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C. of Good H. Pacific O.
Dec. 24, 1805 Feb. 28,1806
1400
.Lima . Lydia. .
Sh.
Brazil Pacific O.
1806
Manilla .
Sh.
Patagonia
Feb.
1806
Mary Ann.
Sh.
South Seas
July -
1806
President .
Sch. SI.
Patagonia C. de Verde
Jan. 8
Sterling . Union .
Sh.
Simeon Starbuck
Sh.
-- Folger
Pacific O South Seas
Nov. -
Elephant oil. Capt. Eldridge died on the voyage, in 1804.
Brought also crew and cargo (70 sperm) of schooner Fame lost on Isle of Sol. Lost on Isle of Sol 1804; crew and cargo saved.
450 bbls. were sperm oil. Lima built in 1804.
Last reported with two whales May 8.
414
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
.
Dove. .
SI.
- White
Essex .
Sh.
238|David Harris
Pacific O.
Feb. 15, 1806 Full
Harriet . .
Sh.
450 Full
John Jay
Sh. Sh.
160|Solomon Swain Paul Ray
Mars.
Sh.
Jonathan Barney
George Barrett Tris. Folger
Full 1230
Sally . . .
.
1806
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil
REMARKS
Commerce .
1805
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale Oil
Whale- bone
Commerce
Sh.
Jesse Bunker
A missing ship; last seen near the "line" homeward bound with full cargo of oil.
Cato.
Sh.
Sol. Folger, Jr.
Brazil
-
1806
Full
Chili .
Sh.
293
Bunker
Eliza . .
Bg.
Chase
Edward .
Sh.
Isaiah Ray
Brazil Brazil
1806
Full
Fame, 2nd .
Sh.
Richard Folger Obed Joy
Brazil
1806
1200
Hope. .
Sh.
Uriah Bunker 160 Paul Ray
Brazil
Apr. 14,1806
Full
Mary . .
Sh.
- Barney
Patagonia
Mar. - 1806
Rebecca .
Sh.
George Chase
Brazil
- - 1806
Full
Sukey .
Sh.
Union .
Sh.
Silas Swain
Brazil
Aug. -- 1806
1400
1806
Alliance
Sh.
Essex .
Sh.
-- Pinkham 238 David Harris Folger
East Cape Delago B. Brazil
Apr. 21,1808 Jan. 9,1808 Aug. 31,1807
1300
Fame.
Sh.
Hope. . Sh. Sh.
Henry .
John Jay.
Sh.
-- Myrick 217 William Clark
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 8,1808|Full Jan. 9,1808| June 21,1808
1400
Mars . .
Sh.
Neutrality
Sh.
-- Folger
Last reported with 1000 bbls.whale. . Last reported with 800 bbls. whale.
Lost on coast of Brazil, Feb., 1807; oil (1000 bbls. sperm) saved.
415
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Hudson
Sh.
Patagonia
1806
Full
Lydia.
Sh.
.
.
Aug. 25,1807
1806
Full
REMARKS
CAPTAIN
1806-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Ranger . .
Sh.
Rebecca .
Sh.
Ruby.
Sh.
221
Barnard
Sukey . .
Sh.
Union .
Sh.
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 21,1808
Sept. 11,1808 Dec. 2,1808
1000
Last reported with 1000 bbls. whale.
1807
Alert .
Bg.
Worth
Brothers .
Sh.
256
Perkins
Boston .
Sh.
187
Clasby
Sept. 18,1808
Full
Criterion .
Sh.
229
Starbuck
Chili .
Sh.
293
Bunker
Aug. - 1809 Oct. 31,1808
1500
Gardner
Sh.
Hope .
Sh.
Leo
217
- Gardner
Pacific O.
May 17,1809|Full
Lydia
160
- Allen
Aug. 27
Lion .
Sh.
- Paddack
Olive .
Sh.
Swain
Samuel .
Sh.
287
- Gardner
Pacific O. Patagonia
May 5,1809 Mar. 12,1808
1700
Union .
Bg.
- Hussey
Union .
Sh.
Edmund Gardner
Sept. 19
Boarded and badly damaged by a water spout 1808.
Brought oil and seal skins. Struck on a whale and sunk Oct 1. The crew landed at Flores Oct. 8, after a voyage of 600 miles in open boats.
