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Joseph McCleave Patagonia Atlantic Pacific O.
Fortunate Farmer. Globe.
285|Shub. Chase
1818-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale| Whale- Oil bone
REMARKS
John Jay
Sh.
217
( Wm. H. Coffin John Bunker
Pacific O.
Aug. 29
May 16,1821
369
100
Lima
Sh.
286|Albert Clark
Pacific O
July 13
Sept. 10,1820
1762
177
Leo.
Sh.
217 William Joy
Brazil
Dec. 13
July 15,1820
600
Minerva .
Sh.
200|Sylv. Coffin
Pacific O.
Feb. 6
July 25,1819
704
Martha .
Sh.
273 Reuben Weeks
Pacific O.
June 28
July 29,1821
1620
Peru.
Sh.
257 David Harris
Pacific O.
Aug. 29
Dec.
5,1820
1146
463
Pacific.
Sh.
314 Benj. Whippey
Pacific O.
Aug. 29
Oct.
8,1820
1764
543
Peruvian .
Sh.
334 Chris. Wyer
Pacific O.
Sept. 25
Nov. 3,1821
1966
60
Built at Scituate 1818.
Planter
Sh.
340|Geo. B. Chase
Pacific O.
Sept. 25
Sept. 15,1820
1890
394
Built 1818 at Middletown, Conn.
Ruby
Sh.
221 Obed Ray
Brazil
Aug. 22
Feb. 24,1820
1300
Rambler
Sh.
318 Benjamin Worth Pacific O.
States
Sh.
290|David Swain, 2nd Pacific O.
287 |HezekiahPinkham Brazil ·
„ept. 16
May
1.1820
1700
Success .
Sh.
397 Joseph Earle
Pacific O.
Sept. 25
Oct. 20, 1820
378 1836
Two Brothers
Sh.
217 Geo. B. Worth
Pacific O.
Nov. 21
Ang. 5,1821
1231
158
Weymouth . .
Sh.
329 Wm. Chadwick
Pacific O.
July 20
Dec. 27,1820
1597
433
William . .
Sh.
208 Obed Luce
Brazil
Oct. 30
Feb. 28,1820
113
540
William and Nancy Bg.
Coffin Whippey Benjamin Folger
May 4
Sept. 25,1818
clean
'William Penn.
Sh.
C. of Good H. May 29
Feb. 12,1819 38
639
1819
Aurora. Ark . . .
Sh. Sh. Sh.
346 Daniel Russell 372 Reuben Clasby 321 Barzillai Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. 26 Feb. 12 July 4
Dec. - 1822 Mar. 27,1822 Jan. 18,1822
1630 612 1200 1530
130
Atlantic.
120
Built at Haddam, Conn., 1819. Broken up at Nantucket, 1822 Built at Haddam, 1819.
431
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Kingston 1818. Built 1818.
Samuel .
Sh. 31.
shoals
July 25
Oct. 31,1821
2040
1698
1
Last reported Aug. 1 with two whales.
South America
Got ashore at Bonavista and re- turned leaking.
Broken up at Nantucket 1819.
Built at Hanover 1818. Built 1818.
Nov. 21
July 8
June 27,1820
Feb. 6
May 6,1818
1819-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm |Whale| Whale- Oil
Oil
bone
Barclay Chili.
Sh. Sh.
301 Peter Coffin 291 Absalom Coffin Calvin Bunker 233|Tris. C. Swain
Pacific O Pacific O Brazil
Oct. 15 Aug. 12 July 17 C. of Good H. July 18
Nov. 22, 1821 Nov. 12, 1822
1940 500
370
Condemned at St. Domingo after obtaining some oil.
Stove by a whale Nov., 1820; cap- tain, mate and three men saved in the boats; three men left on Disco Island.
Franklin . Foster .
Sh. Sh.
309|Elihu Coffin 317 |Shub. Chase
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Jan. 25 July 22
Nov. 23,1821 Apr. 12,1822
1254 1624
15
Gideon .
George Porter. General Jackson ...
Bk. Sh. Bg. Sh.
204 John R. Caswell 285|David Cottle 174 Henry Cottle
Brazil Brazil So. Atlantic Pacific O.
May 21 June 17 May 14
July 25, 1820 Mar. 28, 1821 May 15,1820
50
920 684 534
Hero .
313 James Russel!
July 17
Aug. 5,1821
1070
63
Huntress . Indus. . Independence, 2nd. Sh.
