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Whaling voyage logbook

Title
  1. Whaling voyage logbook, 1887-1892.
Author
  1. Greyhound (Bark)

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

FormatMixed materialAccessRequest in advanceCall numberMssCol 1244Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

Details

Description
  1. .13 linear foot (1 volume)
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Ships' logs
  2. Whaling ships
  3. Whaling
  4. Weather
  5. Saint Helena
  6. South Atlantic Ocean
  7. Enos, Joseph T., -1910
  8. Whales
Genre/Form
  1. Ships' logs.
Call number
  1. MssCol 1244
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Author
  1. Greyhound (Bark)
Title
  1. Whaling voyage logbook, 1887-1892.
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 1244
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