was an active member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. After graduating from Brown with a Ph.B. degree in 1913, Morse spent two years as assistant New England agent for the Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company in Providence, Rhode Island. From 1915 to 1920, he held a position as a bond salesman for investment securities for Bodell & Company, investment bankers. During this time, he joined the Army during the first World War (1917-1919) where he served as a captain in the 301st Infantry Division and the 76th Division of the American Expeditionary Force. After the Armistice, he was assigned to the 90th Division- of the Army of Occupation, in Germany.

Following his return to the United States, Morse resumed his career in investment banking. From 1920 to 1922, he was promoted to sales manager for Bodell & Company's offices located in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1922, he worked as a sales manager in the Philadelphia office of the Guaranty Company of New York. He held this position until 1924 when he moved back to Massachusetts to take up the position of Manager of the Boston office of Hill, Joiner & Company. In 1926, he was able to successfully open his own investment firm, Morse & Company, where he was managing partner, alongside Frank D. Fuller, until 1935. In 1929, he was also named president and treasurer of the Clearwater Laundry Co., Inc. of Boston. He subsequently acceded to a joint appointment as both secretary and director of the Massachusetts Laundry Association.

In addition to his professional activities, Morse also sat on the planning board for the town of Needham, Massachusetts for the years 1937-1946, where he had resided since relocating in 1924. From 1946 to 1949, he served on the Needham Hospital Building Committee. He also served on the advisory board of the Boston division of the Salvation Army, dates unknown.

A devoted alumnus of Brown, Carleton D. Morse was founder and first chairman of the Friends of the Library of Brown University as well as chairman of the board of editors of the Brown Alumni Monthly. He served as the New England Regional Director of the Associated Alumni of Brown and as president of the Brown Club of Boston.

Morse's affinity for the whaling industry dates back to his childhood days in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where New England whaling had its greatest port. Carleton D. Morse died on June 2nd, 1955 at the age of 64 after succumbing to a long illness. He left a widow, Doris (Cox) Morse; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Morse, a graduate from Pembroke College, class of 1956.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested..
Use of the materials: Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Alternate form: Parts of Series 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been scanned.
Preferred citation: Carleton D. Morse whaling collection, Ms. 79.22, Brown University Library.
Contact information: John Hay Library , Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Received from Doris G. Morse (widow of Carleton D. Morse) in four installments between 1957 and 1962.
Accruals: This collection remains open to future additions.
Processing information: Printed materials from the Carleton D. Morse whaling collection (books and pamphlets) have been cataloged individually and shelved as a separate unit within the John Hay Library. These can be identified in JOSIAH by the location code "Hay Whaling".
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Original Ms. 79.22 finding aid prepared June 1980 by Nadia McIntosh (student intern), under the direction of Clifton H. Jones and Rita Warnock. Original Ms. 85.16 finding aid prepared Summer 2006 by Dov Frede (student intern). Descriptions of materials from Ms. 63.5, A79.35, A79.36, A79.37 and Ms. Swift & Allen written Fall 2006 by Talia Resendes (student intern).
Encoding: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-03-13

Additional Information

Related material: RESOURCES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS:
  • The Paul C. Nicholson Whaling Collection (Providence Public Library) includes 750 manuscript logbooks describing over 1,000 voyages, digitized images of some scrimshaw in the collection, and links to other whaling history resources.
  • New Bedford Whaling Museum (Research Library) located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is the largest museum in America devoted to the history of the American whaling industry and its greatest port.
  • Mystic Seaport : The Museum of America and the Sea
  • The Falmouth Historical Society holds the Baker family collections.
Separated material: Published books and periodicals on whaling collected by Carleton D. Morse have been cataloged as the Morse Whaling Collection and are part of Special Collections, John Hay Library, Brown University.Two sets of papers, originally affiliated with the Carleton D. Morse whaling collection, have been processed, cataloged, and housed separately from the remainder of the collection:
  • Pinkham family correspondence, 1855-1863.14 items. Correspondence between the Pinkham family members as well as correspondence with acquaintances. Collection number: Ms. 85.16.
  • Marshall Johnson papers, 1835-1860. Ca. 100 items. Business and family papers. Includes letters and accounts as well as correspondence between the Johnson brothers. Collection number: A79.38.
Location/Existence of copies: Parts of Series 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been scanned.
Bibliography:
  • Sherman, Stuart C. The voice of the whaleman. Providence: Providence Public Library, 1965.
  • Starbuck, Alexander. History of the American whale fishery. First published 1878; reprinted New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964.
  • Other information:

    Inventory


    Series 1. Ship's logbooks, vessel accounts and outfitting books

    Series 1. Subseries A. Logbooks, 1845-1914
    7 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 1 Ship Spartan of Nantucket (Nehemiah C. Fisher, Master)
    to Pacific

    1 item

    Contents Note: Incomplete. Partial record of voyage which lasted from 1843 Nov to 1847 Jul. Logbook kept by Allen Hopkins.

    Entries not consecutive. Additions include record of whales taken, poetry, ink and pencil sketches of ships and whales, whale stamps.

    Genre: logbook

    Names:
    Fisher, Nehemiah
    Hopkins, Allen
    Spartan (Ship)

    1844 May 4-1847 Feb 3
    Box 1, Folder 2 Bark Wade of New Bedford (George W. Downs, Master)
    to Indian Ocean

    1 item

    Contents Note: Incomplete. Partial record of voyage which lasted from 1844 Jun 28 to 1846 Apr 15 (Starbuck). Titled: Homeward bound. Bound with journal from Ship Uncas (see Series 2, Subseries A. Journals).

    Genre: logbook

    Names:
    Downs, George W.
    Wade (Bark)

    1845 Nov 7-1846 Apr 11
    Box 1, Folder 3 Ship Almira of Edgartown (John L. Jenks, Master)
    to Pacific and Arctic

    1 item

    Contents Note: Incomplete. Partial record of voyage which lasted from 1851 Jun 11 to 1855 Mar 5 (Starbuck). Added to collection in 1962 by gift of Harold Tinker.

    In addition to daily logbook, includes whale stamps, miscellaneous accounts.