Sch. Sh.
262 Obed Joy 352 George Barrett
Pacific O. N. Zealand
Jan. 25 July 23
Oct. 29,1821 June 16,1822
735| 565 2150 18
. REMARKS
Built at Rochester, Mass., 1819. Built 1819.
Diana .
Bg. Sh.
Eagle, 2nd .
Essex .
Sh.
238 Geo. Pollard, Jr.
Pacific O.
Aug. 12
The bottom of the Foster was pierced by a horn-fish and the horn left there. On sawing it off in the hold the water rushed through the opening 1000 strokes per hour. Built 1819.
Took her oil on the afterwards celebrated "Tristan" ground. Taken off St. Mary's by the pirate Beneveder. Carried to Aranco, where Capt. Russell and a boy were shot. The mate, Obed Star- buck, brought the ship home. Last reported with 30 sperm. Altered from a brig 1818. Capt. Barrett died on the voyage.
432
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
25
1819-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Sperm |Whale Whale- Oil bone
Industry .
Sh.
172|Amaziah Gardner Brazil
Dec. 20
John Adams, 2nd. . Sh.
268 David Easton
Brazil
June 23
Feb. 1,1821 June 15,1820
51 1260
Juno ..
Sch. Sh.
313 Ariel Coffin 315|Joseph Allen
Gulf Mexico Pacific O. Pacific O Pacific O
July 20
Oct. - 1822
1370
200
Built 1819. Took his oil off Coast of Japan.
Filled once and sold her oi! at San Salvador 1820. Captured from the English in the War of 1812.
Roxana . Reaper
Sh. Sh.
237 Francis Coffin,2nd Brazil 338 Jedediah Fitch
Pacific O.
June 5 Nov. 30
Feb. 10,1821
19 1195
1250
300
Sally!
Sh.
195 Thomas Paddock 307 Benjamin Folger
Brazil C. of Good H. July 8
Aug. 26,1820 Mar. 26, 1821
22
487
Sea Lion
Sh.
Thomas, 2nd .
Sh.
206|Laban Cottle 301 Micajah Gardner
Pacific O. Brazil
May 9 July 20
Mar. 2,1821 Apr. 4,1821
500
Vulture. Washington .....
Sh. Sh.
Pacific O. 308|Reuben Swain,2nd|Pacific O.
Sept. 14 Dec. 26
Dec. - 1822 Feb. 14,1822
1354 1920
122
A sloop sailed from Nantucket whaling in Decem- ber, 1819.
Condemned at St. Domingo, 1820; had 339 bbls. of oil.
Leander
Sh.
Sh.
309 William Perkins
Oct. 26 Jan. 7 Jan. 7
Dec. 26, 1821 May 8,1822
1690
Prince George
Bg.
155|George Luce
800
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built 1819. Capt. Fitch died on the voyage.
1005
Tarquin.
Sh.
Reported at Charleston, S. C., Nov. 21, 1820, with 500 bbls. whale. 40 hogsheads sperm, 1000 lbs. bone.
Built at Hanover, 1819.
433
90
Maro. .
Mar. 10, 1822
2425
Paragon. .
Mar. 22
1087
299 |Jesse Coffin
REMARKS
1820
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS| nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sperm Whale| Whale-
REMARKS
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Atlas.
Sh.
247 Robert M. Joy Peleg Brock 187 Frederick Barnard Pacific O.
Pacific O. Atlantic
July 16
Apr. 4,1823
1604
Alert . . .
Bg.
Sh.
Sh.
250 David Brayton
Pacific O. Pacific O. Atlantic
June 14 May 14
June 5,1823
1407
Criterion
Sh.
Crown Prince.
Sch.
Charles
Sh.
274 Abm. Swain
Pacific O.
Dec. 20
Columbus
344 Daniel Folger 273|Zimri Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 23 Sept. 4
Apr. 1,1823 July - 1823
1903
Dauphin .
1272
Dispatch
Diana .
Bg.
Factor. .
Sh.
Falcon .
Sh.
Pacific O.
Aug. 9 Oct. 8
Aug. 16,1823 Nov. 8,1822
1600
Golden Farmer.
Sh. Sh.
294| Alfred Alley 270 Moses Smith
Pacific O.
Feb. 5 Feb. 21
Jan. 12,1822 Jan. 12,1822 May 3,1822
200
800 350
Globe. .
