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Built 1827. Took some oil. Went into St. Catharines and was sold.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Susan.
Statira.
Sh.
Sept. 6
June 9,1829
2526
.
June 4
Mar. 30, 1828
2261
Reaper.
Sh.
Apr. 21,1828
3245
2663
1915
John Adams
Jan. 10,1829
2225
2023
Aurora.
Ploughboy .
1827-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale/ Whale- Oil Oil
bone
Rapid .
SI.
- Myrick
Atlantic
June 30
Oct. 21,1827
Between the two dates the Rapid made seven trips on Nantucket Shoals, taking in all 40 to 50 bbls. whale oil.
Sarah.
Sh.
495|Fred. Arthur
Pacific O.
May 26
Apr. 19,1827
3497
Built 1827. The largest quantity of sperm oil ever brought into Nantucket on one voyage.
Spartan. William
Sh. Sch. Sh.
333|William Pitman -- Whitteus
Pacific O. Atlantic
May 30 June 3
July 1,1829 Sept. 14, 1827
2324
clean
Run into by another vessel and lost her boats. Built at Rochester 1827; lost first mate, Nicholas Easton.
1828
American . Sh.
340|David Paddack
Pacific O.
Apr. 19
July 18,1830| 2189
88
Formerly a merchantman built at New York 1822. Added from New York 1828.
Atlantic. Baltic .
Sh. Sh.
321 John J. Gardner 410 William Chadwick Pacific O.
Jan. 14
May 12,1831
3173
Criterion . Cyrus. . .
Sh. Sh.
229 Ambrose Whitteus Brazil 328 Benj. R. Hussey
Pacific O.
Apr. 19 June .22 Sept. 6
Apr. 29,1828 July 4,1829 May 12,1832
491
2055
Formerly a merchantman; added 1828. Out 10 days, returned leaking 1200 strokes an hour. Capt. Hussey came home sick but rejoined the ship again; Mr. Clasby, first mate, drowned.
445
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Zone.
365|Alex D. Bunker
Pacific O.
Dec. 13
Feb. 12,1830
2614
REMARKS
1828-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Eagle.
Sh.
335 Benj. A. Coleman Pacific O.
Oct. 5
May 10,1831
1904
Foster.
Sh.
317 Job C. Clark
Brazil
Apr. 19
June 30,1829
935
Fame.
Sh.
374 John Ramsdell
Pacific O.
June 13
May 9,1831
1995
Franklin .
Sh.
309|Joseph M. Chase
Pacific O.
June 20
June 28,1830
2058
George.
Sh.
359|Edwin Barnard
Brazil
July 10
June 17,1829
1337
Ganges .
3h.
265 Joshua Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 5
May 8,1832
1860
Harvest.
Sh.
360 Dav. N. Edwards Pacific O.
Nov. 17
Nov. 13,1831
2685
John Jay.
Sh.
217 Abrm. Swain
Brazil
July 20
July 5,1829
329
472
Kingston.
Sh.
312 Wm. E. Sherman
Pacific O.
July 31 June 10
May 24,1832
1515
Maro.
Sh.
McDonough
SI. Sh.
Imbert 273|Sylv. Swain
Atlantic Brazil
July 13
Dec. 28,1830
324
Maria .
Sh.
365 Benjamin Ray
Pacific O.
Sept. 6
June 10,1832
1980
21
Ontario .
Sh.
354 John G. Coffin
Pacific O.
Dec. 5
Apr. 24,1832
2106
Ocean .
Sh.
349 Edwin Coffin
Pacific O.
Dec. 15
Nov. 14,1831
2270
Peruvian
Sh.
Pacific O. Brazil
June 18
June 14,1829
718
Planter .
Sh.
Brazil
June 22
Oct. 21,1830
99 1769
President. .
Sh.
293 Charles Robbins
Pacific O.
Oct. 5
July 16,1831
1766
Rose. .