    Genre: logbook

    Names:
    Jenks, John L.
    Almira (Ship)

    1851 Jun 20-1852 Nov 31 [sic]
    Box 11X, Folder 2 Bark Pioneer of New Bedford (Frederick R. Billings, Master)
    to Atlantic and Pacific

    1 item

    Contents Note: Complete. Logbook kept by R.D. Eldridge. In addition to daily entries, includes provision list, pencil sketch of vessel, ink drawings of whales and flukes.

    Genre: logbook

    Names:
    Billings, Frederick R.
    Eldridge, R. D.
    Pioneer (Bark)

    1851 Jun 24-1854 Apr 8
    Box 2, Folder 1 Bark California of San Francisco (W.F. Joseph, Master)
    to Japan

    1 item

    Contents Note: Complete. Additions include lists of whales taken, crew members, stories. Pencil sketches of whales and whaling scenes.

    Genre: logbook

    Names:
    Joseph, W. F.
    California (Bark)

    1901 Nov 20-1902 Oct 28
    Box 2, Folder 2 Bark Coral of New Bedford (James E. Potter, Master)
    to New Zealand

    1 item

    Contents Note: Complete. Additions include accounts of provisions, and oil stowed and shipped. Loose records of provisions, receipts, blank printed invoice. Ink sketches and stamps of whales and flukes, sketches of islands.

    Genre: logbook

    Names:
    Potter, James E.
    Coral (Bark)

    1868 Sep 9-1872 Jul 19
    Box 3, Folder 1 Schooner William A. Graber of New Bedford (J.T. Gonsalves, Master)
    to North Atlantic

    1 item

    Contents Note: Complete. Includes whale stamps and sketches.

    Genre: logbook

    Names:
    Gonsalves, J. T.
    William A. Graber (Schooner)

    1914 Apr 25-1914 Aug 21

    Series 1. Subseries B. Vessel account books, 1851-1861
    3 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 3, Folder 2 Bark Nye of New Bedford and Dartmouth
    1 item

    Contents Note: Disbursements and crew accounts covering 4 voyages under 3 masters:
    • Captain D. Baker, 1851 Sep 13-1853 Aug 13
    • Captain Frederick S. Howland, 1853 Dec 16-1856 Mar 26
    • Captain William Childs, 1858 Sep 28-1860 Aug 17


    Genre: account book

    Names:
    Baker, D.
    Childs, William
    Howland, Frederick S.
    Nye (Bark)

    1851 Apr 10-1861 Apr 10
    Box 3, Folder 3 Bark Aurora of Westport, MA (Joseph Marshall, Master)
    Pacific Ocean

    1 item

    Contents Note: Kept during voyage which lasted from 1856 Nov 10 to 1861 Jul 12 (Starbuck). Disbursements, crew accounts.

    Genre: account book

    Names:
    Marshall, Joseph
    Aurora (Bark)

    1856 Dec 20-1861 Jun 3
    Box 3, Folder 4 Oil Shipped from Ship Callao to Ship Corea
    Ship Corea
    4 pages

    Accession Number: A55770[86]
    Genre: shipping record
    1854 Jul 7

    Series 1. Subseries C. Outfitting books, 18--?-1856?
    3 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 4, Folder 1 Ship Kingfisher of New Bedford
    New Bedford, MA

    1 item

    Contents Note: Undated. Blank printed form with manuscript additions.

    Genre: memorandum book
    18--?
    Box 4, Folder 2 Ship Christopher Mitchell of New Bedford (Frederick Slocum, Master)
    New Bedford, MA

    1 item

    Contents Note: For voyage 1853-1856? (Starbuck). Blank form printed by W. & G.D. Watkins, New Bedford. Manuscript additions.

    Genre: memorandum book

    Names:
    Slocum, Frederick
    Christopher Mitchell (Ship)

    1853-1856?
    Box 4, Folder 3 Bark King of Tyre (of New Bedford?)
    New Bedford, MA

    1 item

    Contents Note: Blank form printed by A. Taber & Brothers, New Bedford. Manuscript additions.

    Genre: memorandum book
    1853-1856?

    Series 2. Seamen's journals and correspondence

    Series 2. Subseries A. Journals
    8 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 4, Folder 4 Record of whaling grounds kept on bark Europa of New Bedford (G.A. Baker, Master)
    1 item

    Contents Note: Date on cover: April, 1880. Records of whales seen, of taken, on various grounds by various vessels.

    Genre: record book

    Names:
    Baker, G. A.
    Europa (Bark)

    1840-1880
    Box 4, Folder 5 Journal by Theodore D. Bartley on ship California of New Bedford (D.D. Wood, Master)
    to North Pacific

    2 Volumes

    Contents Note: Incomplete. Voyage ended May 24, 1854 (Starbuck). Ink and pencil. Feded, partially illegible. Fragile. Vol. I: 1851 Oct 22-1853 May 29. Vol. II: 1853 Jun 4-1854 May 24.

    Genre: journal

    Names:
    Bartley, Theodore D.
    Wood, D. D.
    California (Ship)

    1851 Oct 22-1854 Feb 16
    Box 4, Folder 6 Journal by Amos Rogers on bark Alto of New Bedford (Angeles Snell, Master)
    to Indian Ocean

    1 item

    Contents Note: Incomplete. Voyage ended 1857 Apr 8 (Starbuck). Entries daily for first month, then only when whales sighted. Additions include accounts of whales taken or sighted, oil raised, ships spoken. Poetry. Whale stamps, watercolors of ships and a large whale.

    Genre: journal

    Names:
    Rogers, Amos
    Snell, Angeles
    Alto (Bark)

    1854 Jun 1-1856 Sep 15
    Box 4, Folder 7 Memorandum book by Daniel G. Tinker, Master of bark John P. West
    to North Pacific

    1 item

    Genre: memorandum book

    Names:
    Tinker, Daniel G.
    John P. West (Bark)

    1863 Dec 6-1868 Apr 14
    Box 5, Folder 1 Journal by James H. Alford on bark Abraham Barker of New Bedford (Alden T. Potter, Master)
    to Pacific

    1 item

    Contents Note: Incomplete. Voyage ended 1875 Sep 21 (Starbuck). Includes list of crew, poetry, ink sketches of whales and flukes.

