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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Journal of the Napoleon (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by James A. Crowell and kept by Edmund E. Jennings, on a whaling voyage between 1855 and 1858.

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Two voyages: Ship NAPOLEON, New Bedford. Jan. 17, 1855-July 22, 1858. (Sherman 588). And ship ALFRED GIBBS, New Bedford. Oct. 28, 1863-Jan. 25, 1864. Homeward voyage from the South Pacific. (Sherman 33) Contains whale stamps. At end: list of whales sighted and oil records kept on the first voyage.

Journal of the Nancy (Brig/Schooner) out of Boston, MA, mastered by John Rich, on a whaling voyage between 1785 and 1786.

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At end: list of ports and islands in the Atlantic.

Journal of the Montpelier (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by John M. Young and kept by John M. Young, on a whaling voyage between 1847 and 1850.

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Contains whale stamps. At end: list of ships spoke; oil stowed.

Journal of the Montpelier (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Ellery Tompkins Taber and kept by John M. Young, on whaling voyages between 1842 and 1847.

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Two voyages: Jan 23, 1842-July 3, 1844. (Sherman 582). And Oct. 12, 1844-April 30, 1847. (Sherman 584) Contains whale stamps. At end: account of the sinking of the ship UNITED STATES, Nantucket, on Dec. 20, 1848.

Journal of the Montpelier (Ship) and Pacific II (Ship); mastered by Nathaniel C. Cary, Ellery Tompkins Taber, [?] Miller, and David Collins; and kept by John M. Young; on whaling voyages between 1837 and 1842.

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Two voyages: Sept. 22, 1839-Oct. 19, 1841. Sherman 581. Also, Jan, 22-Mar. 7, 1842. Sherman 583. Contains whale stamps, poetry. At front: list of Young's voyages. At end: list of provisions used. With this: Young, John M. Abstract. Mar. 10, 1838-Feb. 1, 1839.

Journal of the Monticello (Ship) and Trident (Ship); mastered by John M. Folger, Marcus W. Taber and George M. Stetson; and kept by Clement F. Norton; on whaling voyages between 1846 and 1850.

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Two voyages: Ship TRIDENT, New Bedfored. Nov. 26, 1846-Oct. 29, 1849. Sherman 756. Ship MONTICELLO, Nov. 27, 1849-May 6, 1850. Homeward voyage from Honolulu. Sherman 578. At end: entries on shore; poetry; four entries on the bark ROBERT MORRISON of New Bedford, 1851-1854. Contains whale stamps.

Journal of the Montezuma (Ship), mastered by Benjamin Franklin Homan and kept by Benjamin Franklin Homan, on whaling voyages between 1857 and 1861.

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2v. At end v.1: chart Baja Calif.; oil and bone records; personal accounts. At end v.2: slops records.

Journal of the Montezuma (Ship), mastered by Benjamin Franklin Homan and kept by Benjamin Franklin Homan, on whaling voyages between 1857 and 1861.

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2v. At end v.1: chart Baja Calif.; oil and bone records; personal accounts. At end v.2: slops records.

Journal of the Mobile (Ship) and William and Henry (Ship), mastered by William Rawson and Ithamar B. Benjamin, on whaling voyages between 1836 and 1844.

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WILLIAM AND HENRY (Ship) Fairhaven. Journal. Nov. 14, 1841-Aug. 7, 1844. MOBILE (Ship) New Bedford. Journal. Sept. 28, 1836-Jan. 10, 1838.

Journal of the Minerva (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by John Arnold Macomber and kept by William H. Stimpson, on a whaling voyage between 1844 and 1847.

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Contains crew list, poetry, personal slops account. Contains profile views, whale stamps, sketches of whales, ship's flag.

Journal of the Milton (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Thomas J. Smith and kept by Thomas J. Smith, on a whaling voyage between 1847 and 1851.

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Contains whale stamps. At front: list of provisions used; oil stowed; whales raised.