Sh.
350 George Russell
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 22
June 17,1829
2079
Richard Mitchell. . Sh.
380 Edy Coffin
Aug. 16
Swift.
Sh.
456 Barzillai Coffin 308 Barzillai Swain
Pacific O.
July 13
June 17, 1831
2828
Washington .
Sh.
Pacific O.
July 24
May 24, 1832
1774
Weymouth
Sh.
329 Moses Harris 338|George Joy
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. 23
June 12, 1831
2288
Zenas Coffin .
Sh.
Built at Hanover 1828.
446
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built 1828.
Broken up at Nantuket 1830. First mate died. Run into by French ship Archime- des; put into Rio Janeiro Dec. 20, and was condemned.
Damaged by collision with a Salem brig.
Capt. Coffin died June 15, 1831.
Peru. .
ISh.
334|Alexander Macy 257 |Joseph Pease 340 Isaac Brayton
June 8
Oct. 21,1831
1960
79
Howard.
Sh.
354 Peleg Brock
315 Elihu Fisher
Brazil
Aug. 8
May 8,1832
1660
Formerly a merchantman; added 1828.
Built at Mattapoisett 1828; lost at Fayal Sept. 3, 1828.
Sept. 1
Nov. 15,1831
2732
Sperm Whale| Whale-
REMARKS
Sept. 16,1828
Martha .
1829
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil bone
Atlantic.
Sh. Sh.
321 Elihu Fisher 339 Thomas Brock
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. 26 June 26
Jan. 26,1832 June 1,1830
2153 7
1299
Formerly a merchantman; added 1829
Criterion
Sh.
229 Barzillai Folger
Brazil
July 26 Aug. 14
Enterprise. Fabius.
Sh.
413 John Stetson
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 30 Aug. 14
Aug. 4,1832 Mar. 23,1833
2955 2162
Sent home 79 bbls. sperm.
Formerly a merchantman; added 1829. First mate, Samuel Rob- bins, died Nov., 1830.
Foster.
Sh.
317|Job C. Clark 359 Edwin Barnard
Pacific O. Brazil
Nov. 15
Jan. 27,1833 June 9,1830
155|1217
Independence.
ISh.
311 William Whippey
Pacific O.
Oct. 29
June 6,1833
1500
21
John Adams, 2nd. .
Sh.
268|Seth Cathcart
Pacific O.
June 26
Feb. 28,1831
626
Japan.
Sh.
332 John Lincoln
Brazil
June 21
Mar. 29, 1832
7 1299
John Adams
Sh.
296|George Clark
Brazil
Aug. 1
June 7,1830
198
Loper.
Sh.
316|Obed Starbuck
Pacific O.
June 21
Sept. 7,1830
2280
An excellent voyage-gone 14 months, 14 days.
Montano
Sh.
380 Benjamin Worth
Pacific O.
July 24
Dec. 18,1832
2816
Martha .
Sh.
273 Alex Whippey
Pacific O.
Nov. 27
July 15,1833
1680
Orion .
Sh.
354|Shadrack Freeman Pacific O.
Sept. 30
Oct. 10;1832
2620
Pacific.
Sh.
314 William Plaskett
Brazil
June 12
June 8,1830
80 1607
Peru ..
Sh.
257 Joseph Pease
Brazil
July 13
June 2,1830
64 1152
Planter .
Sh.
340|Charles Fisher
Brazil
Aug. 1
June 9,1830
159|1469
Phoenix .
Sh.
323 John J. Gardner
Pacific O.
Oct. 7
Aug. 10,1831
2340
Rambler
Sh.
318 Wm. Worth, 2nd 386 David Baker
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 26 July 21
Feb. 28,1832
2240
Richard Mitchell. .
Sh.
Sept. 3,1831
3012
Built 1829, at Mattapoisett.
.
447
Condemned at Halifax, 1829. Lost in Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1830.