    Genre: journal

    Names:
    Alford, James H.
    Potter, Alden T.
    Abraham Barker (Bark)

    1871 May 16-1875 May 3
    Box 5, Folder 2 Journal by George Comer on bark Canton of New Bedford (Charles W. Fisher, Master)
    to Hudson's Bay

    1 item

    Contents Note: Incomplete. In pencil. Small notebook, fragile.

    Genre: journal

    Names:
    Fisher, Charles W.
    Comer, George
    Canton (Bark)

    1893 Jun 24-1893 Nov 9

    Series 2. Subseries B. Correspondence
    5 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 5, Folder 3 Cutter, Charles B. to Peirson, Captain
    Johanna Island
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Acquisition of supplies at the island frustrated by natives. Author requests a governmental representative, (namely, Henry Ellis), to resolve such issues.

    Accession Number: A55770[4]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Cutter, Charles B.
    Peirson, Captain

    1851 Aug 9
    Box 5, Folder 4 Dabney, Emanuel to Esteemed friend
    Sanara
    4 pages

    Contents Note: Dabney offers a visitation, receives no response from Mrs. Baker and gives addressee the gift of a breastpin.

    Accession Number: A55770[5]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Dabney, Emanuel
    Esteemed friend

    1855 Jul 12
    Box 5, Folder 5 Receipt for Captain Marshall
    Paita
    1 page

    Accession Number: A55770[90]
    Genre: receipts (financial records)

    Names:
    Marshall, Captain

    1860 Jun 3
    Box 5, Folder 6 Marshall, Joseph W. to Father
    San Francisco
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Joseph W. Marshall makes request for allocation of the will.

    Accession Number: A55770[12]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Father
    Marshall, Joseph W.

    1868 Dec 8
    Box 5, Folder 7 Marshall, Joseph and Anna to Father
    San Francisco
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Authors write of their disregard by "Helen". Dr. Cushing treats Harry's cold. Authors inquires after a "Mr. Harper" and enjoy time spent with Mr. and Mrs. John Paddack.

    Accession Number: A55770[13]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Father
    Marshall, Anna
    Marshall, Joseph

    1872
    Box 5, Folder 8 Unknown to Capt. Joseph Marshall
    Nantucket, Mass.
    1 item

    Accession Number: A55770[10]
    Genre: envelope

    Names:
    Marshall, Capt. Joseph
    Unknown

    undated

    Series 3. Accounts of merchants and owners

    Baker family, 1789-1877
    ca. 94 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 5, Folder 9 Baker, Barnabas
    Box 5, Folder 9 Gallison, John to Baker, Barnabas
    Yarmouth
    2 pages

    Accession Number: A55770[42]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Gallison, John

    1789 Jan 17
    Box 5, Folder 9 Bow[en], Samuel to Baker, Barnabas
    1 page

    Accession Number: A55770[43]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Bow[en], Samuel

    1793 Jan 24
    Box 5, Folder 9 Baker, John to Baker, Barnabas
    Newport
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt for provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[44]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Baker, John

    1803 Jan 15
    Box 5, Folder 9 Green, Samuel to Baker, Barnabas
    Falmouth
    1 page

    Contents Note: Wages received by recipient.

    Accession Number: A55770[45]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Green, Samuel

    1803 Jan 17
    Box 5, Folder 9 Childs, Nathaniel to Baker, Barnabas
    Falmouth
    1 page

    Contents Note: Record of payment for Nathaniel's son, William.

    Accession Number: A55770[46]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Childs, Nathaniel

    1803 Jan 19
    Box 5, Folder 9 Baker, Barnabas to Parents
    Baltimore
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Awaits return of cargo to Port Rico and mentions sending home flour by Capt. Lewis.

    Accession Number: A55770[1]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Parents

    1826 Jul 19
    Box 5, Folder 9 Jenkins, John to Baker, Barnabas
    Falmouth
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt for wages.

    Accession Number: A55770[47]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Jenkins, John

    1829 Sep 5
    Box 5, Folder 9 Woods, R.S. to Baker, Barnabas
    Falmouth
    1 page

    Contents Note: Falmouth town tax record.

    Accession Number: A55770[48]
    Genre: tax records

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Woods, R.S.

    18[3]5 Feb 12
    Box 5, Folder 9 Nye, William to Baker, Barnabas
    2 pages

    Contents Note: 1845 town, county, state and district taxes.

    Accession Number: A55770[56]
    Genre: tax records

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Nye, William, 1780-1868

    1845 Jul 29
    Box 5, Folder 9 Baker, Barnabas
    1 page

    Contents Note: Record of town, county and state taxes.

    Accession Number: A55770[39]
    Genre: tax records

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas

    undated
    Box 5, Folder 10 Baker, Hiram
    Box 5, Folder 10 Schooner Cinderella
    Box 5, Folder 10 Schooner Cinderella Charter
    New York
    3 pages

    Contents Note: Agreement documenting Hiram Baker's acquisition of the Cinderella.

    Accession Number: A55770[92]
    Genre: charter
    1846 Nov 13
    Box 5, Folder 10 Stuart, W. to Martin, C.E.
    St. Mark
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt for payment for work aboard the Cinderella.

    Accession Number: A55770[62]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Martin, C.E.
    Stuart, W.

    1847 Jan 1
    Box 5, Folder 10 Merchant, T.E. to Dennis, Will
    Cinderella
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt for purchase of provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[64]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Dennis, Will
    Merchant, T.E.
    Cinderella (Ship)

    1847 Mar 20
    Box 5, Folder 10 Baker, Hiram to Chamberlain of New York City
    New York
    1 page

    Contents Note: Record of payment for commutation of passengers.

    Accession Number: A55770[66]
    Genre: receipts

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Chamberlain of New York City
    Cinderella (Ship)

    1847 Jun 10
    Box 5, Folder 10 Brig Harriet
    Box 5, Folder 10 Brig Harriet to Gage and Post
    E.E. Mobile
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt of provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[59]
    Genre: receipts

    Names:
    Gage and Post
    Harriet (Brig)

    1845 Dec 26
    Box 5, Folder 10 Brower and Co. to Brig Harriet
    New York
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt for purchase of cotton.