Sh
293|Geo. W. Gardner 174 John Fisher
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 9 Oct. 8
July 6,1823
860
Galen.
Sh.
365 Seth Pinkham 247 | Reuben Joy, Jr. Chris. Burdick 256 Obadiah Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O. So. Atlantic Pacific O.
Dec. 31 June 5
Sept. 6,1823
2210
70
Hesper.
Sh.
Sept. 12, 1822
900
Huntress .
Sch. Sh.
June 20
Apr. 2,1823
805
467
Sold 1823.
Last reported in Aug. 60 bbls. sperm. Lost at Valparaiso; had 1600 bbls. sperm. Saved 775 sperm and shipped it home. Built 1820; sold 1823.
Last reported with 25 sperm. Skinning voyage.
Built 1820. Capt. Brown acci- dentally killed on the voyage. Benjamin Swain, mate, died on voyage.
Sold 1822.
Altered from a brig 1820. Sold 1823. Built 1820. Sold 1823.
Sealing voyage.
434
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Gov. Strong.
917
2025
Gen. Jackson
Sh.
-- Bunker Calvin Bunker 299 John Maxcy 297 Shub. Brown
Atlantic So. Atlantic Pacific O
Jan. 20
Mar. 24, 1822
255
100
Boston. .
Mar. 17,1822
1100
Brothers . .
229 Seth Coffin, Jr.
Apr. 13,1823
1400
Sh. Sh. S1.
Pacific O
.
1707
Improvement .
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
1820-Continued
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Oil [Whale) Whale" bone
Independence.
Sh.
311 Jona. Swain, 2nd Pacific O.
July 20
Apr. 8,1823
2023
Last reported with 100 bbls. sperm.
Lady Adams
Sh.
230 Shub. Hussey
Pacific O
Feb. 28
Oct. 17,1821
1136
80
Liberty .
Sch.
------ Coffin
Atlantic
Nov. 27,1820
Leo.
Sh.
217 Henry Cottle
Pacific O.
Oct. 20
June 7,1823
1108
Lively .
Sch.
Coffin
Atlantic
Lima.
Sh.
286 Nathaniel Gorham Pacific O.
Dec. 6
July 6,1823 July 19,1821
1225
Mason's Daughter. Sch.
Sh.
351 |Obed Wyer
Pacific O.
May 17
July 8,1823
660
Ontario.
Sh.
354 Alex. D. Bunker
Pacific O.
Nov. 29
Nov. 14,1823
1948
Oliver H. Perry ,
Sch. Sh. Sch.
293 |Shub. Cottle
Pacific O.
Aug. 9
Nov. 17,1822
1383
400
Pacific.
Sh.
314 Franklin Chase
Pacific O.
Dec. 16
Aug. - 1823
1639
Planter .
Sh.
240 Job Coffin
Pacific O.
Dec. 20
Nov. 17,1823
1465
201
Ruby .
Sh.
221 Obed Ray
Pacific O.
Dec. 20
Condemned at Oahu 1822; oil shipped home. Built 1820; sold 1823.
Spermo .
Sh.
296|James Bunker
Pacific O.
Aug. 27
Mar. 24, 1823
1920
States.
Sh.
290 Isaac Chase
Pacific O:
Sept. 4
Apr. 8,1823
1100
Samuel .
Sh.
287 Robert Inott
Pacific O.
Oct. 25
Sally ..
Sh.
194 Samuel Barrett 270 John Brown
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Nov. 22 Aug. 4
July 9,1823 Sept. - 1822
970 1515
Thomas
Sh.
Urchin .
Bg.
Atlantic
Vesta . .
Sch.
Atlantic
Oct. 19,1821
90
William and Nancy Bg.
- - Holmes Tristram Folger
So. Atlantic
Boarded and plundered by pirates. Capt. Wyer died on the voyage. Built at Rochester 1820.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Condemned at Rio Janeiro 1822; oil (1800 sperm) shipped home; sold 139 sperm. Broken up at Nantucket 1823.
Returned from a whaling and sealing voyage clean.
435
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
REMARKS
Lucy .
Bg.
Brown
Atlantic
Dec.
170
North America.
- Coffin
Atlantic
President.
Phoenix .
Atlantic
July 1
.
Last reported with 200 bbls. sperm. Broken up at Nantucket 1823.
1821
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm "Oil
(Whale| Whale- Oil bone
Ann .
Perry
Atlantic Pacific O.