416
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
East Cape Pacific O. Pacific O. C. of Good H.
Briggs
Nov. - Dec. 12 Aug. 27 Dec. 12 Sept. 19
.
Sh. Sh.
July 6
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil
REMARKS
Gardner
1808
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale Whale- bone
REMARKS
Alliance.
Sh.
Pinkham
C. of Good H. Atlantic
Apr. 27
Atlas .
Sh.
Joy
Alligator . .
Sh.
Belvidere .
Sh.
Nichols
Apr. -
1810
Brothers.
Sh.
Worth
Pacific O.
Apr. -
Eliza ..
Bg.
Chase
Brazil
May 17,1809
Full
Last reported with 1200 bbls. whale. Condemned at Payta 1809.
Harlequin
Sh. Sh. Sh.
Starbuck
Pacific O. Brazil
June 27,1809 June 3,1810
1400 500
Also some whale oil.
Lady Adams Lydia.
Sh.
- Folger
Brazil
Apr. -
Apr. - 1809
Mars.
Pacific O. Pacific O.
May 1,1810
Ranger . .
Sh.
Joy
1800
Reliance.
Sh.
Pinkham
C. of Good H. C. of Good H.
June 3,1810 Apr. 11,1810 Mar. 5,1810
Union .
Bg.
Luce
1809
Atlas .
Sh.
Brothers .
Sh.
249 Reuben Joy 256 Benjamin Worth 229 William Clasby 293 James Bunker
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 27
Nov. 18,1810 July 2,1811 Full Nov. - 1811 Full
Chili . .
Sh. Sh.
Nov. 5
Some whale oil.
417
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Hope.
Sh.
Clark
.
John and James
Clark
John Jay.
Leo.
Bg.
Owen Swain
Pacific O. Pacific O.
.
Aug. - 1810
Sh. Sh.
Swain
Criterion
Sh.
229
Starbuck
Apr. 12,1810
700
Adolphus
S1.
Criterion .
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Oil
1809-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Oil Whale Whale- bone
Delight
Sch.
Coffin
Atlantic
Dec. - June 20
Eliza .
Sh. Sh.
238 Daniel Russell
Fame.
Sh.
Job Coffin
Oct. -
July 16, 1811 Full
Gardner .
Sh. Sh.
Isaiah Ray 295 Geo. Swain, 2nd Clark
Pacific Q. East Shore Pacific O. Pacific O. Brazil Pacific O. Atlantic
. .
Nov. - 1810 Feb .· 9,1811
1200
Hunter. .
S1. Sh.
172|G. Russell
Brazil
Nov. - 1810
900
John and James
Sh.
--- Perkins
Brazil
Nov. 1810
1200
Lydia.
Sh.
160 Silas Swain
Brazil Pacific O.
July 11
July 11,1811
1900
Lion.
Peter Paddack
Pacific O.
Jan. 13,1811
1600
Leo.
217 Robt. Gardner, Jr. Pacific O.
Aug. 2 Feb. -
Jan. 13,1811
Jan.
13,1811
1350
Monticello
Sh.
Barzillai Coffin Absalom Coffin
Pacific O. Brazil
Aug. 4' 1810 Full
Full
Ruby.
Sh.
Ranger . .
Sh.
Sterling .
Sh.
Sukey .
Sh.
Samuel .
Sh.
Thomas.
Sh.
Richard Folger Geo. W. Gardner 287 Jonathan Swain 269 Davis Whippey
Pacific O.
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 22, 1811 Full June 6,1811 Full June 22, 1811 Full Sept. 27, 1811|Full
Built 1809.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Full, lacking 100 bbls.
Hope. . .
Sh.
Henry . ..
Sh.
Isaac Gardner - Luce
May 7
.
July 1,1810
Lima.
Sh.
284 Solomon Swain
Sh. Sh.
Nov. - 1811 Full
Mount Hope.
Sch.
Atlantic Pacific O.
Nov. 18, 1810 Full
Rebecca .
George Chase
Pacific O.
Oct. 17,1811 Full
221 Christ Wyer Joy
Woolwich B. Pacific O.
Oct. -
June 22, 1811 |Full
Golden Farmer.
200 1000
Industry .
Last reported 30 days out-Clean. Capt. Swain was killed by a whale.
Mostly sperm. Last reported June 10-90 bbls.
418
REMARKS
Essex . .