    Accession Number: A55770[60]
    Genre: receipts

    Names:
    Brower and Co.
    Harriet (Brig)
    Harriet (Brig)

    1846 Jun 6
    Brig Osceola
    Box 5, Folder 10 Brig Osceola Charter
    New York
    4 pages

    Contents Note: Agreement documenting Hiram Baker's acquisition of the Osceola.

    Accession Number: A55770[93]
    Genre: charter

    Names:
    Sardy, John

    1841 Jul 8
    Box 5, Folder 10 Watts, William to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt of payment for provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[72]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Watts, William
    Osceola (Brig)

    1849
    Box 5, Folder 10 Secretary for Health Commissioner to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    1 page

    Contents Note: Validation of commutation of alien individual.

    Accession Number: A55770[70]
    Genre: passport

    Names:
    Secretary for Health Commissioner
    Baker, Hiram
    Osceola (Brig)

    1849 Jun 4
    Box 5, Folder 10 Brig Osceola to Crosby, Crocker and Basset
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Record of insurance payments on the Osceola.

    Accession Number: A55770[74]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Crosby, Crocker and Basset
    Osceola (Brig)

    1849 Jul 13-1850 Jan 26
    Box 5, Folder 10 Crosby, Crocker and Co. to Brig Osceola
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Invoice of provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[40]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Crosby, Crocker and Co.
    Osceola (Brig)

    1850 May 23
    Box 5, Folder 10 Crosby Crocker and Co. to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt of payments to various people and crew.

    Accession Number: A55770[76]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Crosby Crocker and Co.
    Osceola (Brig)

    1851 Jul 21
    Box 5, Folder 10 Sandy, J.B. to Brig Osceola
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt of payment for [cassis].

    Accession Number: A55770[77]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Sandy, J.B.
    Osceola (Brig)

    1851 Nov 21
    Box 5, Folder 10 Babbiage, W. to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    2 pages

    Accession Number: A55770[82]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Babbiage, W.
    Baker, Hiram
    Osceola (Brig)

    1851 Dec 19
    Box 5, Folder 10 Crosby Crocker and Co. to Brig Osceola
    New York
    1 page

    Contents Note: Payment for sugar.

    Accession Number: A55770[80]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Crosby Crocker and Co.
    Osceola (Brig)

    1851 Dec 19
    Box 5, Folder 10 Seaver and Janvrin to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt of payment for labor.

    Accession Number: A55770[84]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Seaver and Janvrin
    Osceola (Brig)

    1852 Mar 27
    Box 5, Folder 10 De Forest & Co. to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: De Forest & Company requests that Osceola proceed on to Teneriffe Island. It includes Misses Lebrun and Davidson in its address, also entreating Baker to get Osceola a berth at Macy's Wharf in New York.

    Accession Number: A55770[6]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    De Forest & Co.
    Osceola (Brig)

    1857 Dec 17
    Box 5, Folder 10 Brig Osceola
    1 page

    Contents Note: Invoice of provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[41]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    H[e]ga[y]
    Osceola (Brig)

    undated
    Box 5, Folder 10 Leemay, William to Brig Osceola
    Brig Osceola
    1 page

    Accession Number: A55770[49]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    E.G.B.
    Leema[y], William
    Osceola (Brig)

    undated
    Box 5, Folder 10 Papers
    27 items

    Contents Note: Letters and documents, in Spanish as well as English, relating to the brig Osceola. Many printed forms with manuscript insertions. Cargo included: sugar, molasses, cloves, pepper, giner, fruit, almonds, earthenware, etc.

    1849-1852
    Assorted Hiram Baker materials
    Box 5, Folder 10 Fish, Ansel to Baker, Hiram
    Sandwich
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt of town and country annual tax payment.

    Accession Number: A55770[53]
    Genre: tax records

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Fish, Ansel, 1776-1858

    1844 Dec 26
    Box 5, Folder 10 Register
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Payments made from Barnabas's estate.

    Accession Number: A55770[54]
    Genre: bookkeeping record

    Names:
    Baker, Barnabas
    Baker, Hiram

    1845
    Box 5, Folder 10 Woods, R.S. to Baker, Hiram
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Payments for making of 3 bonds and 1 deed.

    Accession Number: A55770[55]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Wood, R.S.

    1845 Jun 4
    Box 5, Folder 10 Greene, Henry to Baker, Hiram
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt for medical services.

    Accession Number: A55770[57]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Greene, Henry

    1845 Aug 5
    Box 5, Folder 10 Mardell, Wyeth to Baker, Hiram
    New Bedford
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt of provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[58]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Mardell, Wyeth

    1845 Nov 8
    Box 5, Folder 10 Perry, H. to Baker, Hiram
    Pierfast
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt indicating payment for work for a Cape Cod Branch [M]ail [M]ead.

    Accession Number: A55770[63]
    Genre: wages

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Perry, H.

    1847 Jan 23
    Box 5, Folder 10 Baker, Hiram to Geune, William
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt for medical services.

    Accession Number: A55770[65]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Geune, William

    1847 Apr 7
    Box 5, Folder 10 Fish, Ansel to Baker, Hiram
    Sandwich
    2 pages

    Accession Number: A55770[67]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Fish, Ansel, 1776-1858

    1847 Jul 26
    Box 5, Folder 10 Davis, J.B. to Baker, Hiram
    Falmouth
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt for burial of Barnabas Baker.

    Accession Number: A55770[68]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Davis, J.B.

    1847 Nov 2
    Box 5, Folder 10 Baker, Hiram to Greene, F.
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Note of receipt of payment for postage.

    Accession Number: A55770[71]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Greene, F.

    1849 Jul 2
    Box 5, Folder 10 Baker, Hiram to Greene, Febedee
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Note of receipt of payment for postage.