Dauphin
Sh.
273 |Benj. F. Hussey
Brazil
Sh.
432 Thaddeus Coffin
George.
Sh.
July 22
2260
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Formerly a merchantman; added 1829; built 1822 at New York.
REMARKS
Congress . .
1
448
1829-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil bone
REMARKS
Reaper.
Sh. Slı. Sh.
338|Benj. F. Coffin 333|William Pitman 349 |Frederick Swain
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 23 Aug. 31 Dec. 10
Apr. 21,1832
1808
Capt. Coffin died on the voyage.
1830
Aurora ..
Sh.
Ann.
Sh.
340 John Hussey 361 Isaac Brayton 340 William Wyer
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Brazil Brazil
May 7 June 13 Sept. 15 May 27
Apr. 19
Apr. 18,1831
220 1550
Columbus . Sh.
301|Wm. Barney, Jr. 344 Peter Coffin 339 Thomas Brock 380 Alex D. Bunker
Brazil Pacific O.
June 22
Oct. 5,1831
546 1363
Congress. .. Sh.
Sh.
Sh.
359 Edwin Barnard 313|George Alley
Pacific O.
Oct. 27
Apr. 26,1833
2240
Hero .
Sh. Sh.
Brazil
July 18 Dec. 30
Mar. - 1831 Aug. 19,1832 Jan. 20,1833
2120
106
Omega.
Sh.
Pacific O. Brazil
June 27
Jan. 6,1833
2575 27
Planter .
Sh. Sh.
Pacific O.
May 28
July 11
July 18
Apr.
2,1831
23 1780 134 1423
Peru
Ploughboy .
Sh.
340 Prince Coffin, 2nd Pacific O.
May 7
Oct. 27,1833
1104
Sarah .
Sh.
Zone ..
Sh.
495 Benjamin Barney Pacific O. 365|John M. Russell
Pacific O.
Aug. 11 June 27
Sept. 29,1833
2430
·
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at New York.
Capt. Briggs died on the voyage.
Pacific.
Sh. Sh. Sh.
Brazil Brazil Pacific O.
Oct. 16
Mar. 5,1834
1741
Statira.
363|Fred. B. Chase 340 Charles Fisher 379 Wm. C. Briggs 314 William Plaskett 257 Joseph Pease 391 Nathan Chase
Brazil
July 29
Mar. 1,1832
2140
John Adams
Sh.
Lydia.
Sh.
290 Shubael Clark 310 John Cotton Pacific O. 325 David Swain, 2nd Pacific O.
Dec. 5
Nov. 1
Feb. 8,1832 Nov. 5,1833
2131
2600 24,000
Phebe .
May 27,1831
2962
Clarkson
Apr. 13,1834
Aug. 23
Apr. 25,1833 Apr. 28,1833 Oct. 29,1833
2135 2824
1474 220
American . .. Sh. Barclay. Sh.
May 9,1831
40 1190
Spartan .
Sept. 2,1831
2361
Susan. .
Aug. 9,1833] 2180
Jan. 14,1834
2093
George.
87|1185
2170
Loper.
.
1831
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton- nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Oil
Whale Whale bone
Alexander
Sh.
421 Jona. Swain, 2nd
Pacific O. So. Atlantic
Oct. 20 July 1
May 8,1832
1390
Baltic ...
Sh.
410 William Chadwick Pacific O.
Sept. 20
Apr. 29,1835
2322
Columbus . .
Sh.
344 |Peter Coffin
Atlantic
May 26
Mar. 26, 1832
15 1896 131 1492
Constitution
Sh.
318 Frederick Arthur
June 9
Apr. 11,1832
Jan. 17,1835
2690
Eagle .
Sh.
335 Joseph Pease
Atlantic Pacific O. Atlantic Pacific O.
July 21 July 20 June 27
Mar. 30, 1832
90 1510
Franklin .
Sh.