Apr. 26,1811
Perseveranda Sh. Sh.
1810
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm |Whale| Whale- Oil Oil bone
Alligator
Sh.
Owen Swain
Pacific O.
HezekiahPinkham Pacific O.
July 8
Dec. 8,1812 July 16,1812
Boston ..
Sh. Sh.
187
- Wood
Pacific O. West Indies Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 16
Sept. 4,1812 Full
Dec. 4,1812
Lady Adams
Sh
230 Elisha Folger, Jr. Pacific O.
Jan. 29,1812
1150
Lydia. .
Sh.
160|David Swain, 2nd Pacific O.
July 21, 1812 Full
Leo. .
Bg.
217 Obed Luce
Pacific O.
Apr. 8,1813 Full
Mars.
Sh.
315 John Fitch
Pacific O.
Aug. 21
Oct. 26,1812
1000
Minerva . .
Sh.
20 Brown Chase
Pacific O.
Dec. 7,1812
1400
Mary Ann
Sh.
Folger
Coast Africa
Mar. 16,1811
Full
Renown.
Sh.
Rebecca.
Sh.
Coffin
Woolwich B.
Ranger
Sh.
William Joy
Pacific O.
Sukey .
Sh.
Pacific O.
Union
Bg.
Bunker
South Coast
Jan. 11,1811
.
1811
Atlas. Brothers . Betsey .
Sh. Sh. Sch.
249 Obed Joy 256|Benj. Whippey, Jr. Pacific O. Atlantic Gardner
Pacific O.
Nov. - Jan. -
Dec. - 1813
Dec. 7,1812
850 1800 50
Captured by the English 1812 with full cargo sperm oil. Sent into St. Thomas. Arrived at Newport
No report. Arrived at Newport. Arrived at New Bedford.
Capt Swain was killed by a whale. Also 60 bbls. on deck Arrived at Norfolk, Va.
Last reported with 600 bbls. whale oil. Captured wth 1300 bbls. sperm and sent into Bermudas 1812. .
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET.
- 1811
Dove.
S1.
Sh.
217 Wm. B. Coffin
John Jay.
Sh
South Seas
Mar. 1811
REMARKS
Alliance .
419
420
1811-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale] Whale- Oil Oil bone
Criterion .
Sh.
229 William Clark 293 Robt. Gardner, Jr.
Pacific O.
. . .
Dec. - 1813 Full
Chili.
Sh.
S1.
Luce
July 20
1812
60
Essex .
(Sh.
238
Russell
Fame.
Sh.
Job Coffin
Aug. -
Golden Farmer. Gardner
Sh. Sh.
295|Geo. Swain, 2nd
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 3 Dec. 12
Dec. - 1812
1800
George.
Sh.
Benj. Worth
Pacific O.
Nov. 23
Hope. .
Sh.
..
Reuben Weeks
Woolwich B.
Aug. 4
Hunter . .
S1.
Luce
Atlantic
May 7 June 4
..
Industry .
Sh.
172
Russell
Patagonia
.
Lion .
Sh.
Paddack
Pacific O. Coast Africa
May - 1813
Full
Lima
Sh. Sh.
280
Swain
Pacific O
Sept. 28
Mary Ann.
Sh.
Geo. Russell, Jr.
Pacific O.
Oct. 3
Manilla.
Sh.
....
Joseph McCleave Patagonia
Arrived in Rhode Island. Captured by English brig Nimrod.
Captured in 1813 with 1200 bbls. sperm; sent to England. Arrived at New Bedford. Captured by the Loire, Dec. 4, 1813; had 400 bbls. sperm.
Captured in 1813 with 1300 bbls. sperm and sent into Halifax.
Captured with a cargo of oil by the Tribune Sept. 27, 1812; sent into Barbadoes. No report.
Captured, sent into Bermuda. Capt. Folger was 61 yrs. old. Had 60 bbls. oil on deck. Captured. Sent into Bermuda. Captured by English brig Sophie off Delaware. Had 580 bbls. sperm.
Captured by the Albion Dec. 7, 1813; sent into Bermudas. Captured within five day's sail of Nantucket by English letter of marque Tiger in 1812; full cargo of elephant oil.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Leo.
Sh.
217 Tris. Folger
Monticello. .
Barzillai Coffin
Isaiah Ray
Atlantic Pacific O. Pacific O.
