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 Gypsy (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Frederick William Manter and kept by Daniel M. Look, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1859.

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Contains whale stamps. Missing pages.

Journal of the Greyhound (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Timothy C. Allen and kept by Alexander Omey, on a whaling voyage between 1881 and 1882.

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Contains whale stamps.

Journal of the Greyhound (Bark) and Mattapoisett (Bark) out of Westport, MA, mastered by Frederick A. Wing and kept by Frederick A. Wing, on whaling voyages between 1849 and 1853.

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Two voyages: On the bark MATTAPOISETT, Westport. June 7, 1849-Aug. 23, 1850. Sherman 534. Also on the bark GREYHOUND, Westport. July 28, 1851-Dec. 1, 1853. Starbuck p. 484. Captain's record of ship and crew accounts. Contains whale stamps. At front: list of provisions used on the MATTAPOISETT. At end: oil records; crew and ship accounts for the bark MATTAPOISETT.

Journal of the Gratitude (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Peleg H. Stetson and kept by Joseph Hix Parker, on a whaling voyage between 1841 and 1845.

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Contains whale stamps.

Journal of the Grand Turk (Ship) and Rosalie (Ship), mastered by Luther Little and Sylvester Eddy and kept by Alvin Tisdale, on whaling voyages between 1836 and 1840.

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Contains two voyages: on the ship GRAND TURK of Dartmouth. (Sherman 340) Also, on the ship ROSALIE of Warren. (Sherman 686) Contains whale stamps.

Journal of the Governor Troup (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Frederick Coggeshall, on a whaling voyage between 1850 and 1853.

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Journal of the Globe (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Alexander Augustus Tripp, on a whaling voyage between 1862 and 1864.

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Contains whale stamps.

Journal of the Globe (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Alexander Augustus Tripp and kept by Charles F. Allen, on a whaling voyage between 1869 and 1872.

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Contains whale stamps. At front: crew list. At end: whales seen by the bark ANDREW HICKS, 1872.

Journal of the Globe (Bark) and Pioneer (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Alexander Augustus Tripp, on whaling voyages between 1869 and 1877.

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At front: personal accounts. With this: PIONEER (Bark) New Bedford. April 10, 1875-June 9, 1877. Bark GLOBE, New Bedford. Mar. 4-July 25, 1869.

Journal of the Glacier (Bark), Greyhound (Bark), Mattapoisett (Bark) and President II (Bark); mastered by Benjamin D. Gifford, James M. Sowle and Orlando Jefferson Tripp; and kept by William C. Brownell; on whaling voyages between 1862 and 1872.

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Contains 5 voyages: Bark GREYHOUND of Westport. (Sherman 346) Bark PRESIDENT 2D of New Bedford. (Sherman 669) Bark PRESIDENT 2D of NB. (Sherman 670). Bark GLACIER of NB. (Sherman 325) Bark MATTAPOISETT of Westport. (Sherman 537) Contains whale and ship stamps. Crew list for GREYHOUND follows entry for Oct. 3, 1862. At end: whaling song, account of oil stowed down, 1862.

Journal of the Georgina II (Bark) and Quickstep (Schooner), mastered by David T, Compton and Theodore Nickerson and kept by Theodore Nickerson, on whaling voyages between 1867 and 1878.

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Two voyages: On the schooner QUICKSTEP, Provincetown. Nov. 10, 1867-Jan. 10, 1869. Also, "Journal of Barque Georgina No. 2 at Cape Haitien." May 20, 1878-June 28, 1878. Trading voyage to Boston. At end of volume: list of ships spoken; payroll accounts in Provincetown, 1884.

Journal of the George Porter (Ship) and Volant (Bark), mastered by Jared Fisher and Clement Hammond and kept by Clement Hammond, on whaling voyages between 1830 and 1841.

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Contains 4 voyages: Ship GEORGE PORTER of New Bedford. July 31, 1830-Feb. 26, 1831. (Sherman 316) April 13, 1831-Feb. 25, 1832. July 31, 1832-Mar. 12, 1833. (Sherman 317) On the bark VOLANT of Rochester. Sept. 3, 1840-Jan. 13, 1841. (Sherman 781) Contains whale stamps, watercolor sketches of ships and the island of Tristan D'Acunha. At end of volume: poetry.

Journal of the George and Susan (Ship and Marcella (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Aaron C. Cushman and Thomas Derrick and kept by William E. Haskell; William B. Haskell, on whaling voyages between 1836 and 1841.

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Two voyages: Bark MARCELLA, New Bedford. May 26, 1836-April 23, 1838. Sherman 489. Also on Ship GEORGE AND SUSAN, New Bedford. May 30, 1838-May 28, 1841. Sherman 311. Contains water color profile views and vessels; sketches of whales.