    Accession Number: A55770[73]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Greene, Febedee

    1849 Dec 31
    Box 5, Folder 10 Thorton, Russell to Baker, Capt.
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Author relates Goodhue & Co.'s instructions from arrival at coast of Nicaragua: lading of cargo for San Blas, with financial details; Goodhue & Co. bill at Realejo; and Barron Forbes and Co. bill on Goodhue & Co. Further instructions in the event of delay at Realejo.

    Accession Number: A55770[14a]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Capt.
    Thorton, Russell

    1850 Jun 10
    Box 5, Folder 10 Norton, Russell to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Record of payments to Mayor of Brooklyn and others.

    Accession Number: A55770[75]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Norton, Russell

    1851 Jun 12-1851 Jul 9
    Box 5, Folder 10 Bensusan, Joseph to Baker, Hiram
    Cadiz
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt of payment for provisions.

    Accession Number: A55770[78]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Bensusan, Joseph

    1851 Sep 1
    Box 5, Folder 10 Fish, Ansel to Baker, Hiram
    Pocasset
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt for county and town tax payment.

    Accession Number: A55770[79]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Fish, Ansel, 1776-1858

    1851 Sep 1
    Box 5, Folder 10 White, Robert W. to Baker, Hiram
    New York
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Payment for peach orchard coal.

    Accession Number: A55770[81]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    White, Robert W.

    1851 Dec 15
    Box 5, Folder 10 Swift, Moses to Baker, Hiram
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt of payment for labor.

    Accession Number: A55770[85]
    Genre: wages

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Swift, Moses

    1852 Oct 24
    Box 5, Folder 10 Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram
    New Bedford
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Request for response to letter. Anticipation of shipment. Sending of provisions, goods to ship.

    Accession Number: A55770[32]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Tabor and Co., H.

    1853
    Box 5, Folder 10 Fish, Isaiah to Baker, Hiram
    Sandwich
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Receipt of payment for state, county and town taxes for 1854.

    Accession Number: A55770[87]
    Genre: tax records

    Names:
    Fish, Isaiah

    1854
    Box 5, Folder 10 Merritt, Jerome W. to Baker, Hiram
    Boston
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Merritt, having returned from New York too late, regrets missing Baker in Boston. Merritt will return to New York to see about an offer for a "situation," and will not be able to visit Sandwich. He hopes to resolve obligations to Baker with the new situation, and suggests to Baker, upon his next visit to Boston, to call on Merritt's father.

    Accession Number: A55770[14]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Merritt, Jerome W.

    1855 Jul 14
    Box 5, Folder 10 Munlay, Thomas to Baker, Hiram
    Honolulu
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Munlay offers services under Baker's command and expresses his wishes to visit Baker in New Bedford.

    Accession Number: A55770[15]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Munlay, Thomas

    1855 Jul 20
    Box 5, Folder 10 Seabury, E.W. to Baker, Hiram
    New Bedford
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Request to collect from Samuel Ford of Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

    Accession Number: A55770[26]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Seabury, E.W.

    1855 Aug 22
    Box 5, Folder 10 Woode and Nye to Baker, Hiram
    New Bedford
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Provision of goods for Ship Illinois.

    Accession Number: A55770[37]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Woode and Nye

    1855 Aug 25
    Box 5, Folder 10 H.S. Br[oigel] to Baker, Hiram
    Pocassett
    1 page

    Contents Note: Receipt of payment to Pocassett Parsonage.

    Accession Number: A55770[89]
    Genre: receipt
    1855 Dec 27
    Box 5, Folder 10 Simons, Henry to Baker, Hiram
    Tansett
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Notes sending of letter, care of Adam Mackee, to Hiram Baker.

    Accession Number: A55770[30]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Simons, Henry

    1856
    Box 5, Folder 10 Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram
    New Bedford
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Interview with the Indian Webfish. Other hiring arrangements, including pay.

    Accession Number: A55770[33]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Tabor and Co., H.

    1856
    Box 5, Folder 10 Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram
    New Bedford
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Hiring arrangements for Mr. Lombard, others.

    Accession Number: A55770[34]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Tabor and Co., H.

    1856
    Box 5, Folder 10 Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram
    New Bedford
    1 page

    Contents Note: Employment for Lombard and Parker.

    Accession Number: A55770[35]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Tabor and Co., H.

    1856
    Box 5, Folder 10 Simmick, Joseph to Rogers, John
    Providence
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Report on search for Hiram Baker.

    Accession Number: A55770[27]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Rogers, John
    Simmick, Joseph

    1856 Aug 3
    Box 5, Folder 10 Simons, Henry to Baker, Hiram
    Boston
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Baker's brother's letter.

    Accession Number: A55770[29]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram
    Simons, Henry

    1856 Sep 13
    Box 5, Folder 10 Swift, Benjamin E. to Baker, Hiram
    Pocassett
    1 page

    Contents Note: Record of payment for wages.

    Accession Number: A55770[88]
    Genre: receipt

    Names:
    Swift, Benjamin E.

    18-- Aug 31
    Box 5, Folder 10 Instructions for making blacking varnish
    2 pages

    Accession Number: A55770[38]
    Genre: instructional materials

    Names:
    Baker, Hiram

    undated
    Box 5, Folder 10 Simons, Henry to Unknown
    1 page

    Contents Note: Finances from patenting versus whaling.

    Accession Number: A55770[28]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Simons, Henry
    Unknown

    undated
    Baker, Harriet
    Box 5, Folder 11 United States Internal Revenue to Baker, Harriet
    Massachusetts
    1 page

    Contents Note: Excise tax document.

