Contains three voyages: On the brig ANTILLA of Honolulu. Mar. 13-Nov. 1, 1858. Molde, Master. (Sherman 52) On the ship NASSAU of New Bedford. Nov. 17, 1858-Oct. 23, 1859. Henry Murdock, Master. (Sherman 589) On the ship GEORGE WASHINGTON of Wareham. Dec. 9, 1859-Sept. 25, 1860. Elihu Brightman, Master. (Sherman 320). At front: slops, brig ANTILLA. At end: list of ship's stores, brig ANTILLA. Contains whale stamps, sketches of whales and ships.

Contains whale and ship stamps, profile views.

Contains five voyages: On the bark ANDREW HICKS, Westport. Edward E. Hicks, Master. Joseph T. Sampson, replacement Master (temporarily while Captain Hicks remained 'insane', May 22-Dec. 12, 1877). Contains list of crew members shipped on at Mahe, Jan. 1878; list of "vessels spoken on the voyage" following the Feb. 19, 1884 entry of the journal of the bark ROBERT MORRISON. Contains whale stamps. At front: crew list. (Sherman 48) On the bark VENEZUELA. Mar. 1-27, 1878. Dinis to Mauritius. (Sherman p. 193). On the shore of Mauritius, daily entries, March 27-April 24, 1878. On the bark GLAS LYN. April 25-May 6, 1878. From Mauritius. (Sherman p. 191) On the bark ROBERT MORRISON, Edgartown. April 14, 1880-Nov. 28, 1884. Contains list of oil stowed. This journal covers the same voyage, same dates, as the log of the ROBERT MORRISON; both written by 1st mate Joseph T. Sampson. (Sherman 681; Hegarty p.10) On the ship WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Thomaston. Nov. 28, 1884-March 1, 1885. Sydney to Santa Barbara, CA. (Sherman 193).

A journal of two voyages kept by Samuel (Sammy) G. Mingo, a member of the Narragansett tribe and a resident of Martha's Vineyard. Mingo served as senior mate on board the Andrew Hicks. As fourth mate aboard the California Mingo was presented with a gold watch for "having raised whales the most times that we have taken them." The journal includes drawings of whales, including a drawing of a whaleboat in pursuit of a whale; accounts; a copy of the essay "Raising, Pursuit and Capture of a Sperm Whale"; and the words to approximately 25 songs. According to E. Gale Huntington, author of Songs the Whalemen Sang, the journal was discovered in a garbage dump in Martha's Vineyard.

Contains two voyages: Bark GEORGE AND MARY of Westport. June 24, 1852-Mar. 16, 1854. Also, on the bark ANADIR June 16-July 28, 1855. Anchored at San Francisco, July 1-28, 1855. Contains whale stamps, whale sketches and profile views.

Swift, Edward A. Journal. July 9, 1849-Jan. 8, 1850. Contains whale stamps, sketches of vessels, poetry. Contains lists of ships spoken; crew and ship accounts. At end: list of provisions used. With this: OCEAN (ship) Providence. Account book. 1850-51. Also with this: AMETHYST (Ship) New Bedford. Account book 1842-43.

Contains three voyages: America, New Bedford. Dec. 9-19, 1861. Henry Chase, Master. New Bedford to Charleston as part of Stone Fleet No. 2. On the bark Marcella, New Bedford. April 25, 1865-May 14, 1866. H. Chase, Master. Contains whale stamps. (Sherman 490, Starbuck p. 604) On an unidentified vessel. Nov. 23 1867-April 10, 1871. Selected entries of whaling grounds and whales caught. At end: scattered entries and accounts on land and unidentified vessels.

Contains 4 voyages: Ship JASPER, Fairhaven. (Sherman 419). Bark AMERICA, Bristol. (Sherman p. 189) Ship GENTAO (Sherman p. 191). Ship GRATITUDE, New Bedford. (Sherman 341) Contains whale stamps; ship stamps. At front: poetry. With this: AMERICA (Ship) New Bedford. Account book 1843-1845. In Howard, Charles L. Journal. Sept. 13, 1835-Dec. 19, 1838. Account book.