. . .
REMARKS
Dove. ..
1811-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm "Oil
Whale Whale- Oil bone
Mount Hope. Ocean . .
Sch. Bg.
Absalom Coffin
Atlantic South Seas
Feb. -
No report. Sent home 83 bbls. sperm; cap- tured 1812 and sent into Cape of Good Hope.
Orange. . Perseveranda . .
S1. Sh.
William Perkins Atlantic Thomas Paddock Pacific O.
July 21
Renown.
Sh.
Zacc. Barnard
Pacific O.
Aug. 4
Sent home 37 casks sperm; cap- tured by an English armed whaler; had 1600 sperm.
Rebecca .
Sh.
Jethro Coffin
Brazil
Captured by an English brig and sent into Rio Janeiro.
Sterling ..
Sh.
Jona. Swain
Pacific O.
.
Captured and sent into Barbadoes 1813.
Sukey.
Sh.
John Macy
Pacific O.
Oct. 9
Stanhope. . Samuel .
Sch. Sh. Sh.
Atlantic Pacific O. 159|Geo. W. Gardner |Pacific O.
July 11 Oct. - Nov. 9
1813
1100
William Penn
Returned Oct. 12, having sprung foremast; sailed again in 1811. No report. Arrived at New Bedford. Captured Dec. 4, 1813 and sent into Cape of Good Hope; had 1300 bbls. sperm.
1812
Brothers Charles .
Sh. Sh. Bg.
256 - Worth 274 Grafton Gardner 86|Calvin Bunker
Pacific O. Pacific O. Atlantic
June 28
Feb. 28,1814| July - 1812
1750 170
Heard of the War and came home.
.
Aug. 17,1811 Full
Captured on Tuckanuck Shoals, 1814, by an English 74; had 350 bbls. sperm.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Diana .
Gamble 287 Prince Coleman
REMARKS
421
1812
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Dove. ..
Lima .
S1. Sh. Sch.
. 280 -
David Swain Swain David Cottle
Atlantic Pacific O Atlantic
Mar. - Mar. 7
July - 1812
120
Heard of the War and came home.
The first whaler to fall a victim to the English; captured and burned with :170 bbls. sperm on board July 9, 1812.
Nancy .
S1.
Marshall Crosby
Atlantic
Aug. 2, 1812
80
President.
Sch.
President.
Sh. Sch.
William Brown · 293 Solomon Folger William Perkins
Atlantic Pacific O. Atlantic
July - 1812
Dec. 8, 1813 Aug. - 1812
50 1000 90
Advised by English armed cruiser to go home-and did. Heard of the War and came home. Built at Rochester 1811.
1813
Juno .. .
Sh.
Obed Ray
Nancy .
SI.
There were about 10 small vessels from Nan- tucket humpback whaling on the Shoals in 1813. Several made similar voyages in 1814.
Shoals
.
Shoals
July 7
Captured by an English brig; never heard of afterwards. Captured by an English brig July 8,1813.
422
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Thetis. . .
Two Nantucket schooners, with 50 to 60 bbls. of oil each, put into Boston Oct. 19, 1812; names not ascertained.
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil
REMARKS
Mount Hope.
1815
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASSI nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale Oil
Whale- bone
REMARKS
Atlas . .
Sh.
249
William Easton Seth Folger
Pacific O.
June 29
June 6,1817
1372
Alert . .
Bg.
Sh.
187 Reuben Clasby
Pacific O
June 29
Mar. 19,1817|
1552
Belvidere
Bg.
Reuben Baxter 274 Benjamin Worth
Pacific O.
June 4
Nov. 4,1817
1872
Charles .
Sch.
1- Cottle
Atlantic
May
Sept. - 1815
60
Criterion
Sh.
329 Shubael Brown
Coast Africa Pacific O.
July 20
Apr. 10,1817
1410
Diana . .
Bg.
86
- Bunker
Atlantic
Sept. -
Oct. - 1815
clean
Dauphin .
Sh.
210 Seth Pinkham
Pacific O.
July 28
Jan. 17,1817
1020
60
Dove. .
S1.
Swain
Atlantic
Essex .
Sh.
238 Daniel Russell
Pacific O
July 13
Nov. 19,1816
1431
Experiment.
S1.
- Randall
Atlantic
Sept. - Dec. 30
Oct.