Oct. 3 Aug. 18 June 24 Nov. 8
May 2,1824
2836
Constitution
Sh.
318 David Swain, 2nd Pacific O.
July - 1823
2013
Cyrus .
Sh. S1.
Equator
Sh.
262 Joseph Barney
Pacific O. Pacific O. Atlantic
Feb. 28 Nov. 13 July 16
July 6,1823 Aug. 4,1824
1443
Eagle.
Sh.
335|George Kelley
Francis .
Sch
Ganges Gideon
Sh.
265 Joshua Coffin 204 Obed Clark
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 15 Aug. 21
Mar. 31, 1824
1823
Sh.
George.
359 John Fitch
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 3
Dec. 10, 1824 Dec. 10, 1824
1414 1531
287
George Porter
Sh. Sh. Sch.
285| Prince B. Moores - Hodges 290 Ammiel Coffin
N. S. Shetland Pacific O.
Aug. 18
May 6,1824 Dec. 30, 1821
1528
Industry .
Sch.
Macy
Brazil
South
Apr. 29 June 23
Aug. 22,1823
1109
John Adams Lion .
Sh. Sh.
268 Ammiel Joy 326 Albert Clark
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. 12 June 24
Feb. 28,1825
1176
Loper . Mason's Daughter. Sch.
Sh.
316 Wm. H. Coffin
Pacific O.
Aug. 20
May 6,1824
1071
- Brown
Built at Hanover 1821.
Last reported with 100 bbls. sperm.
Last reported Aug. 26 with 60 sperm.
Condemned at St. Bartholomew's; had 444 sperm, 214 whale.
Sold to New Bedford 1824. Brought also 1000 seal skins.
Capt. Bunker died; mate and boat's crew were lost. Sold to New Bedford 1824.
Built 1821; lost on rocks going into Fanning's Island. Had 1400 sperm-saved 250.
Condemned at Port Royal, Mar. 1822.
436
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Iris
SI.
Luce
John Adams
Sh.
296|Geo. Bunker, 2nd Pacific O.
.
June 10,1822
250
Harmony .
Hycso . . .
Sh.
421 Geo. B. Chase
348 Elisha Folger, Jr. Pacific O.
Mar. 10,1825
2111
REMARKS
Alexander
Sch. Sh.
1566
250
1821-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale Oil
Whale- bone
Martha .
Sh. Sh.
273 John H. Pease 328|Geo. B. Worth
Pacific O. Pacific O. Gulf Mexico
Dec. 3 Dec. 19
Apr. 27,1825 July 24, 1824
1583 1883
60
Oeno .
Oliver H. Perry
Sch.
Reported Aug. 13, 1821; home- ward bound with 80 or 180 sperm.
Peru.
Sh. Sh.
257 |Peter Veeder 391 William Chadwick Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Mar. 4 July 31 Sept. 10
Apr. 24,1824 May 11,1824
1525
238
Ploughboy .
Sh.
323 David Harris
Pacific O.
Apr. 30,1824
1935
Roxana .
Sh.
237 |Alexander Ray
Pacific O.
July 25
June 4,1824
1775
34
Spartan . Sea Lion
Sh.
333 Geo. Swain, 2nd
Pacific O.
Aug. 18 Aug. 29
Nov. 5,1823 Apr. 30,1824
2090 1567
Built at Rochester 1821. Second mate, Ensign Rogers, drowned by a foul line. Sold out 1825.
Thomas. Two Brothers.
Sh. Sh.
209 Laban Cottle 217 Geo. Pollard, Jr.
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 13 Nov. 26
Feb. 12,1824
716
529
Urchin.
Bg.
- Chadwick
Atlantic Pacific O.
Apr. -
Weymouth .
Sh.
329 Moses Harris
June 23
Mar. 25, 1824
1970
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Lost on a coral reef 24° North, 168° West. Crew saved by Martha, Capt. Pease. Last of 1821, reported on Brazil with 500 bbls. whale.
1822
Atlantic. Alert . .
Sh. Bg. Sh.
321 Syl. Russell Charles Ray 301 Peter Coffin
Pacific O Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 23 June 23 Jan. 16
Mar. 19,1825 Dec. 23, 1824 Dec. - 1823
1990 444 1810
214
Barclay .
Sh.
307 | Alexander Russell |Pacific O.
Built 1821. Built 1821 at Rochester. Tem- porarily withdrawn 1824. Sold out 1824; condemned at St. Bartholomew's subsequently.