    Accession Number: A55770[91]
    Genre: tax records

    Names:
    United States Internal Revenue

    1865 Apr 30

    Warren Delano, 1802-1819
    1 item

    Container Description Date
    Box 11X, Folder 1 Sundry accounts including vessels commanded by and in which William Delano [of Fairhaven, MA] was interested as part owner
    Fairhaven, MA

    1 item

    Contents Note: Lists of 8 vessels with dates on front cover:
    • Ship Augusta, 1802
    • Ship Savage, 1805
    • Ship Baltic, 1806
    • Ship Arab, 1811
    • Brig Pindus, 1815
    • Schooner Resident, 1817
    • Brig Agenora, 1817
    • Ship Herald, 1818


    Genre: account book

    Names:
    Delano, Warren
    Agenoria (Brig)
    Arab (Ship)
    Augusta (Ship)
    Baltic (Ship)
    Herald (Ship)
    Pindus (Brig)
    Resident (Schooner)
    Savage (Ship)

    1802 Apr 29-1819 Jan 30

    Anonymous Newport ship chandler, 1820-1835
    1 item

    Container Description Date
    Box 6, Folder 1 Whaling agent or ship chandler's notebook containing accounts, invoices, lists, memoranda, ship's orders, etc.
    Newport, RI?
    36 Sheets

    Contents Note: Mentions the following vessels:
    • Alliance (Ship): second voyage, 1825 Jan 17-1828
    • Audley Clark (Ship): John and James Henderson, owners; Capt. Joseph Paddack, master; 1833 and Newport, 1835 Apr 13
    • Courier (Ship): Capt. William Fitzgerald, master, 1820 Oct 21-1823 Jul 8
    • Elizabeth (Bark)
    • Frederick Augustus (Ship): 1821-1824
    • George Champlin (Ship): Nathaniel S. Ruggles, agent; Capt. Fordyce D. Haskell, master; 1830-returned1833.
    • Harvest (Bark).
    • John Coggeshall (Ship): John and James Henderson, owners; Capt. Seth W. Macy, master; 1831
    • Robinson Potter (Ship): 1820
    • Warren (Ship): 1828


    Also mentions the following individuals:
    • Solomon Gladding, 1834 Nov 14
    • John F. Langley (concerning casks for the John Coggeshall)
    • Joseph Leyon, 1834 Oct 14
    • Elias A. Sweet, 1834 Oct 14


    Purchased 1981.

    Genre: notebook
    ca. 1820-1835

    Isaac Howland & Co., 1835-1838
    1 item

    Container Description Date
    Box 6, Folder 2 Isaac Howland, Jr., & Co. of New Bedford
    ca. 350 pages of manuscript copies of letters

    Contents Note: Includes instructions to masters of whaling vessels, sales of oil and candles, insurance, and outfitting of vessels. Includes An account published 1855.

    1835 Apr 9-1838 Oct 19

    Swift & Allen, 1837-1871
    208 items

    Documents belonging to the whaling firm of Swift & Allen (New Bedford, Mass.), consisting mainly of reports from employees in foreign ports.

    Container Description Date
    Box 7, Folder 1
    11 items

    1837-1839
    Box 7, Folder 2
    31 items

    1840-1844
    Box 7, Folder 3
    21 items

    1845
    Box 7, Folder 4
    30 items

    1846
    Box 7, Folder 5
    29 items

    1847
    Box 7, Folder 6
    28 items

    1848-1849
    Box 7, Folder 7
    44 items

    1850-1871
    Box 7, Folder 8 Memorandums, tables and schedule of articles comprising the outfit for a whaling voyage
    New Bedford, MA

    18--?


    38 pages

    Contents Note: Formerly shelved as: VM470.5 S9 Morse Whaling Collection.

    Genre: book

    Subjects:
    Whaling
    Ship chandlers

    Jones & Dexter, 1853-1863
    2 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 8, Folder 1-2 Jones & Dexter of Mattapoisett, MA
    2 Volumes

    Contents Note: Daily transactions of this firm of marine painting contractors.


    Subjects:
    Ships -- Painting
    1853 Aug 22-1863 Mar 5

    A.H. Davis, 1855 Aug
    4 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 8, Folder 3 Sisson and Co., French to Davis, A.H.
    Providence
    1 page

    Contents Note: Request for casks.

    Accession Number: A55770[31]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Davis, A.H.
    Sisson and Co., French

    1855 Aug 11
    Box 8, Folder 4 Kirby, H. to Davis, A.H.
    New Bedford
    1 page

    Contents Note: Kirby awaits direction by addressee during delay of Mr. Kidder's response to author's earlier letter.

    Accession Number: A55770[8]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Davis, A.H.
    Kirby, H.

    1855
    Box 8, Folder 5 Hirlbut, G. R. to Davis, A. H.
    New Bedford
    1 page

    Contents Note: Hirlbut makes remarks on religion and the current weather. He additionally reports business as usual on Commercial Wharf, and promises to send a particular set of papers to Davis, and notes that the Oearen Bill has left port.

    Accession Number: A55770[7]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Davis, A.H.
    Hirlbut, G. R.

    1855 Aug 21
    Box 8, Folder 6 Woode and Nye to Davis, Abnu
    New Bedford
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Ship of America, Bay of Islands. Bills of loading enclosed.

    Accession Number: A55770[36]
    Genre: autograph letter signed

    Names:
    Davis, Abnu
    Woode and Nye

    1855 Aug 25

    Series 4. Reports and legal documents

    Reports, 1931-1938
    2 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 9, Folder 1 Report of Antarctic whaling voyage of S.S. Frango, 1929-1930
    New York
    8 pages

    Contents Note: No. 32-18. Typescript, 8 pages with carbon copy.

    Genre: report

    Names:
    Mannix, J. W.
    Frango (Whaling factory ship)

    1931 Sep 24
    Box 9, Folder 1 Notice on research activities of S.S. Frango.
    1 page

    Contents Note: Unsigned. One-page typescript and one carbon copy.

    Genre: report
    1938 Dec 12

    Legal documents
    7 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 9, Folder 2 Articles of agreement
    San Francisco
    1 sheet

    Contents Note: Two copies of blank printed form. No manuscript additions.

    Genre: legal document
    188-
    Box 9, Folder 3 Certificate for identification of an American seaman
    Nantucket, RI
    1 sheet

    Contents Note: Issued to Stephen Conklin at Nantucket by Martin R. Morton, Collector. Not dated. Numbered with number crossed out. Printed blank form with manuscript additions.

    Genre: legal document

    Names:
    Conklin, Stephen
    Morton, Martin R.

    18--?
    Box 9, Folder 4 Legation of the United States, The Hague, Netherlands
    2 items

    Contents Note: Two sets of carbon copies of typed notes, attached to cover reading "Legation of the United States, The Hague, Netherlands." Two pages each. Not dated. Information on legal points, on whaling and sealing seasons, on ship Cape Horn Pigeion, on Russian-American Treaty of 1857, required in a case of arbitration.