- 1815
clean
Edward.
Bg. Sh.
294|Geo. Swain, 2nd
Pacific O.
June 29
Dec. 29,1816
1115
420
Ganges Globe.
Sh. Sh.
265 Isaiah Ray
Pacific O
Aug. 17 Oct. 24
Oct. 17,1817
1785
139
Gen. Jackson . Hannah .
Bg. SI.
174 Stephen Skinner Coffin
C. of Good H. Dec. 30 Atlantic
Dec. 28, 1816 Sept. - 1815
170
576
Capt. Folger died on the voyage.
Brothers .
Sh.
256|Benj. Whippey
Patagonia
May 18
Mar. 1,1816
840
Charles
Sh.
Elephant oil. Detained 45 days in Valparaiso, then sent to Lima for adjudica- tion for having no "sea-letter."
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Last reported with 25 bbls. sperm in July, 1815.
Sept
1815
15
Charles Coleman
Jan. 26,1817
173
Golden Farmer. .
293|Geo. W. Gardner Pacific O.
Jan. 1,1818
1890
125
Alexander Coffin, first mate, killed by falling from aloft. Built at Haverhill 1809. Built 1815; the first ship bringing in over 2000 bbls.
Made 3 voyages. First reportedwith 34 bbls. aboard and a 30-bbl. whale alongside. Second lost both boats. Last reported with 60 bbls.
423
*
Dec. 20, 1816
130
480
Boston. .
Aug. 25,1816
974
C. of Good H. Nov. 16 Pacific O. May 16
Nov. -
May -
Aug. 28,1815
60
-
1815-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Industry .
Sh. Sh.
172 Geo. Russell, Jr. 296| Elisha Folger Brown 217 David Swain
Brazil Pacific O. Atlantic Pacific O. Patagonia Pacific O.
Sept. 6 May 16
June 7,1817|
1410
Lydia.
Sh. Sh
160 Joseph McCleave 286 Chris. Wyer
June 25
Oct. 21,1816
38|1310
Lady Adams
Sh.
217 William Joy 230 Peter Paddack
Brazil Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 2 Aug. 14 July 2
May 11,1817 Oct. 20,1817
1654
Maria . . .
Sch. Sh.
---- Worth 200 Geo. B. Chase
Patagonia Pacific O.
Apr. 2,1816 Sept. 18,1817 July 9,1815
1460
Mason's Daughter. SI.
William Perkins
Atlantic
July 17 May - July ~
Sept. 3,1815
120
Nancy . ..
SI.
Swain
Atlantic
Sept. 3,1815
70
New Packet. S1.
Paddack
Atlantic
July 27, 1815 Sept. - 1815 Sept. - 1815
15 90 1778
111
President. .
Sch.
Luce
Atlantic
Sept. --- 1815
250
Parnel.
- Chadwick
Atlantic Atlantic
Sept. 27
Sept. 29, 1815
Ruby. Statira.
Sh. Bg.
221 Albert Clark
Brazil
Brazil
June 4 May
Oct. 4,1816
1512
Sold at Pernambuco 1815.
424
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Pembroke, 1810; detained 20 days in Valparaiso, and part of her crew impressed on a patriot armed vessel for a short cruise. Elephant oil.
First whaler to arrive after the War.
Took three whales.
Olive.
SI. Sh.
293|Jona. Swain, 2nd
Atlantic Pacific O.
June 25 May -
Sept. ~~ 1815 clean
Rover. .
Sch. S1.
Lost one boat. Got two humpback whales in com- pany with sloop Success.
---- Barney
July 2 July 31
Oct. 6,1816
734
John Adams
Nov. 7,1817 Aug. 23,1815
1473
340
John. .
150
John Jay
S1. Sh.
1012
Elephant oil.
1824
Leo
Sh.
1168
Martha.
Sh.
273 Reuben Weeks
700
Minerva . .
100
President.
July 1,1817
Sperm |Whale] Whale- Oil
REMARKS
Built at Rochester 1812.
'Lima .
Mar. 10, 1816 Dec. 24, 1817
1815-Continued
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale Whale- Oil Oil bone
REMARKS
Samuel .
Sh.
287 Ariel Coffin
July 17
May 9,1817
1640
60
Success .
S1.
Chase
Pacific O Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Brazil
July 26 Sept. 27 Aug. 19
Sept. 29,1815
June 5,1817
80 1390
Thomas.