Phenix .
2497
REMARKS
437
1822-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale Whale- Oil Oil
bone
Belvidere Boston.
Sch. Sh.
Cobb 187|George Joy
Gulf Mexico Pacific O.
Dec. 18
Jan. 24
1823
190
Diana . . Dolphin.
Bg. Bg.
Bunker Charles Macy
C. de Verdes Brazil
Oct. 31 June 3
Dec. 23, 1824
444
214
Dispatch .
SI. Sh.
Bunker 413 Reuben Weeks 309|Elihu Coffin
C. de Verdes Pacific O. Pacific O.
May 28 Sept. 3 June 11
July Jan. 27,1826
- 1824
2425 1969
95
Franklin.
Sh.
317 Shub. Chase
Pacific O.
June 24
Dec. 27, 1824
2167
Francis Franklin
Coffin
Gulf Mexico
Nov. 15,1822
clean
Friendship
Golden Farmer Globe.
294 Alfred Alley 293 Thomas Worth
Pacific O. Pacific O.
May 7 June 3 Dec. 20
-
1824
Nov. 14,1824
1563 372
Hero. Indus.
Sh. Sh.
313 Obed Starbuck 262 Obed Fitch
Pacific O. Brazil
Jan. 4 June 23
Feb. May
9,1824 4,1823
2173 ...
1050
The Boston was probably trans- ferred to New York and arrived there May 9, 1825.
Returned Sept. 15, 1822 with 290 sperm and sailed again Nov. 12. No report.
Sold 650 bbls. at River Francisco; at 75 cents per gallon and refitted. Samuel Merry, second mate, lost overboard, 1824.
Built at Haddam, Conn., 1822.
Sold out 1825.
On this voyage and on this ship occurred the most horrible mu- tiny recounted in the annals of the whale fishery from any nation or port.
Barzillai Luce, first mate, drowned 1822.
438
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Dove.
Bg.
William Collins
Gulf Mexico
-
1,1823
Enterprise.
Foster .
Sh. Sh. Sch. Sch. Sh. Sh.
291 Josiah B. Whippey Pacific O.
Aug. 17
Aug. 9,1825
1134
REMARKS
Aug. 2,1822
150 1144
1822-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale| Whale- Oil bone
Industry
Sh.
Sh.
352 William Plaskett 217 |Alexander Drew
C. de Verdes Pacific O. Pacific O.
Jan. 4
1824
1250
Japan . . .
Sh.
332 Shub. Hussey
Pacific O.
July 18
Oct. 20,1825 Dec. 8,1824
1807
Lady Adams
Sh.
230 Charles Tobey
Pacific O.
Mar. 11
Lydia.
Sh.
325 Joseph Allen
Pacific O.
Aug. 22
July 3,1825
2318
Maro.
Sh.
315 Richard Macy
Pacific O.
Aug. 2
Apr. 17,1825
2350
Maria .
Sh.
365 Geo. W. Gardner Luce
Pacific O.
Nov. 17
Apr. 27,1825
2345
Nancy . .
SI.
Atlantic
Aug. 9
Oct. 16,1822
8
Ocean .
Sh.
349 Tím. Fitzgerald
Pacific O.
Aug. 17
Apr. 16,1825
1990
O. H. Perry .
Sch
334 Edward Clark
Pacific O.
Jan. 9
Apr. 2,1824
2161
Paragon .
Sh.
309 Henry Bunker
Pacific O.
June 11
Jan. 18,1825
1850
Bambler
Sh.
318 Wm. Worth, 2nd 397 Stephen West
Pacific O. Brazil
Jan. 9 .
Mar. 22, 1824
1880
South America
Sh.
Syren. .
S1.
Gardner
Atlantic
Atlantic
.
Sept. 13,1822
10
Thetis .'
Sch.
I arquin.
sh.
301 Daniel Bunker 270 Benj. F. Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Jan. 9 Dec. 18 June 23
...
Thomas
Sh.
Washington. Sh.
308| Reub. Swain, 2nd Pacific O.
Feb. 26,1825
2054
Built at Scituate 1822 Built 1822.
Kingston. .
Sh.
312 Alexander Perry
Pacific O.
July 14
July 24, 1825
1954
John Jay
Sh.
-
1915
127
A missing ship; supposed to have been burned at sea off Japan; all on board lost.
Built 1822. Sent home 70 sperm.