309 George Prince
Fame:
Sh.
374 Seth Worth
Atlantic
July 24
Apr. 22,1832
74 1731
John Adams
Sh.
296 Shubael Clark
Pacific O
June 9
Apr. 22,1832
105|1148
Lima .
Sh.
286 Oliver P. Winslow Pacific O.
May 21
May 11,1834
1637
Mary .
Sh.
369 David Paddack
Pacific O.
July 20
Mar. 21, 1835
2612
19
Mary Mitchell
Sh.
354 Elihu Coffin
Pacific O.
July 25
Jan. 22.1835
1897
Peru.
Sh.
257 Wm. Brooks, Jr.
Atlantic
May 26
Mar. 27, 1832
109|1405
Pacific.
Sh.
314 William Plaskett
Atlantic
Aug. 17
May 8,1832
107|1588
Phenix.
Sh.
323 Sanford Wilber
Pacific O.
Oct. 10
Jan. - 1834
2205
President. .
Sh.
293 Seth Cathcart 350 Obed Starbuck
Pacific O.
Nov. 20
Apr. 14,1834
1630
Rose. .
Sh.
Pacific O.
Richard Mitchell. . Sh.
386 James Gwinn
Nov. 12
Nov. 16, 1834
1950
Spartan . .
Sh.
333|David W. Coffin
Dec. 4
Dec. 31,1834
2140
Swift. .
Sh Sh.
456 Barzillai Coffin
Aug. 3
Oct. 28,1834
1868
Weymouth .
329 Moses Harris
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 30
Feb. 15,1835|
1552
Sold to New Bedford.
Built 1831 at Mattapoisett.
Capt. Prince, the mate and five men died of scurvy; Matthew Clark, a boatsteerer, took com- mand. Lost on the coast of Brazil. Saved 400 bbls. sperm. Third mate, F. W. Ramsdell, drowned by a foul line 1831.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Rochester, 1831. Third mate died of scurvy, 1834.
Stranded on the bar going out; got off and taken into the harbor July 31, 1832. Refitted and sailed again in 1833.
Broken up at Nantucket, 1835.
449
Sept. - 1834
1416
Barclay .
Sh.
301 Wm. Barney, Jr.
Catharine.
Sh.
384 Joseph M. Chase
Pacific O. Pacific O.
REMARKS
1832
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
· Sailed
Returned
Sperm |Whale| Whale- "Oil Oil
bone
Alexander Coffin . .
Sh.
381 David Baker
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 9
Sept. 14,1835
1845
Barclay . .
Sh.
301|Wm. Barney, Jr. Pacific O.
Sept. 3
July 21, 1835
1006 4
Congress . Sh.
339 Charles Abrahams Pacific O.
Jan. 13
Apr. 29, 1835
988
Constitution . Sh.
318 James G. Coffin
Indian O.
June 29
Apr. 21,1833
1230
Columbus .
Sh.
344 Reub. Russell,2nd Atlantic
July 7
May 21,1834
900
Charles Carroll.
Sh.
376|Owen Chase
Pacific O.
Oct. 10
Mar. 3,1836
2610
Charles and Henry Sh.
336 George Joy
Pacific O.
Nov. 25
July 7,1836|
2546
Cyrus.
Sh.
328|Benj. R. Hussey
Pacific O.
Oct. 3
Apr. 21,1836
1810
Eagle. .
Sh.
335 Charles Smith
July 8
May 7,1833
203
723
Enterprise ..
Sh.
413 John Stetson
Atlantic Pacific O.
Dec. 30
June 12,1836
1896
Franklin : .
Sh.
246|Joshua Coffin, 2nd Atlantic
May 8
Apr. 12,1834 Sept. 29, 1832
921
Factor
Sch.
- Macy
Nant. Shoals
.
Fame.
Sh.