Sh.
270 John Macy
Pacific O.
Oct. 9
May 11,1817
1009
Sailed June 28; returned in August, in distress, with 50 bbls. sperm. Heard the country was at war and returned.
Three Sons
Bg.
Obed Joy
Patagonia
May 24
Lost on the coast of Patagonia Aug. 30, 1815.
Union .
Bg.
Bunker
Atlantic
..
Oct. 20,1815
clean
Was thrown on her beam-ends, and damaged in a gale.
Weymouth William Penn
Sb. Bg. S1. Ship
329|David Harris
Pacific O.
Apr. 17,1818 Jan. 11,1817
185|
485
Built 1815. Reported Aug. 22. 30 bbls. sperm. Reported Sept. 12. Clean.
* On the voyage the Tarquin fell in with a disabled Portuguese frigate and towed her into port. As a recompense she was allowed 900 bbls. of oil and permission to whale in Portuguese waters for three years.
1816
Amphibious .
Sch.
Ray
July 16,1816
80
Antoinette. :
Sh.
Folger
Boston.
Sh. Bg.
187 Reuben Clasby William Brown +
Nov. 10 Nov. 19
May 12,1818 July 1,1817
989 170
The Amphibious sailed again; ar- rived Sept. 26 with 10 bbls. whale. Last reported at Rio Janeiro May 6; 9000 skins and full of oil.
Betsy .
Matthew Norton Randall
Sedgewick
Nov. 22 C. of Good H. Dec. 30 Atlantic Atlantic
Aug. 12 July ----
·
Got two humpback whales in com- pany with sloop Rover.
Tarquin*
Sh.
301 James Bunker
Davis
July 18, 1815
Sept. - 1815
60
425
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
West Indies Patagonia Pacific O.
.
1980
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
1816-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale| Whale- Oil bone
Belvidere.
Bg.
Patagonia
May 7 May 21
June 5,1817
Boniff .
Bg.
Reuben Baxter John H. Pease ---- Meader(?)
Africa
Oct. 13,1817
150
Diana .
Bg.
Atlantic
Aug. 15
Nov. 19,1817
70
420
Dove.
SI.
--- Bunker William Brown Swain
Atlantic Atlantic
Aug. 6,1815
80
Experiment.
S1.
Randall
June 19, 1816
60
15
Francis
Sh. Bg.
291 Barzillai Coffin
Pacific O.
July 15 Jan. -.
Sept. 1,1818
1805
Fanny.
Sh.
309 Grafton Gardner
Pacific O.
Oct. 6
Nov. 22,1818
1831
21
George.
Sh.
359|John Fitch
Pacific O.
Feb. 25
July 24, 1818
2100
5
Hope. .
S1.
Hero .
Sh.
313|James Russell -- Coffin
Pacific O Atlantic
Oct. 18
Feb. 27,1819 July 16, 1816
2025
33
Hannah .
S1. Sh.
290|Wm. B. Coffin
Pacific O. C. de Verde
June 1
Dec. 28, 1816
120
Indus
Bg.
262 Obed Joy
Patagonia
May 19
July 1,1817
1490
Juno.
Sch.
---- Paddock
South Coast West Indies
July 16
Oct. Oct. 4,1816
60
Liberty Lydia .
Bg. Sh. Sch.
- Gardner 160 Shub. Hussey
Guinea Brazil Atlantic
Oct. 14 July 27 Apr. 19
Oct. 16,1817 July 21, 1817
200
700
Lost at St. Michael's Sept. 4, 1817.
The Experiment (Brown) sailed again; arrived Sept. 26 with 100 sperm. Built 1816.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built 1816. Built at Rochester 1815.
Built at Rochester 1816
Built 1816.
Hazard
SI.
- West
Nov. 7
Sept. 8,1818
1545|
55
Elephant oil.
70
John.
SI.
- Coffin
The John sailed once before in 1816, returning June 19 with 120 sperm.
426
777 450
Charles . .
Bg.
Aug. 12,1816
8
Dispatch .
Bg.
Franklin .
50
Hycso. .
-- 1816
Morning Star .
REMARKS
June 7,1817
1816-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale| Whale- Oil bone
REMARKS
Mason's Daughter. SI.
William Perkins
Atlantic
June 21,1816
150
2363
New Packet.