    Genre: legal document

    Subjects:
    Arbitration, International
    Whaling -- Law and legislation
    18--
    Box 9, Folder 5 Davis, Lothrop
    Barnstable
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Legal document with multiple signatures.

    Accession Number: A55770[50]
    Genre: deed

    Names:
    Davis, Lothrop
    Keith, Lorenzo

    1839 Oct 31
    Box 9, Folder 6 Statement of salvage loss : Case of the Bark Sooloo
    10 pages

    Contents Note: Account of the loss of Bark Sooloo and whaling master, J.B. Eames, during her trip from Macao to Ningpo in 1862 with statement of salvage loss.

    Genre: legal document

    Subjects:
    Salvage
    Maritime law

    Names:
    Eames, J.B.
    Sooloo (Bark)

    1862
    Box 9, Folder 7 Deprivations on American commerce by privateers. During the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, & 1865
    United States
    16 pages

    Contents Note: Statement probably prepared at the Navy Department for use of legal counsel in arbitration of loss-claims. Undated, unsigned. Sixteen double pages of tables organized according to type of vessel taken, giving name and master, port, destination, date of capture, name of privateer, tonnage and estimated value of vessel plus cargo.

    Genre: legal document

    Subjects:
    Seizure of vessels and cargoes
    Privateering
    1865?

    Series 5. Literary works

    Capt. George F. Athearn
    1 item

    Container Description Date
    Box 9, Folder 8 Account of fur-seal hunting
    West Tisbury, Massachusetts
    4 pages

    Contents Note: Contains "letter of advice... to Captain Thomas Warren, who was about to start on a fur-seal voyage to the Bounty Rocks...contains valuable information concerning the habits of the Antarctic fur seal, the methods employed for its capture, and the care of the skins." Note attached with date, 19 April 1983.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Subjects:
    Hunting
    Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, Meeting

    Names:
    Athearn, George F.
    Warren, Thomas, Captain

    1883? Apr 19

    Edgar Hammond
    1 item

    Container Description Date
    Box 9, Folder 9 The whaleship
    108 pages

    Contents Note: Typescript, with one carbon copy. Written in the early 1930's by a former shipbuilder. On construction of whaling ships, boats, rigging. Appendix, p. 85, "Size and shape inrelation to safety and speed".

    Genre: essay

    Subjects:
    Whaling ships

    Names:
    Hammond, Edgar S.

    193-?

    A.C. Howard
    4 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 9, Folder 10 February and March 1876 -- Provincetown
    Provincetown, MA
    5 pages

    Contents Note: Transcript and 1 carbon copy. Subject: Whaling voyage in schooner Carrie W. Clark of Provincetown, spring and summer, 1876, and voyage home in mark Modesta, autumn, 1876.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Names:
    Howard, A. C.
    Carrie W. Clark (Schooner)
    Modesta (Bark)

    1876 Feb-Mar
    Box 9, Folder 10 By Captain A.C. Howard.
    Atlantic and Pacific
    6 pages

    Contents Note: Carbon copy of typescript. Subject: whaling voyage as Master of the bark Josephine of Boston. This transcript was made in December 1950 by Carleton D. Morse from Captain Howard's account book.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Names:
    Howard, A. C.
    Josephine (Bark)

    1898 Mar-1901 Autumn
    Box 9, Folder 10 A whaling voyage
    4 pages

    Contents Note: Transcript and 1 carbon copy. Subject: voyage as Master of brig Rosa Baker of Boston starting July 1879.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Names:
    Howard, A. C.
    Rosa Baker (Brig)

    1922 Oct 11
    Box 9, Folder 10 The Island and Governor of Annobona
    7 pages

    Contents Note: Carbon copy of 7-page transcript.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Names:
    Howard, A. C.

    undated

    Thomas Milligan
    2 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 9, Folder 11 A sea-yarn without a strand of fiction -- Dangers faced on both sides of the Equator -- Narrative of exciting adventures by one who shared them
    38 pages

    Contents Note: Loose sheets, with xerox copy. Undated. Narrative describes adventures on two whaling voyages: in bark Noble of Sag Harbor (Captain Hawes, Master), 1846 Aug-1848 Jun, to South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; and in brig Charlotte of Sag Harbor (Captain Winters, Master), 1850 Jul-1852 May to South Pacific. Fragile. Advise use of xerox copy.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Names:
    Milligan, Thomas, b. 1830
    Charlotte (Ship)
    Noble (Bark)

    18--?
    Box 9, Folder 11 A stirring prelude to a quiet life
    25 pages

    Contents Note: Loose sheets, with xerox copy. Undated. Another version of the same two voyages as above entry (bark Noble, 1846-1848 and brig Charlotte, 1850-1852). Fragile. Use xerox copy.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Names:
    Milligan, Thomas, b. 1830
    Noble (Bark)
    Charlotte (Ship)

    18--?

    Horace Sherman
    1 item

    Container Description Date
    Box 9, Folder 12 Ship Gideon Howland 1844
    to Pacific and Arctic
    2 pages

    Contents Note: Typescript, with one carbon copy. Subject: boyhood whaling voyage from New Bedford to Pacific and Arctic beginning 1844 Feb 20. [Starbuck gives voyage as 1844 Dec 20-1847 Apr 8.] "Deciphered from his handwritten account", dated June 1906, written at age 79.