Built at Haddam, Conn., 1822.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Returned, leaking 300 strokes an hour. Abandoned at sea, off Barbadoes. Condemned at Oahu, 1825.
.
439
Manned wholly by blacks.
Boston
Sept. 3
Nov. - 1822
70
Independence.
Peruvian
Sh.
May 13
July 5,1823
120 1734
Brown
REMARKS
1823
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Aurora. Brothers .
Sh. Sh.
346 Seth Coffin, Jr. 256|James Britton
Pacific O Brazil
Oct. 2 Aug. 24
Dec. 22, 1826
1556
Condemned at Rio Janeiro 1823 or 1824.
Chili.
Sh.
291 Frederick Barnard Pacific O. - Collins
Gulf Mexico
. .
May 17,1826 Sept. 9,1823
1720 200
Dauphin .
Sh.
273 Obed Swain
Pacific O
Dec. 6
Jan. 28,1826
1560
Diana .
Bg.
Atlantic Pacific O.
Oct. 2
Oct. Feb. 5,1826
7,1824
clean
Equator
Sh.
Bunker 262 Joseph Barney 297 Benj. C. Chase 299 John Maxcy
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Feb. 21 Dec. 20
Hesper.
Sh.
247 William Chase 262 Samuel Joy
Pacific O. Brazil
Feb. 21 June 23 Aug. 5
Apr. 11,1825 May 21, 1824 Aug. 7,1826
1500
Independence.
Sh.
311 William Whippey Pacific O.
Brazil
Aug. 8
Mar. 17,1825
1766
456
Rose. .
Sh.
314 Albert Clark 350 Shub. Cottle 338 Alex Ramsdell
Pacific O
Aug. 12
Nov. 9,1825
2160
116
Built at Rochester, 1823.
Reaper . Swift
Sh.
Pacific O.
Oct. 2 June 5
Mar. 10, 1826 Oct. 28, 1825 May 14,1824
1854
3126
South America
Sh. Bg.
Chadwick
Brazil
Aug. 21 June 2
54 1427
Urchin.
S1.
Sold to New Bedford, 1826. The Dove sailed again in 1823; arrived at Philadelphia Aug. 27, 1824, with 130 bbls. sperm and two live sea elephants.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Sold to New Bedford, 1826. Lost on the Island of Ohiteroa. Took a full cargo (1816 sperm); sprung a leak off Cape Horn and threw overboard 800 bbls. Put into Rio Janeiro and was con- demned; balance of oil shipped home. Sold to New Bedford, 1825. Broken up 1824.
Lost on Eel Pt., Nantucket. 1825.
Pacific.
Pacific O.
Nov. 25
July 23,1826
1087
Indus.
Sh.
1875
1100
Improvement. Sh. Sh.
Sh. 456|Fred'k Arthur 397 Edm. Gardner
Pacific O.
Brazil
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Sperm Whale| Whale-
REMARKS
Thomas Clark, second mate, killed by a whale in May, 1824.
1424
Falcon ."
Factor.
Sh. Sh.
256 Reuben Kelley
Built 1823.
440
Dove. .
Apr. 15
1824
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
bone Whale| Whale- Oil
Alexander
Sh.
421 Samuel Bunker
Pacific O. Brazil
July 24 June 14 July 4
Aug. 8,1826
1420
Constitution
Sh.
318 Isaac Chase 290 Reuben Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 24 Nov. 15
May 15,1826
2015
Hycso .
sh.
Sh.
313 |Nat. Fitzgerald
Pacific O.
Nov. 22
Apr. 16,1827
2222
John Adams
3h.
296|Daniel Folger
Pacific O.
June 30
May 25,1827
1617
Lima ..
Sh.
286 Abrm. Swain
Pacific O.
July 11
Apr. 26,1827
1477
Loper.
Sh.
316 Obed Starbuck
Pacific O.
Dec. 7
Oct. 19,1826
2000
North America
. .
Sh.
351 Franklin Chase
Pacific O.
Sept. 3
Nov. - 1827
2080
230
Oeno .
Sh.
328|Samuel Riddell
Pacific O.
Nov. 4
Mar. 12, 1827
2250
Ploughboy .
Sh. Sh.
354 Alex D. Bunker Pacific O. 391 William Chadwick Pacific O.
Sept. 1 Sept. 17
Mar. 3,1827
2615
Peru. .
Sh
257 |Samuel Joy
Pacific O.