374 Seth Worth
Atlantic
June 10 June 5 July 31 Nov. 22
Mar. 30, 1833 Aug. 24,1835 May 7,1834
1467
George.
Sh.
359 John C. Congdon Atlantic - Swain 360 Alex Pollard
Gulf Mexico Pacific O.
July 17, 1833
90
Harvest ..
Sh.
Howard.
Sh.
364 Wm. Worth, 2nd
Pacific O.
June 11 Sept. 22
Dec. 21,1835 May 11,1835
2070
John Adams
Sh.
Japan.
Sh.
May - 6,1834
678
Kingston
Sh. Sch.
296 Shubael. Clark 332 William Plaskett 312 Wm. E. Sherman Cash
Atlantic Indian O. Pacific O. So. Atlantic
July 6 June 17 Oct. 19
Oct. 3,1835 Sept. 6,1833
632 484 130
Built 1832.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Nantucket, 1832. Built 1832.
Capt. Stetson left the ship and came home sick.
Schooner Factor made two voy- ages; returned Sept. 12 with nine black-fish and again Sept. 29 with a large whale.
910
Ganges . .
Sh.
265 Russell S. Bodfish Pacific O.
2100
Hazard . .
S1.
2280
First mate, Ammiel Joy, died on voyage.
450
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
REMARKS
Atlantic. .
Sh.
321 Elihu Fisher
Dec. 25
May 19,1836
1946
Mar. 14,1833
224 1456
Lexington
1832-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Loper.
Sh.
316 John Cotton
Pacific O.
Nov. 25
Mariner.
Sh.
349| Eben Coleman
Pacific O
Aug. 12
1836
2429
Mount Vernon .
(Sh.
384 Edwin Coffin
Pacific O.
Sept. 15
July 25, 1835
3071
Maria .
Sh.
365 Alexander Macy
Pacific O.
Oct. 10
Mar. 11, 1836
1665
Ocean .
Sh.
349 Elijah Parker
Pacific O.
June 16
Nov. 13,1835
1490
Orbit .
Sh.
351 John J. Gardner
Pacific O.
Aug. 3
Feb. 9,1836
2011
783
Ontario.
Sh.
354 Edwin Barnard 334 Benj. Coggeshall
Pacific O.
Dec. 1
Aug. 4,1836 Sept. 28,1835
1854
Planter
Sh.
340 Reuben Manter
Pacific O.
June 11
July 1834
909
996
Pacific.
Sh.
314 Joseph Congdon
Indian O.
June 28
Apr.
1,1834
1450
Peru.
Bk.
257 |Wm. Brooks, Jr.
Atlantic
July 28
May 22,1833
126
722
Rambler
Sh.
318 Thomas Derrick
Pacific O.
June 17
Apr. 3,1835
1697
Reaper.
Sh.
338|Tris. P. Swain
Pacific O.
Sept. 5
Mar. 18,1835
1950
48
Thule
Sh.
285 Josiah Smith
Pacific O.
Dec. 21
May 30, 1835
270
Added 1832; formerly a merchant- man. Capt. Smith left at Tal- cahuano.
Built at Rochester, 1832.
1833
Ann .. . Aurora.
Sh. Sh. Sh.
361 Peter Brock 346|John Hussey, Jr. 318 James G, Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O. Atlantic
Aug. 6 Oct. 18 July 13
Oct. 15,1837 May 13,1837 Apr. 22,1835
1845 1713 775
REMARKS
Sunk at sea, homeward bound with 1800 sperm. . Built at Rochester, 1832. Built at Mattapoisett, 1832.
Built 1832.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Washington . . .
Sh.
308 Thos. W. Hussey 377 Benj. A. Coleman Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Dec. 30, 1835
1538
Young Eagle ..
Sh.
338 John B. Coleman Pacific O.
Nov. 5 July 11 June 24
Oct. 18,1835 Oct. 21,1835
2625
Zenas Coffin . . Sh.
1720
Constitution
140
451
1345
Peruvian .
