Journal of the Marengo (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Frederick A. Weld, on a whaling voyage between 1859 and 1862.
Providence Public Library
Contains sketches of whales.
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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Items in this collection
Journal of the Marcus (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Samuel H. Taber, on a whaling voyage between 1844 and 1846.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale stamps. At front: personal notes and "A Serenade" entered in code. At end: song; ship accounts. Includes many pressed flowers.
Journal of the Marcella (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin F. Ellis on a whaling voyage between 1842 and 1844.
Providence Public Library
Includes illustrations (watercolor and ink) and poetry at the end.
Journal of the Mabel (Bark) and Ohio II (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by John Horan and kept by John Horan, on whaling voyages between 1877 and 1882.
Providence Public Library
Two voyages: On the bark MABEL, New Bedford. Sept. 18, 1877-May 29, 1881. Sherman 486. Also on the bark OHIO 2D, New Bedford. Dec. 13, 1881-Apr. 3, 1882. Sherman 622. Contains sketches of vessels, sketches of whales, whale stamps. At end: oil stowed, bounty paid for raising whales and captain's expenses and lay while on the MABEL.
Journal of the Lydia (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Thomas B. Hathaway, on a whaling voyage between 1865 and 1867.
Providence Public Library
At end: signal flags.
Journal of the Louisa (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by William R. Hathaway and kept by Oliver S. Brock, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1860.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale stamps, profile views, and seascapes.
Journal of the Louisa (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Reuben William Crapo and kept by George E. Gifford, on a whaling voyage between 1865 and 1868.
Providence Public Library
At end: poetry; songs.
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Journal of the Liverpool II (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Charles West and kept by Charles West, on a whaling voyage between 1847 and 1849.
Providence Public Library
At end: "Burial Service at Sea."
Journal of the Lion (Ship) out of Providence, RI, mastered by Charles F. Howland, on a whaling voyage in 1845.
Providence Public Library
Contains sketches of vessels, profile view. Another journal, also on LION, covering Aug. 28-Oct. 16, 1845 appears to be in same hand (Sherman 472). With this: Howland, Henry A. Journal. Dec. 21, 1852-July 4, 1864.
Journal of the Lion (Ship) out of Providence, RI, mastered by Charles F. Howland and kept by Charles F. Howland, on whaling voyages between 1841 and 1845.
Providence Public Library
Contains two voyages: June 12, 1841-Sept. 16, 1844. Sherman 471. And Aug. 28-Oct. 16, 1845. Contains sketches of vessels, seascapes, profile views, whale stamps. At front and back of journal: Longitude and latitude correction tables. At end (in a different hand): lists of whales raised on ship JOSEPH MAXWELL, Fairhaven, 1849-1852; ship MIDAS, New Bedford, 1853-1856.
Journal of the Lexington (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Horatio W. Tilton and kept by Horatio W. Tilton, on a whaling voyage between 1851 and 1852.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale stamps, sketches of whales, sketches of vessels. At end: oil records; list of vessels spoken; poem.
Journal of the Levanter (Ship) out of Boston, MA, mastered by and kept by Charles T. Robbins, on a whaling voyage between 1862 and 1863.
Providence Public Library
Trading voyage to Valparaiso. Contains sketches of ships, landfalls, views.
Journal of the Leonidas (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Heman N. Stewart and kept by Asa Tobey, on a whaling voyage between 1839 and 1841.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale stamps.
Journal of the Leonidas (Ship) out of Bristol, RI, mastered by Henry Cleveland and kept by Henry Cleveland, on a whaling voyage between 1830 and 1833.
Providence Public Library
At front: ship's accounts; oil stowed. At end: crew accounts; slops accounts; ship's accounts.
Journal of the LeBaron (Brig) out of Rochester, MA, mastered by Elnathan H. Cushing and kept by Thomas W. Johnson, on a whaling voyage between 1840 and 1841.
Providence Public Library
At end: poetry.
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Journal of the LeBaron (Bark), Minerva (Bark) and an unidentified vessel [Lebarroux?] (Bark); mastered by John J. Parker and Warren Howland; on whaling voyages between 1830 and 1843.
Providence Public Library
Contains ship accounts. Two voyages: Mar. 11-July 20, 1830. Also Sept. 6, 1830-May 17, 1832. With this: MINERVA (Bark) New Bedford. Account book. 1839-1840. Also with this: LE BARON (Bark) Mattapoisett. Abstract log. Mar. 4, 1842-June 12, 1843.
Journal of the Lark (Bark) and Pacific Ocean (Ship); mastered by Reuben Kelley, Rufus F. Pease and James Ryder Allen; and kept by James P. Gracie; on whaling voyages between 1851 and 1855.
Providence Public Library
Two voyages: on the ship PACIFIC, Fairhaven. Feb. 17, 1851-Oct. 19, 1852. Contains whale stamps. Also, on the bark LARK, New London. Abstract journal. Dec. 1, 1852-May 2, 1853. Sandwich Islands to New London.
Journal of the Lancaster (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Obed Nye Swift and kept by Obed Nye Swift, on a whaling voyage between 1831 and 1834.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale stamps, profile views. At front: poem; list of vessels sighted; oil stowed; whales sighted or taken. At end: poetry; whales sighted or taken (continued from front)
Journal of the Kutusoff (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Abraham Wilcox Pierce and kept by George W. Cook, on a whaling voyage between 1852 and 1853.
Providence Public Library
At end: poetry; list of officers for this voyage: list of whales taken.
Journal of the Keoka (Bark) out of Westport, MA, MA, mastered by Asa Grinnell, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1860.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale stamps.
Journal of the Kensington (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Charles F. Stetson, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1861.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale and ship stamps; colored sketches of ships.
Journal of the Kate Cory (Brig) out of Westport, MA, mastered by Weston Smith Tripp and kept by Pardon Z. Petty, on a whaling voyage between 1858 and 1860.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale, ship stamps. At front: sketch of KATE CORY: oil records.
Journal of the Kate Cory (Brig) out of Westport, MA, mastered by Stephen Flanders and kept by Pardon Z. Petty, on a whaling voyage between 1861 and 1862.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale and ship stamps. At end: oil records.
Journal of the Juno (Brig) out of Westport, MA, mastered by Philip Sanford and Pardon Cook, on whaling voyages between 1843 and 1844.
Providence Public Library
Contains whale stamps. Logbook covers Feb. 28-May 3, 1843 and June 20, 1843-Aug. 27, 1844. At front: list of provisions used; stamps of whales seen.
Journal of the John R. Manta (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Joseph T. Edwards and (Luis), Joseph (Jose) Lewis, on whaling voyages between 1907 and 1910.
Providence Public Library
Contains 2 voyages: July 15, 1907-Sept. 3, 1908. (Sherman 435) Oct. 21, 1908-Jan. 26, 1910. (Sherman 436) At end: lists of whales raised or taken and by whom on schooner JOHN R. MANTA, Provincetown, 1907-1910; on bark GREYHOUND, New Bedford, 1903-1907.
Journal of the John Dawson (Bark) and Progress (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Asaph S. Wicks and Henry Eldridge and kept by Frederick P. Taber, on whaling voyages between 1867 and 1875.
Providence Public Library
Contains 2 voyages: Bark JOHN DAWSON, New Bedford. April 20, 1867-April 7, 1870. (Sherman 434) Bark PROGRESS, New Bedford. Jan 15, -April 14, 1875. (Starbuck p. 636). Contains whale stamps.