Journal of the Miles (Ship) out of Warren, RI, mastered by Henry Champlin, on a whaling voyage between 1831 and 1832.

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At end: whale stamps; accounts of Allen Hart, 1835-1838; "New Discovered Islands."

Journal of the Midas (Bark); mastered by I. A. Tuttle, James L. Austin and Joseph Ricketson Tallman; and kept by Abel T. Bryant; on whaling voyages between 1857 and 1860.

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Contains whale stamps, profile views, sketches of vessels. At front: drawing of ship.

Journal of the Mermaid (Bark) out of Westport, MA, mastered by John Horan and kept by John Horan, on a whaling voyage between 1869 and 1873.

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Contains whale stamps, sketches of vessels, sketches of whales.

Journal of the Meridian (Ship) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Hiram Fisher and kept by Henry W. Collins, on a whaling voyage between 1829 and 1831.

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Contains whale stamps, sketch of ship.

Journal of the Mayflower (Ship) out of Plymouth, MA, mastered by George Harris and kept by Roland Swain, on a whaling voyage between 1827 and 1830.

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Contains sketches of vessels, profile views. Contains poetry, songs.

Journal of the Mattapoisett (Bark) out of Westport, MA, mastered by Weston Smith Tripp, on a whaling voyage between 1869 and 1870.

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Contains whale and ship stamps.

Journal of the Mary Wilder (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Abner P. Barker, on a whaling voyage between 1858 and 1859.

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Journal of the Mary Frazier (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by James S. Hazard and John Rounds, on whaling voyages between 1853 and 1859.

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Two voyages: Oct. 29, 1853-June 19, 1856. Sherman 513. Also Sept. 22, 1856-July 27, 1859. Sherman 514. At end: copies of letters to ship's agent 1855-1857; oil stowed; ship accounts.

Journal of the Mary and Susan (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Edmund E. Jennings and kept by Edmund E. Jennings, on a whaling voyage between 1877 and 1880.

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Contains whale stamps, sketches of whales. At end: oil stowed; oil shipped; whales sighted. Journal is continued through July 29, 1881 in Edmund E. Jennings' journal, May 24, 1870-July 29, 1881.

Journal of the Mary and Susan (Bark) and Alfred Gibbs (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Edmund E. Jennings and kept by Edmund E. Jennings, on whaling voyages between 1870 and 1881.

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Contains two voyages: Alfred Gibbs, New Bedford. (Sherman 35. Starbuck p. 636). Mary and Susan , New Bedford. April 12, 1880-July 29, 1881. (Sherman 510. Hegarty p. 5). Contains whale stamps, sketches of whales. At end: list of vessels lost in Arctic Ocean, 1871; oil stowed; oil shipped home; whales sighted.

Journal of the Mary (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by William L. Slocum and kept by Gerorge Little, on a whaling voyage between 1852 and 1854.

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Two voyages: On the ship MARY, New Bedford. July 22, 1852-June 11, 1854. Starbuck p. 494. Also on the bark FRANCES HENRIETTA, New Bedford. Oct. 4, 1855-Jan. 7, 1857. Starbuck p. 524. Contains whale stamps. At front: a poem. Vol. 2 contains 2 voyages: On the bark FRANCIS HENRIETTA, New Bedford. Jan. 1-Nov. 26, 1857 (Cont. from V.1) Starbuck p. 524. On the ship WAVERLY, New Bedford. Dec. 1, 1857-May 2, 1858. Homeward voyages from Honolulu. Starbuck p. 516. Contains whale stamps. At end: abstracts of voyages on the ship MAJESTIC, New Bedford, Sept. 21-25, 1861; on the bark GLOBE, New Bedford, July 5, 1862-Aug. 12, 1864; GLOBE June 29, 1865-May 21, 1868; bark PACIFIC, New Bedford, July 4, 1869-July 29, 1870.