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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Logbook of the Eunice H. Adams (Brig) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Thomas E. Fordham and William A. Martin, on whaling voyages between 1887 and 1890.

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Logbook of the Eunice H. Adams (Brig) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Manuel Estaus Costa, on a whaling voyage between 1885 and 1887.

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Contains whale stamps. At end: account of oil stowed down and sent home; account of provisions used.

Logbook of the Eunice H. Adams (Brig) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by John T. Gonsalves and Clarence J. Silvia, on whaling voyages between 1893 and 1894.

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At end: account of provisions used.

Logbook of the Eunice H. Adams (Brig) out of Edgartown, MA, mastered by Cornelius M. Marchant, on a whaling voyage between 1884 and 1885.

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Logbook of the Eunice H. Adams (Brig) and Sea Fox (Bark), mastered by Zenas M. Coleman and William W. Eldridge and kept by William W. Eldredge, on whaling voyages between 1870 and 1872.

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Contains whale stamps; small sketches. With this: Eldgredge, William W. Journal. April 18, 1871-July 28, 1872. EUNICE H. ADAMS (Brig). Contains whale stamps; profile views.

Logbook of the Essex (Bark) out of Bristol, RI, mastered by William Mayhew, on a whaling voyage between 1828 and 1829.

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Logbook of the Emerald (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by Clement Norton, on a whaling voyage between 1830 and 1831.

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Logbook of the Ellen A. Swift (Schooner) and William A. Grozier (Schooner), mastered by George Leonard Dunham, on whaling voyages between 1905 and 1912.

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WILLIAM A GROZIER (Schooner) Provincetown. May 2, 1905-Aug. 14, 1911. Seven voyages: May 2-July 25, 1905. Sherman 804. May 1-July 15, 1906. Sherman 805. May 2-July 24, 1907. Sherman 806. May 5-July 7, 1908. Sherman 807. May 6-Aug. 1, 1909. Sherman 808. April 27-Aug. 6, 1910. Sherman 809. May 1-Aug. 14, 1911. Sherman 810. At end: lists of provisions used. Contains whale and whaleboat stamps. ELLEN A SWIFT Schooner Provincetown. Mar. 11-Aug. 2, 1912.

Logbook of the Elizabeth (Bark) out of Freetown, MA, mastered by (Percy) Persey and Bradford W. Winslow, on whaling voyages between 1841 and 1844.

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Logbook of the Eliza (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by James M. Witherell, on a whaling voyage between 1865 and 1869.

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Logbook of the Eleanor B. Conwell (Schooner), mastered by John T. Gonsalves and Frank C. Morris, on whaling voyages between 1906 and 1907.

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Contains three voyages: April 25-June 9, 1906. (Sherman 240) June 23, 1906-June 7, 1907. (Sherman 241) June 24-Aug. 21, 1907. (Sherman 242)

Logbook of the Eagle (Ship) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by William Wood, on a whaling voyage between 1844 and 1849.

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Contains whale stamps. At front: gauges of oil. At end: list of whales seen.

Logbook of the E. H. Hatfield (Schooner); mastered by William Kirkconnell, Jr., David B. Sprague and Dennis D. Baxter; and kept by David B. Sprague, Jasper M. Ears, John S. Reynolds; on whaling voyages between 1880 and 1882.

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Logbook of the E. H. Hatfield (Schooner); mastered by William Kirkconnell, George T. Cornell and Nehemiah Y. Higgins; on whaling voyages between 1876 and 1878.

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Contains three voyages: Jan. 22-Aug. 29, 1876. (Sherman 231) Dec. 5, 1876-June 22, 1878. (Sherman 232) July 7-Sept. 15, 1878. (Sherman 233) Contains whale stamps. At end: account of provisions used.

Logbook of the E. H. Hatfield (Schooner) out of Provincetown, MA, mastered by Charles F. Keith, on a whaling voyage between 1867 and 1868.

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Logbook of the Draco (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by James V. Cox, on whaling voyages between 1843 and 1850.

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Dec. 18, 1843-April 16, 1847. "On the New Holland", "In the Australian Bight". Aug. 21, 1847-Nov. 30, 1850. "Off Cape Leeuwin". At end of volume: Account of oil stowed.

Logbook of the Draco (Bark) out of New Bedford, MA, mastered by George M. Kimball, on a whaling voyage between 1851 and 1854.

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Contains pencil sketches of whales and profile views. At front: names of men shipped on voyage since leaving the Western Islands. Oil on board at time of shipping. At end: amount of oil taken on board in the years 1851,52,53.