Nicholson Whaling Collection Logbooks

The Nicholson Whaling Collection is one of the nation’s most important resources for whaling research. At the heart of the collection is the world’s second largest collection of whaling logbooks, recording more than 1,000 voyages. Within their pages, the logbooks hold records of whales captured and lost; accounts of shipwrecks, mutinies and other nautical misfortunes; poetry and paintings made by crew members in their spare time; and a wealth of data for researchers. The collection was donated to the Library in 1956 by Paul C. Nicholson, grandson of the founder of the Nicholson File Company, and it now includes more than 15,000 items, ranging from prints, photographs, scrimshaw and other artifacts to an extensive collection of manuscripts and account books. The earliest materials date from the 1700s and include a contract in which a Native American whaler agrees to be part of the crew of a 1723 whaling voyage. Hundreds of logbooks document the 19th-century high point of the whaling trade. This important collection continues to grow, thanks to an endowment provided by the Nicholson family

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Logbook of the Chandler Price (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Crayton P. Holcomb and John Curn, on whaling voyages between 1854 and 1857.

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Contains whale stamps. John Curn, master, dies on April 27, 1856; replaced by Crayton P. Holcomb.

Logbook of the Chandler Price (Ship) and Stephania (Ship), mastered by Josiah Bourne and Matthew Fisher and kept by Robert P. Gifford and S. R. Hart, on whaling voyages between 1854 and 1863.

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STEPHANIA (Ship) New Bedford. Aug. 5, 1854-Feb. 9, 1857. Three trading voyages: June 26-Oct. 30, 1862. To Scotland and return. Nov. 15, 1862-April 18, 1863. To Scotland and return. April 29-July 12, 1863. To Glasgow Scotland. At end: list of provisions used. Contains whale stamps. CHANDLER PRICE (Bark) New Bedford. Logbook. June 26, 1862-July 12, 1863.

Logbook of the Catherwood (Brig) out of Westport, MA, mastered by William B. Stanton, on a whaling voyage between 1848 and 1850.

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Contains whale stamps, profile views. At end: list of whales taken.

Logbook of the Catherine (Ship) out of New London, CT, mastered by Elisha Hull and kept by James S. Johnson, on a whaling voyage between 1854 and 1855.

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Logbook of the Carleton Bell (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Joseph H. Senna, on a whaling voyage between 1915 and 1916.

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At end: oil stowed down, 1916.

Logbook of the Carleton Bell (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Joseph H. Senna, on a whaling voyage between 1912 and 1914.

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Contains whale and whale boat stamps. At end: whales caught on Hatteras Ground, 1914.

Logbook of the Carleton Bell (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Joseph H. Senna, on a whaling voyage between 1909 and 1911.

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Contains whale and whale boat stamps.

Logbook of the Carleton Bell (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Joseph H. Senna, on a whaling voyage between 1906 and 1908.

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At end: gauges of oil.

Logbook of the Cape Horn Pigeon (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin J. Kelley, on a whaling voyage between 1880 and 1884.

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Logbook of the Canton Packet (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Charles Edmund Allen and kept by James H. Barker, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1861.

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Contains whale stamps.

Logbook of the Camilla (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Edward C. Pulver, on a whaling voyage in 1872.

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Logbook of the Camilla (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin Franklin Jones, on a whaling voyage between 1867 and 1871.

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Logbook of the Cameo (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Louis M. Lopes, on a whaling voyage between 1920 and 1931.

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Logbook of the Cameo (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by John Thomas Edwards, on a whaling voyage between 1912 and 1915.

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At end: account of oil stowed.

Logbook of the Cambria (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Edward Harding, on a whaling voyage between 1847 and 1851.

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Contains whale stamps, watercolor sketches of ships and profile views. At front: account of oil stowed. At end: list of letters for ships.

Logbook of the Cambria (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Edward Harding, on a whaling voyage between 1842 and 1846.

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Contains whale stamps, watercolor sketches of ships and profile views. At front: list of Testaments and Bibles lent to the crew.

Logbook of the Callao (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Alden B. Howland, on a whaling voyage between 1855 and 1858.

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Logbook of the Callao (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Frederick S. Howland, on a whaling voyage between 1862 and 1865.

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Contains whale stamps. At end: account of oil stowed.

Logbook of the California (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Josiah E. Chase, on a whaling voyage between 1872 and 1876.

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Contains whale stamps. At end: list of sperm and right whale grounds noted by various vessels at various times; whaling signals used by ship CALIFORNIA; seamen's contracts.

Logbook of the California (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by George F. Brightman, on a whaling voyage between 1881 and 1885.

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Contains whale sketches. At end: account of oil sent home; whales sighted.

Logbook of the Cadmus (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by William Crowell, on a whaling voyage between 1834 and 1837.

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Contains whale stamps.

Logbook of the C. C. Comstock (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Nehemiah West, on a whaling voyage between 1865 and 1866.

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Logbook of the Brunswick (Ship) out of Providence, RI, mastered by Heman N. Stewart, on whaling voyages between 1834 and 1837.

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Contents: Two voyages: Aug. 27, 1834-April 7, 1836. and July 6, 1836-April 30, 1837. Blank spots and stains. Contains whale stamps.

Logbook of the Bruce (Bark) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Nathaniel L. Fuller, on a whaling voyage between 1848 and 1851.

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Contains whale stamps.

Logbook of the Brighton (Bark) out of Dartmouth, MA, mastered by Abner Tucker, on a whaling voyage between 1855 and 1859.

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Contains whale stamps.

Logbook of the Brandt (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Isaac Delano and kept by Edward G. Cory, on a whaling voyage between 1838 and 1839.

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At end: account of provisions used.

Logbook of the Bowditch (Ship) and Covington (Bark), mastered by Nelson J. Waldron and Allen M. Newman and kept by Allen M. Newman, on whaling voyages between 1849 and 1859.

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At front: crew list. At end: account of provisions used. (Sherman 92) With this: Newman, Allen M. Journal. Aug. 3, 1852-Aug. 5, 1859. BOWDITCH (Ship) Warren. Logbook. Sept. 19, 1849-April 22, 1852. On the bark COVINGTON of Warren. Contents: two voyages: Aug. 3, 1852-Nov. 22, 1855. (Sherman 210) and Sept. 16, 1856-Aug. 5, 1859. (Sherman 211)

Logbook of the Bogota (Brig) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Nathaniel L. Fuller, on a whaling voyage between 1842 and 1843.

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Contains whale stamps. At end: account of provisions used.

Logbook of the Blackstone (Bark) and Robin Hood (Ship), mastered by William H. Pendleton, on whaling voyages between 1843 and 1845.

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Contains whale stamps. At end: disbursements. ROBIN HOOD (Ship) Mystic. Logbook. Oct. 18-22, 1845. BLACKSTOINE Bark. Mystic. Logbook. June 18, 1843-April 6, 1845. At end: account of slops, ship ROBIN HOOD.

Logbook of the Black Eagle (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Edwin W. White and kept by M. V. B. Millard, on a whaling voyage between 1866 and 1867.

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At end: daily thermometer reading, Oct. 13, 1866-April 30, 1867; contract between captains and owners of four vessels covering regulations for spring and summer whaling in the Hudson Bay area (unsigned)

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