Sh. S1.
315 Joseph Allen
Coffin
Pacific O. Atlantic
Nov. 10 May -
July 9,1819 Aug. 11,1816
25
North America . .
Sh. Sch.
351 Absalom Coffin
Pacific O. Atlantic
Nov. 30 Aug. 21
Sept. 5,1816
70
Phoenix .
Sch.
Obed Luce - Paddock 221 Albert Clark
C. de Verdes Brazil Atlantic
Nov. 21
Apr. 17,1818 May 22,1816
90
Sailed again; arrived Aug. 15 with 30 bbls. sperm.
=
South America .
Sh. S1.
George Luce
Brazil Atlantic
June 19 Apr. 2
May 26,1818 Aug. 2, 1816
160
Sailed again Aug. 8; returned Sept. 2, clean.
William and Nancy Bg.
Coffin Whippey
Guinea
Oct. 9
Oct. 13,1817
170
Vulture. Sh.
299|Jesse Coffin
Pacific O.
Aug. 19
June 3,1819
1532
172
The Mason's Daughter saied again arriving Sept. 16 with160 bbls. sperm. Built 1816 Sailed again; arrived Sept. 24, with one small whale.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
The William and Nancy is report- ed as having arrived . Sept: 6," 1816, with 120 bbls. sperm; prob- ably sailed late in 1815 or early in 1816.
A galliot, Capt. Coleman, made an unsuccessful cruise. Schooner Charles, Cottle, arrived Nov. 19 from the Cape de Verdes with 230 sperm; probably sailed early in 1816.
1
427
70
Ruby . .
Sh.
Success . ..
S1.
Davis
397 George Clark
1955
Sally . . .
Nov. 8,1818
234
942
President. .
Sept. 22,1816
82 1235
Maro
1817
> DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale| Whale- Oil bone
REMARKS
1
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Had 60 bbls. at last report; sailed again Sept. 3.
Sailed again July 7 under Capt. Brown.
Edward .
Bg. Sh.
William Paddack 299| Reuben Swain
Pacific O.
Oct. 8
July
8,1819
420|1183
Golden Farmer. Sh.
294 Matthew Norton
Brazil
June 1
Apr. 20, 1818
1417
Gov. Strong . Sh.
Pacific O.
July 12
Oct. 30,1819
73 1075
Gen. Jackson . Bg.
Pacific O.
Apr. 5
Jan. 27,1819
318
97
Gen. Lincoln Sh.
Brazil
Sept. 20
Aug. 12,1818
665
Industry . . Independence.
Sh.
Brazil
May 31
July 25, 1818
890
Pacific O.
July 25
Nov. 12,1819
1388
568
Improvement. Indus
Sh. Bg.
256 Obadiah Coffin Obed Joy
Pacific O. Brazil
Sept. 7 Aug. 15
Dec. 8,1819 Sept. 17,1818
1527
50
1132
Sh.
Bg.
247 |Robert M. Joy David Cottle 247 Alex. D. Bunker William Brown 229|Shub. Brown
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Apr. 19
Nov. 9,1818
329
333
Aug. 8
Nov. 5,1819
1505
110
July 20
Oct. 18,1817
clean
Criterion
Sh.
Charles
Bg.
Obed Luce
Pacific O C. de Verdes
Aug. 18
Dec. 10,1819
1315
Dauphin
Sh. SI.
216|Seth Pinkham
Pacific O. Atlantic
May 31
Nov. 16,1819
1041 60
148
Dove.
Swain
Diana .
Bg.
Calvin Bunker 238|Daniel Russell
Iceland
May 14
Sept. 25,1817
100
Essex .
Sh.
Experiment.
Sł.
Randall
Pacific O. West Indies
June 11 June 19
Apr. 14,1819
1284
154
Iceland
May 14
Jan. 1,1818
30
Factor.
Built 1817.
Built 1817. Capt. Swain proph- esied no ship would fill again with sperm oil.
428
Atlas .
Nov. 19
Nov. 11,1819
1222
331
Alert. .
Brothers .
Sh.
Betsey .
Bg.
Condemned at Bonavista 1817. Capt. Luce chartered schooner Jane Marsh and finished his voyage ..
Mar. 13
July 7,1817
July 6,1817
270 Obed Fitch 174 Stephen Skinner
285 Shub. Chase 172 Jethro Coffin 311 Geo. Swain, 2nd
Sh.