Sept. 17
Dec. 11, 1827
1332
84
Planter. .
Sh.
340 Clement Norton 307|Alex Russell
Brazil
Nov. 22
- 1825
1400
Sea Lion .
Sh.
Brazil
Aug. 8
Aug. 12,1825
1084
Spartan . South America. . . .
Sh. Sh.
333 Prince B. Mooers 397 Job Coffin
Pacific O. Brazil
Nov. 22
Jan. 14,1827|
2116
Thomas, 2nd .... Sh.
205|Frederick Swain |Brazil
June 25
Aug. 8,1825
1000
REMARKS
Barclay.
Sh.
301 Peter Coffin
Criterion .
Sh.
229|Alvan Ewer
Pacific O.
Capt. Ewer was killed while cut- ting in the last whale.
Lost on Huakeine Island, 1825 or 1826.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Capt. Chase died outward bound. Sold 1828. Lost on the Fiji Islands, 182 -; crew all murdered by natives, except William S. Cary, who escaped after several years im- prisonment among them.
Ensign Rogers, second mate, taken out of boat by a foul line. Sold to Buenos Ayres, 1825.
Sold her oil at Pernambuco; took freight to New York. Lost in Long Island Sound on way to Nantucket. Sold 1825.
441
June 17,1827
2844
Apr. 29, 1825
160 1600
Hero .
Ontario
Nov. 22
1825
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Atlantic.
Sh.
321 John J. Gardner
Pacific O Brazil
June 27
Mar. 21,1828
2165
Barclay
Sh.
301 Peter Coffin
July 2
June 17,1826
1946
Cyrus.
Sh.
328|David Harris
Pacific O.
July 9
June 2,1828
2037
Eagle.
Sh.
335 Beni. A. Coleman Pacific O.
Dec. 5
May 14,1828
2269
Foster
Sh.
317 Edy Coffin
Pacific O.
June 7
Oct. 16,1827
2291
39
Franklin .
Sh.
309 |Thaddeus Coffin
Pacific O.
July 17
Nov. 17,1827
2037
12
George.
sh.
359 Charles Lawrence | Pacific O.
June 10
Dec. 13,1827
1562
Ganges
Sh.
265 Josh. Coffin
Pacific O.
June 16
Nov. 20,1827
1665
Globe.
Sh.
293 Reub. Swain, 2nd |Pacific O.
June 13
May - 1828|
2105
Golden Farmer
Sh.
294|George Joy
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 7
May
8,1828
2158
Independence.
Sh.
352 William Plasket
Pacific O.
Oct. 30
Aug.
8,1828
1850
John Jay.
Sh.
217 Alex Drew
Pacific O.
Dec. 3
Mar. 21, 1828
910
Japan . . ..
Sh.
-332 Shub. Chase
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. 20
Mar. 18,1829
2134
Kingston .
Sh.
312 Alexander Perry
June 7
Mar. 11,1828
2117
Lydia.
Sh.
325 David Swain, 2nd Pacific O.
Sept. 28
Aug. 13,1828|
2281
88
Maria .
.
Sh.
365 Geo. W. Gardner |Pacific O. 315 Barzillai Swain
Pacific O.
Aug. 4
Feb. 22,1828
2437
Ocean .
Sh.
349 Tim. Fitzgerald 334 Alexander Macy 293 Henry Winslow 340 Henry Bunker
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 2 June 8 .
May 18,1828
1807
Peruvian
Sh.
President.
Sh.
June 27
Apr. 22,1828
1597
Planter . .
Sh.
Paragon
Sh.
309 Dav. N. Edwards Pacific O.
-
Aug. 14
Apr. 4,1828
1685
Harvest.
Sh.
360 Richard Macy
Built at Middletown, Conn., 1825.
Lost mate; second mate died of injuries received from captain.
Partly sheathed with leather.
John Hackleton, second mate, killed by a whale, 1826.
Lost Paul Bunker, first mate.
Sunk at sea a few days after leav- ing Oahu, 1828; crew taken off by the Rosalie of Newport: had 2100 sperm.
442
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Sperm [Whale| Whale-
REMARKS
Partly sheathed with leather. Built 1825 at Duxbury.
Partly sheathed with leather. Sold out 1828 and went to Buenos Ayres; broken up there.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
2269
Maro.
Sh.
July 17
June 2,1828
Dec. 14, 1827|
2285
Sept. 30 Nov. 16
Mar. 21, 1828
2322
1825-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale| Whale- Oil bone
Rambler .