Journal of the George and Martha (Ship) and Phenix (Phoenix) (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by George Randall and Benjamin Worth and kept by Samuel T. Sanford., on whaling voyages between 1821 and 1824.

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Contains two voyages: On the ship GEORGE AND mARTHA of New Bedford. Abstract journal. April 10, 1821-Mar. 24, 1822. Contains crew list; list of whales taken; oil records. Also, on the ship PHOENIX, New Bedford, May 8, 1822-July 9, 1824. Contains entries in code. At end: list of vessels spoken; list of whales taken. At end: poetry; personal accounts.

Journal of the George (Ship) and Pocahontas (Ship), mastered by Nehemiah West and Joseph Swift, and kept by Joseph P. Clifford, on whaling voyages between 1832 and 1835.

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Contains two voyages: On the ship GEORGE of New Bedford. Dec. 20, 1832-Sept. 6, 1834. Also, on the ship POCOHONTAS of Falmouth. Sept. 7, 1834-April 23, 1835. Contains whale and ship sketches, and profile views.

Journal of the Galatea (Ship), Packet (Schooner) and Victory (Ship); mastered by Abraham Russell, Thomas Delano, Jr. and Mason Taber; and kept by Thomas Delano; on whaling voyages between 1822 and 1828.

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Two voyages: On the schooner PACKET, Fairhaven. June 28, 1822-June 17, 1823. (Sherman 637) Also on the ship GALATEA, New Bedford. June 6, 1827-July 6, 1828. (Sherman 300) With this: VICTORY (Ship) New Bedford. Abstract log. July 21, 1824-June 27, 1825.

Journal of the Franklin (Ship), Monticello (Ship) and Rambler (Ship); mastered by Josiah Richmond and Eben Baker; and kept by James H. Payne; on whaling voyages between 1853 and 1858.

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Includes 3 voyages: On ship FRANKLIN of New Bedford. Sept. 1, 1853-Feb. 5, 1855. (Sherman 296) On the ship RAMBLER of Nantucket. Oct. 22-Dec. 11, 1855. (Sherman 672) On the ship MONTICELLO of Nantucket. June 24, 1856-Jan. 14, 1858. (Sherman 579)

Journal of the Frances Henrietta, Globe, Majestic, Pacific Ocean, and Waverly; mastered by Francis D. Drew, Alexander Augustus Tripp, William H. Allen and Charles B. West; and kept by George H. Little; on whaling voyages between 1854 and 1870.

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Journal of the Foster (Ship) and Magnolia (Schooner), mastered by Shubael Chase and kept by Eben Gardner, on whaling voyages between 1823 and 1827.

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Contains two voyages: On the ship FOSTER, Nantucket. April 18, 1823-Dec. 26, 1824. Journal in verse "On board the old Magnolia." Possibly the schooner MAGNOLIA, Rochester, MA. 1826-Aug. 23, 1827. Contains two profile views of the Diego Islands. At end: list of islands, rocks, and shoals in the Pacific Ocean; lunar observations.

Journal of the Fortune (Bark) out of Plymouth, MA, mastered by William H. Almy and kept by William H. Almy, on a whaling voyage between 1840 and 1844.

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Contains whale and ships tamps. At end: poetry.

Journal of the Fortune (Bark) and James Andrews (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Henry W. Beetle and kept by Henry W. Beetle, on whaling voyages between 1851 and 1855.

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Contains two voyages: On the bark JAMES ANDREWS, New Bedford. June 14, 1851-Nov. 2, 1853. (Sherman 411) On the bark FORTUNE, New Bedford. Aug. 9, 1854-Dec. 19, 1855. (Sherman 289) Contains whale stamps; map of "bad reef". At end: lists of vessels spoke; provisions used; oil stowed; books; thermometer and barometer readings; chronometer corrections.

Journal of the Florida (Ship), Speedwell (Ship) and Vineyard (Ship); mastered by Joseph C. Little, Benjamin F. Gibbs and Thomas N. Fisher; and kept by Joseph C. Little and Abel T. Bryant; on whaling voyages between 1853 and 1856.

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Three voyages: Ship SPEEDWELL, Fairhaven. Nov. 21, 1853-Nov. 11, 1854. Sherman 733. Ship VINEYARD, Edgartown. Nov. 15, 1854-Nov. 6, 1855. Sherman 780. Ship FLORIDA, New Bedford. Nov. 12, 1855-Sept. 4, 1856. Sherman 286. Contains whale stamps. At end: a poem.