Contains four voyages: On the ship ARAB of Fairhaven. Nov. 22-Dec. 21, 1849. (Sherman 53) On the schooner AMELIA of Sandwich. July 3, 1851-Feb. 24, 1852. (Sherman 46) On the schooner AMELIA of Sandwich. June 10, 1852-Mar. 19, 1853. (Sherman 47) On the bark COMMODORE PREBLE of Lynn. Oct. 7, 1853-Mar. 22, 1857. (Sherman 188) Contains whale stamps, profile views.

A journal of four voyages kept by William and Sarah Mackie. William Mackie served as a mate aboard the bark Alto out of New Bedfrod in 1854. He left the ship in 1856 in Australia where he met and married an Australian woman named Sarah A. Spencer. He joined the crew of the Dolphin, a bark out of Warren, RI in 1856, whaling in the Indian Ocean. From February to December of 1858 he captained a cargo schooner, New Perseverence, and then in December of 1858 he returned to whaling on the bark Cherokee out of New Bedford. From March to November of 1859 Sarah Mackie wrote daily entries during the voyage of the Cherokee, during which time she also argued forcefully with the captain over the need to turn back for provisions for crewmembers afflicted by scurvy.

Contains whale stamps.

Contains whale stamps. At end: list of whales seen, account of oil stowed down and sent home.

Contains whale stamps, sketches of whales. At end: oil records for this voyage; and, ship accounts for the ALFRED GIBBS, 1854-1855.

Contains two voyages: Alfred Gibbs of New Bedford. (Sherman 37). Morning Star of New Bedford. May 15, 1872-June 20, 1872. (sherman 586) Contains whale stamps.

Contains sketches of ships, fish, birds.

Contains whale stamps. At end: dimensions of spars; lunar observations.

Contains whale stamps. Contains "An extract of ship ALEXANDER'S voyage commencing in 1838, Dec. 3d. Chas. Stetson, Master." June 18, 1839-Feb. 8, 1842. (Sherman 30) At end: poetry; signals list for the ROBERT EDWARDS. (Sherman 677).

Contains two voyages: Albion of New Bedford. (Sherman 29). Europa of New Bedford. June 26, 1870-July 12, 1871. (Sherman 280). Contains whale stamps. At end: receipts; list of letters sent and received; chronology of voyage on the Albion, whales sighted, list of officers.

Contains four voyages: Alatamaha of Sippican. (Sherman 43) Hopeton of Sippican. May 20-Oct. 18, 1862. (Sherman 392). Solon of New Bedford. Dec. 22, 1863-Jan 26, 1864. (Sherman 730) Admiral Blake of Marion. Dec. 29, 1865-Jan 10, 1866. (Sherman 26). Contains sketches of whales. At end: slops for Admiral Blake.

In front: crew list.

At end: accounts, lists of whales taken, poem by M. Snell.

Two voyages: on the bark OCEAN, New Bedford. July 21-Sept. 11, 1874. (Sherman 612). Also, on the bark AYOR. Oct. 14-Nov. 5, 1874. Homeward voyage. (Sherman p. 190). Contains signal flags; sketches of whales. At front: ship arrivals, 1873; description of voyage from New Bedford to Boston on the ship SYREN; and, entries made on shore.

Contains three voyages: Active of New Bedford. June 1, 1852-Oct. 10, 1854. Sherman 11. Daniel Wood of New Bedford. Oct. 2, 1856-Oct. 22, 1857. Sherman 222. Mary of Edgartown. July 22, 1861-April 27, 1865. Sherman 507. Contains whale stamps. At end of volume: list of whales raised on ship Mary; oil stowed.

Contains whale stamps, profile views, sketch of vessel on fly-leaf. At end: accounts; valedictory; letters; oil records; names of those that raised whales; list of ships spoken and seen; "whales seen and caught on New Zealand," and crew list.

Contains watercolor and pencil profile views, sketches of whales, whale stamps.

Contains sketch of A R Tucker on inside front cover; sketches of whales; whale and whale boat stamps. At end: account of provisions used.

Contains whale stamps. At end: Locations of whales seen; memorandum of money and goods received by A. Peirce; list of whales taken.

At front: Journal of bark Montezuma of New Bedford, Jan. 3-10 1852. Contains whale stamps.

Records events in the life of a New Bedford man. Occasionally refers to the arrival of ships, sale of oil and whalers in New Bedford.