Sh ..
Pacific O.
July 18
Nov. 20, 1828
1875
Sarah Porter.
SI.
318|Wm. Worth, 2nd Cathcart ---- McCleave
Shoals
-
Sept. 6 July 10 July 17
Apr. 5,1828
2027
Lost David Starbuck, first mate.
1826
Barclay Constitution
Sh. Sh
301 Joseph Barney 318 Isaac Chase
Pacific O Pacific O.
Sept. 29 Aug. 1
Nov. 19,1829 Apr. 13,1827
1680
115 601
Clarkson
Sh.
380 Joseph Allen 339 Benj. Worth, 2nd
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 29
May 2,1829
2507
Dauphin.
Sh.
273 |Benj. F. Hussey
July 10
Mar. 14,1829
1517
Enterprise.
Sh.
413 Obed Swain
Pacific O.
Aug. 1
Mar. 7,1829
2904
Independence
Sh.
Pacific O.
Nov. 8
May 19,1829
2044
John Adams
Sh.
311 William Whippey 268 Seth Cathcart
Pacific O.
Sept. 30
Oct. 15,1828
1356
Martha
Sh.
273 |Benjamin Gardner Pacific O. 165 Robt. S. Cathcart Africa Pacific O 354 Alfred Atley
Aug. 24
June 16,1829
2627
Omega .
Sh.
363 Allen Tilton
Pacific O.
Aug. 28
Dec. 26, 1829
2189
40
Phebe .
Sh.
379 |Micajah Swain
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 6
Feb. 4,1830
2597
Pacific.
Sh.
314 David Baker
Nov. 4
Mar. 8,1829
2182
Phenix.
Sh.
323 Wm. Fitzgerald
Pacific O.
Dec. 27
June 22, 1829
2234
Built 1826. Built at Rochester, 1826. Built 1826.
443
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Capt. Chase would not go around Cape Horn. Went to the Brazil Banks and returned, accusing his crew of mutiny. Built 1826. Built 1823 at Mattapoisett
Sept. 29
June 14,1830
2800
Congress
Sh.
Otter
Aug. 20,1827
400
Orion .
Bg. Sh.
Jan. 13 June 27
Apr. 22, 1828
1843
Weymouth .
Sh. Sh.
329 Moses Harris
308 George Kelley
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 19,1825
25
Sept. 10,1825 July 6,1828
2048
Washington .
.
REMARKS
444
1826-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- `Oil Oil bone
REMARKS
Rose. ..
Sh.
350 Shub. Cottle 338 Benj. F. Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Nov. 8
June 23,1829
1985
Swift ..
Sh.
Sh.
456 Jona. Swain, 2nd |Pacific O. 349 Frederick Swain Pacific O. Pacific O. 346 Peter Coffin
Jan. 6 Aug. 21
Oct. 27,1829
2582
121
An excellent voyage. Built at Rochester 1826. Built 1826. Third mate died 1827.
1827
1
Alexander
Sh. Sh.
421 Samuel Bunker 346 Fred. B. Chase 361 Prince B. Mooers 318 Alexander Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 13 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 June 19
Mar. 12,1831 Dec. 22,1829 Mar. 28, 1830| Oct. 13,1830 May 27,1828 June 3,1828
300
Edward .
Coleman 313 George Alley
Sept. 18
May 1,1830
Iris .
Sh. S1. Sh.
- Luce 296 George Clark 316 Obed Starbuck
Pacific O. Atlantic Brazil Pacific O.
Sept. 18 June 22 Aug. 8 Oct. 13
Nov. 3,1830
1420
Lydia .
Sept. 3,1830
2367
Mary Mitchell .
Sh. Sh. Bg.
Pacific O. 354| Timothy Upham Pacific O. 165 Robt. S. Cathcart Africa
Dec. 13 Sept.
May 1,1831
2432
Otter.
Ontario.
Sh. Sh.
354 John G. Coffin 391 Nathan Chase
Brazil Pacific O.
July 23 June 23
June 19, 1828 July 15,1830
1100
2522
Built at Mattapoisett 1827.
Ann .
Sh.
Constitution Sh. Diana . Bg. Bg.
500
Hero.
Sept. 1,1827 Mar. 13,1829
2353 40 1517
2131
Loper.
Sh.
Lima .
Sh.
286|Chas. G. Andrews Pacific O. 325 Peter F. Chase
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