    Genre: personal narrative

    Names:
    Sherman, Horace
    Gideon Howland (Ship)

    1844-1847

    Series 6. Photographs and engravings

    Container Description Date
    Box 10, Folder 1 Photograph of vessel Andrew Hicks
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 26 x 21 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 2 Photograph of vessel Constitution (model)
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 21 x 26 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 3 Photograph of vessel Bark C.W. Morgan
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 15 x 10 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 4 Photograph of vessel Bark Greyhound
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 9 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 5 Photograph of vessel Kathleen
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 17 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 6 Photograph of vessel Morning Star
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 19 x 25 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 7 Photographs of vessel Platina
    3 items

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 7 Photograph 1 of vessel Platina
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 12 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 7 Photograph 2 of vessel Platina
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 20 x 26 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 7 Photograph 3 of vessel Platina
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 18 x 15 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 8 Photograph of unidentified vessel
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 11 x 17 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 9 Miscellaneous photographs (salt works)
    3 items

    Genre: photographs
    Box 10, Folder 9 Photograph 1 of salt works
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 13 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 9 Photograph 2 of salt works
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 13 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 9 Photograph 3 of salt works
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 13 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 10 Photographs of whaling implements
    6 items

    Genre: photographs
    Box 10, Folder 10 Photograph 1 of whaling implements
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 16 x 21 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 10 Photograph 2 of whaling implements
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 16 x 21 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 10 Photograph 3 of whaling implements
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 16 x 21 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 10 Photograph 4 of whaling implements
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 21 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 10 Photograph 5 of whaling implements
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 15 x 20 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 10 Photograph 6 of whaling implements
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 21 x 15 cm.

    Genre: photograph
    Box 10, Folder 11 Postcards of whaling scenes and vessels
    13 items

    Genre: postcards
    Box 10, Folder 11 Right whaling, attaching chain to head
    1 item

    Contents Note: Color ; 14 x 9 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Sperm whaling, hoisting on lower jaw
    1 item

    Contents Note: Color ; 14 x 9 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Sperm whaling, junk nearly clear
    1 item

    Contents Note: Color ; 14 x 9 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 The Niger
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Merrill's Wharf
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Man standing near landed whale
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Two famous old whalers, New Bedford, Mass.
    1 item

    Contents Note: Color ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Whaling Bark Josephine at Wharf, New Bedford, Mass.
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Whaling Bark Sunbeam, ready to sail
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 9 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Vessel Platina
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 9 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Unidentified vessel
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Vessel Morning Star
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 11 Whalers fitting out, New Bedford, Mass.
    1 item

    Contents Note: Color ; 9 x 14 cm.

    Genre: postcard
    Box 10, Folder 12 Miscellaneous (stereopticon views, etc.)
    5 items

    Genre: stereopticon
    Box 10, Folder 12 View of wharf, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm.

    Genre: stereopticon
    Box 10, Folder 12 View of wharf, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm.

    Genre: stereopticon
    Box 10, Folder 12 J. Freeman, Nantucket.
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm.

    Genre: stereopticon
    Box 10, Folder 12 Vessel Mary Frazier, New Bedford, Mass.
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm.

    Genre: stereopticon
    Box 10, Folder 12 View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford Nov. 16, 1861
    1 item

    Contents Note: Black and white ; 21 x 26 cm.

    Genre: Photograph

    Series 7. Ephemera, clippings, research notes and other printed matter

    Ephemera
    60 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 10, Folder 13 Souvenirs, notices, postcards, programs
    ca. 40 items

    bulk 1930s-1950s

    Newspaper articles & clippings
    68 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 10, Folder 14 The oil and colour trades journal

    1915 Jul 10


    1 leaf

    Contents Note: Pages 117-118. Types of fish and whale oils.

    Genre: periodical excerpt
    Box 10, Folder 15 Clippings removed from Barnstable and Yarmouth: Sea captains and ship owners
    Massachusetts

    1930


    2 items

    Genre: clipping

    Names:
    Sprague, Francis William b. 1842

    Box 10, Folder 16 Mid-week pictorial
    New York, NY

    Published in 2013

    1930 May 10

    Vol. XXXI. No. 12
    1 item

    Contents Note: With Byrd in the Antarctic--Special Number.

    Genre: periodical

    Names:
    Byrd, Richard E.

    Box 10, Folder 17 The fourth moment : an unforgettable sea story
    Boston, MA

    Published in 2013

    1941 Apr 27


    1 item

    Genre: periodical excerpt

    Names:
    Godwin, Karl
    Jenkins, Will F.

    Box 10, Folder 18 Landlocked whaling museum
    Providence, RI

    Published in 2013

    1973 Mar 18


    1 item

    Contents Note: Provides background information on the Kendall Whaling Museum in Sharon, MA as well as providing details regarding the museum's collection.

    Genre: periodical excerpt

    Names:
    Hays, Nancy Lang
    Kendall Whaling Museum

    Research notes
    10 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 10, Folder 19 Lists of sailings of ten whaling vessels
    10 Leaves

    Contents Note: Includes dates of sailings and returns, destinations, masters for each voyage. Gives date built, port, agent, and tonnage of each vessel. Vessels and dates are:
    • Ship Awashonks, 1830-1870
    • Bark A.R. Tucker, 1851-1876
    • Bark Atlantic, 1851-1876
    • Ship Cape Horn Pigeon, 1854-1878
    • Ship Brewster, 1857-1866
    • Bark Andrew Hicks, 1867-1876
    • Ship Commodore Morris, 1841-1876
    • Bark Xantho, 1856-1871
    • Ship Abraham Barker, 1845-1875
    • Ship Brunswick, 1834-1865


    Genre: commercial record
    1830-1878

    Other printed matter
    2 items

    Container Description Date
    Box 10, Folder 20 Balaenopterine or finner whales
    Seattle, WA

    Published in 2013

    1972


    2 items

    Contents Note: Reprinted from Baleen whales : in eastern north pacific and arctic waters. Is attached with drafts from the 22nd report from International Whaling Commission.

    Genre: pamphlet

    Names:
    Mitchell, Edward D.
    International Whaling Commission

    Box 10, Folder 21 Iron, men and wooden ships. Salvo two

    1920


    1 item

    Contents Note: Sea chanties. Another copy in the Harris Collection.


    Names:
    Shay, Frank

    Box 10, Folder 22 Marine mammals and the American whale fishery
    Riverside, CA

    Published in 2013

    1969


    3 items

    Contents Note: Two copies of a sales brochure for a reprint of the Marine mammals and the American whale fishery one with an attached introductory offer.


    Names:
    Scammon, Charles C.

    Box 10, Folder 23 The whaling industry

    Published in 2013

    1908


    1 item

    Contents Note: Exhibition catalogue. Another copy in the Morse Whaling Book Collection.