Sh.
Pacific O.
June 10
Sperm |Whale| Whale- Oil
452
1833-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASSI nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale Whale- Oil bone
REMARKS
Eagle.
Sh.
335 Joseph Pease
Atlantic
Aug. 18 May 23
Apr. 7,1835
604
580
James. Gibson, first mate, died 1835.
Fame.
Sh.
376 Isaac Gardner
Atlantic
Mar. 3,1835
280 1040
Came home leaky; broken up at Nantucket, 1835.
Fame.
S1.
Peter C. Myrick
Atlantic
July 27
Sailed in search of whales, sea- serpents, etc .; was armed with a patent harpoon charged with poison .*
Foster. .
Sh. Sh.
317 Josiah C. Long 432|Benj. C. Chase Swain
Pacific O Pacific O. Gulf Mexico
June 27 Aug. 31 May ~
Nov. 16, 1836 July 31, 1837
1408 863 225
The Hazard probably arrived in September; sailed again in Octo- ber; returned again Sept. 9, 1834.
Harmony .
Sch. Sh. Sh.
313 Peter Smith 311 Isaac Brayton
Atlantic Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 12 Nov. 14 Oct. 4 Nov. 17
Sept. 17,1833 Aug. 15,1836
1177
Lost on Starbuck's Island with 1800 sperm.
John Adams . Levi Starbuck.
Sh. Sh. Sch. Sh.
296 Obed Luce, Jr. Atlantic 376 Shadrack Freeman Pacific O. --- Cash
West Indies Pacific O.
July 20 July 27 Oct. 6 Nov. 18
Mar. 13,1835 Oct. 13,1836 Sept. 14,1834
1885 100
Lexington . Lydia.
325 Edward C. Joy
Built at Mattapoisett, 1833. Second mate died. Burned at sea Jan. 31, 1835; sup- posed to have been fired by one of the crew.
*Experiments had been made in the English fishery in 1831 in killing whales by the injection into them of poison from the barb of the harpoon, with such an effect as, it is reported, filled the men with such consternation that they refused to have any more to do with it. At what time this weapon was invented in Nan- tucket is somewhat uncertain. The Islanders have claimed it to be prior to the English discovery; but resting the matter upon the published record of actual use alone, England leads by about two years. The harpoon-gun is described by Scoresby as having been in use in the English service as early as 1733 (vol. ii. p. 70)
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
-
Burdick
Hero .
Chadwick
15
Independence.
149 1335
Fabius. .
Hazard. .
S1.
1833-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil
bone
Montano.
Sh.
365|Dav. N. Edwards Pacific O.
June 1
Apr. 10,1836
3097
First mate, E. Burditt, taken down by a foul line, Nov., 1833.
Martha.
Sh.
273 Tris. Pinkham
Pacific O
Nov. 24
Apr. 19,1837
666
Orion .
Sh.
354 Moses Brown
Pacific O.
Jan. 15
Mar. 3.1836
9.80
Capt. Brown came home sick.
Omega
Sh.
363 Henry Phelon
Pacific O.
June 11
June
8,1836
2904
Ohio.
Sh.
381 Chas. W. Coffin
Pacific O.
Aug. 15
Jan.
8,1837
2615
176
Built at Mattapoisett, 1833.
Peru.
Bk.
257 Wm. Brooks, Jr. Pinkham
So. Coast
Aug. 10
Aug. 29,1833
20
Rose. .
Sh.
350 James Davis
Pacific O.
Aug. 21
Jan. 26,1837
1180
Robert.
SI.
Luce
So. Coast
May 17
July 20, 1833
20
Sailed again July 26; returned Sept. 1, clean.
1834
American .
Sh. Sh.
340 Aaron Coffin 345|Fred. B. Chase
Pacific O. Pacific .O.