.
1817-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Oil
Whale| Whale- bone
Leo
Sh.
217 William Joy
Brazil
June 11
Sept. 8,1818
804
Lydia.
Sh.
160 Elias Ceeley
Brazil
Sept. 5
Aug. 15,1818
665
Broken up at Nantucket 1818.
Lady Adams.
Sh.
230 Shub. Hussey
Pacific ().
Oct. 25
Oct. 2,1819
1240
23
Mason's Daughter. [S].
William Perkins
Atlantic Pacific O.
Nov. 19
May 7,1820
1577
374
Success .
293 Jona. Swain, 2nd Crosby
New F'd'land Brazil
Aug. 4
July 22, 1818
65 1595
Tarquin.
Sh.
301 George Barrett
Brazil
Aug. 10
Apr. 5,1819 Jan. 12,1820
1000
500
William . S1.
No report.
William .
Sh.
208|Thomas Paddack Benjamin Folger
So. Atlantic
Mar. 6
Sept. 14,1819 Mar. 11,1818
170
324
1818
Boston.
Sh.
Betsey .
Bg. Sh.
187 |Frederick Barnard Brazil William Brown 274 |Abraham Swain - Cook
Pacific O. Atlantic
Aug. 12 Jan. 18 Jan. 15
Nov. 25, 1819 Sept. 10,1818 Aug. 13,1820 Aug. - 1818 Oct. 6,1818 May 27,1819 Aug. 20, 1819 1818
812 12
Charles .
Cordelia . S1.
Diana .
Bg.
Calvin Bunker William Brown
Atlantic Gulf Mexico
May 2 Oct. 31 July 8 Jan. -
72
40 198 371
Dispatch
Bg. SI.
Boarded twice in Gulf of Mexico and robbed of provisions and boats. Came home leaky.
Eagle.
Sh.
335 Wm. H. Coffin
Pacific O.
Oct. 17
June 12, 1821 2142
695
William Penn. .
Bg.
270 John Brown
Pacific O.
Aug. 11
Sept. 3
Atlantic Brazil
July 3
21
1930
Thomas
Sh.
287 |Ariel Coffin
Samuel.
Sh. SI. Sh.
Last reported with 60 bbls. sperm.
President.
Aug. 28,1817
170
70 1782
No report.
Dove. .
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
REMARKS
429
1818-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil bone
REMARKS
Equator.
Sh.
262 Elisha Folger
Pacific O.
Oct. 31
Dec. 1,1820
709
611
The Equator and the Balaena of New Bedford were the first whalers to visit the Sandwich Islands, arriving there Sept 17, 1819. Built 1818.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Dismasted in a gale Sept. 27, 1818; abandoned Oct. 20; one man lost.
George. . Hannah.
Sh.
359|John Fitch
Pacific O. Banks
Nov. 10
May 19,1821 Sept. 12,1818
2135 170
25
S1.
- Alley
Hycso .. .
Sh. Sh.
290|Ammiel Coffin 172 Amaziah Gardner |Brazil 290 Peter Paddack Abm. Pollard
Pacific O
Dec. 13 Oct. 6 Jan. 15
5,1820 June 11,1821 Aug. 21,1819 Dec. Oct 6,1818
1500 66 788
574 862
Juno. . .
Sh. Sch.
Pacific O. Banks
June 4 Apr. 26 Nov. 10 July 13 Mar. 3
May 18,1819 June 3,1819 Nov. 28, 1821
784
806 420 611
Francis.
Bg. Bg. Sh. Sh. Sh. Sh.
293|Geo. W. Gardner 265 Isaiah Ray
Pacific O. Pacific O. Brazil Brazil
June 22 July 19 Sept. 21
May 29,1820 June 2,1821 June 20, 1819
2090
Ganges
1616
Golden Farmer. Gen. Lincoln.
Sh. Sh.
294 Peter Coffin
40 1389
Captured by an English cruiser and a prize crew put on board and her own crew taken away. Was recaptured by Capt. Alley and one of his mates two days after.
Industry .
John Adams
100
Was taken by an English cruiser and carried into St. John's where she was released. Brought the rest of the Hannah's crew.
430
Eagle . .
Edward.
Latham Paddack 291 Tim. Fitzgerald
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