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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Account book of the William Wirt (Ship); mastered by Isaac Daggett, Jesse Luce and Henry Daggett; on whaling voyages between 1833 and 1854.

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Account book. Owner accounts covering five voyages.(Sherman 821; 822; 823; 824; 826).

Account book of the William Wirt (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by William H. Morse, on a whaling voyage between 1842 and 1845.

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Ship receipts and disbursements; slops; oil stowed down.

Account book of the William Wirt (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Owen Fisher, on a whaling voyage between 1850 and 1853.

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Ship disbursements and receipts; slops.

Account book of the William Wirt (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Jesse Luce, on a whaling voyage between 1847 and 1850.

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Ship receipts and disbursements. Slops.

Account book of the William Wirt (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Jesse Luce and William Morse, on whaling voyages between 1842 and 1846.

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Crew accounts. Two voyages: 1842-1846. Sherman 823. Also, 1846-1850. Sherman 824.

Account book of the William Wirt (Ship) out of Fairhaven, MA, mastered by Isaac Daggett, on whaling voyages between 1833 and 1842.

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Crew accounts. Two voyages: 1833-1837. Sherman 821. Also 1838-1842. Sherman 822.

Account book of the William A. Graber (Schooner) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by John T. Gonsalves, on a whaling voyage between 1915 and 1916.

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Crew accounts.

Account book of the Wave (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by James H. Hammond, on a whaling voyage between 1877 and 1879.

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Account book. Crew accounts, ship disbursements and receipts.

Account book of the Vineyard (Ship) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Thomas N. Fisher, on a whaling voyage between 1853 and 1858.

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Account book. Crew accounts

Account book of the Vineyard (Ship) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Edwin Sr. Coffin, on a whaling voyage between 1844 and 1847.

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Captain's disbursements for crew and ship accounts including slops. Contains two pages of vessel insurance entries, 1862-65.

Account book of the Tropic Bird (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Charles H. Hagar and Lemuel D. Adams, on whaling voyages between 1862 and 1866.

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Two voyages: 1862-1863. Contains disbursements, ship, and crew accounts. Sherman 765. 1865-1866. Contains invoice of slops, disbursements, ship, and crew accounts. At front: letter of instructions from agent to master. Sherman 766.

Account book of the Spendid (Ship) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Shubael H. Norton, on a whaling voyage between 1858 and 1862.

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Account book. Contains crew accounts. At front: "Index to Crew."

Account book of the Sea Queen (Bark) out of Westport, MA, mastered by Thomas Burdett, on a whaling voyage between 1858 and 1863.

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Contains outfitting expenses; advances to crew; crew accounts; ship disbursements.

Account book of the Sea Lion (Ship) out of Plymouth, MA, mastered by Asa Hewitt, on a whaling voyage between 1816 and 1819.

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Trading voyages to Batavia and India.

Account book of the Rousseau (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by james Hyland, on a whaling voyage between 1866 and 1870.

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Crew accounts.

Account book of the Robert Morrison (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin W. Tilton, on a whaling voyage between 1880 and 1885.

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3V. Contents: V.1: Crew accounts, payments. V.2: "Crew Acct's on b'd ship." V.3: Ship accounts, disbursements, account of vessel's sale at public auction.

Account book of the Robert Morrison (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin W. Tilton, on a whaling voyage between 1880 and 1884.

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Account book of the Robert Morrison (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin W. Tilton, on a whaling voyage between 1880 and 1884.

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Account book of the Robert Morrison (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Benjamin W. Tilton, on a whaling voyage between 1857 and 1861.

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Contains ship accounts, owners' accounts, crew accounts, slops. At end: oil records.

Account book of the Plover (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by George N. Macy, on a whaling voyage between 1862 and 1865.

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Contains: ship accounts; slops; disbursements; and "Account of goods saved." Contains crew accounts.

Account book of the Plover (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Charles M. Skiff, on a whaling voyage between 1855 and 1857.

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Contains ship accounts, crew accounts, slops and disbursements.

Account book of the Plover (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Augustus Norman Perkins, on a whaling voyage between 1858 and 1862.

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Contains ship accounts; slops and disbursements. Crew accounts. At end: Master's account with the ship.

Account book of the Perry (Bark) out of New London, CT, mastered by Stephen Bolles, on a whaling voyage between 1867 and 1870.

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Account book. Contains disbursements, crew and slops accounts. At end: oil records.

Account book of the Perry (Bark) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by George W. Nickerson, on a whaling voyage between 1874 and 1880.

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Account book of the Perry (Bark) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by George W. Nickerson, on a whaling voyage between 1874 and 1880.

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Account book of the Perry (Bark) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by George W. Bassett, on a whaling voyage between 1874 and 1877.

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Account book of the Perry (Bark) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by George W. Bassett, on a whaling voyage between 1874 and 1877.

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5 v. Contents: V.1: 1874-1877. Owner and ship accounts. V. 2: Crew and slops accounts. V. 3: Contents Two voyages (Sherman 644) Owner, ship and agent accounts. V.4: 1877-1880. Crew accounts. V. 5: Owner, ship, and agent accounts; disbursements.

Account book of the Perry (Bark) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by George W. Bassett and George W. Nickerson, on whaling voyages between 1874 and 1880.

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Account book of the out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Charles S. Downes, on a whaling voyage between 1880 and 1882.

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Four volumes: Vol. 1: "Crew Book," crew accounts. Vol. 2: "Crew's account," slops, crew accounts. Vol. 3: Ship accounts, outfitting expenses. Vol. 4: Ship accounts, provisions bought.

Account book of the out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Charles S. Downes, on a whaling voyage between 1880 and 1882.

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Four volumes: Vol. 1: "Crew Book," crew accounts. Vol. 2: "Crew's account," slops, crew accounts. Vol. 3: Ship accounts, outfitting expenses. Vol. 4: Ship accounts, provisions bought.

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