Atlantic
June 3 July 25 Aug. 13 Aug. 15 Sept. 23 Oct. ---- July 15 Aug. 9 July 27 June 15
Nov.21,1837 Dec. 31, 1837 Aug. 15,1834 Aug. 19,1834 Oct. 7,1834
1288 1660
Built at Mattapoisett, 1834. Returned with boat stove. No report.
Christ'r Mitchel !. . Sh.
Clarkson .
Sh.
Built at Mattapoisett, 1834.
Elizabeth Starbuck Sh. Franklin. .
Sh.
387 Sanford Wilber 380 William Plaskett 381|Obed Cathcart 246 Edw. H. Morton
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 21,1837 Dec. 20, 1837 May 5,1837 June 12,1837
2843 2523 2708 160
452
Built at Mattapoisett, 1834.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Susan Three Brothers. . .
Sh.
Sh.
349 Fred Swain 384|George Alley
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Nov. 17
Aug. 25
May 14,1837 Nov. 2,1836|
1406
2212
Alpha. .
Amazon.
SI.
Riddell
Atlantic
July 4
1835
43
696
Pilot.
Sch.
35
May 7,1835
REMARKS
.
453
454
1834-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Whale- bone
George.
Sh.
359 John C. Congdon
Atlantic G. Mexico
Aug. 4
May 12,1836
396 1255
360
Harmony . .
Sch.
Swain
Dec. 5
July 20,1836
150
Jones Hale . .
SI. ·
Kuhn
Atlantic
Aug. ~
Aug. 19,1834
Japan.
Sh.
332 Edwin Hiller
Indian O.
Sept .. 3 Dec. 9
Apr. 7,1838
1173
Lexington .
Sch.
Drew
Gulf Mexico
Nov. 10
Sept. 22, 1835
Aug. 30,1834
Neptune
Sch.
---- Coon
Phebe .
Sh.
379 Shub. S. Russell 323 Isaac B. Hussey
Pacific O.
July 6
Feb. 3,1837
2345
Ploughboy .
Sh.
391 Moses Brown
Pacific O.
July 22
Apr. 9,1838
1811
471
Pacific. .
Sh.
314 Joseph Congdon
Pacific O.
July 29
Nov. 13,1837
2035
Planter . .
Sh.
340 Reuben Manter
Pacific O.
Oct. 31
Aug. 6,1837
1054
828
Primrose .
Sch.
Fisher
S Mexico Guinea
Aug. 25,1834 Sept. 21, 1835
30
Reliance.
Sch
( P. C. Myrick - Farris ( P. C. Myrick
Atlantic
Sept. 25 Aug. 15 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Aug. 14
Sept. 30, 1834 Oct. 9,1834
Statira.
Sh. Sh.
346 Geo. Cannon, Jr. 495 Joseph Holley
Pacific O.
Dec. 31
Nov. 3,1837 2326
18
Warren .
SI.
Baker
Atlantic
Aug. 7 Aug. 10
Aug. 10,1834 Aug. 19,1834 Aug. 30,1834 Sept. 7,1837
1475
Zone.
Sh.
365 John M. Russell
Pacific O.
Sold to New Bedford, 1836.
Lost mainsail. No report.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Returned leaky.
No report. No report. Clean.
333
Sarah
Went to New York, freighting 1837; returned to whaling 1839.
No report. Returned with one small whale. Capt. Russell and one man lost overboard in a gale off New Zea- land.
No report. Clean. Sent home 115 sperm.
Pacific O.
May 25
Nov. 21, 1837
1009
Phenix
Sh.
- Farris
Atlantic
Sept. 11
Sept. 26, 1834
2115
Lima .
Sh.
286 William Wyer
Pacific O.
Aug. 11
Aug. 14,1834
Nov. 22, 1837
130
Aug. 23
June 14,1838
1201
Pacific O.
Aug. 23 Apr. 12
Sperm | Whale "Oil
REMARKS
- Chadwick
Sept. 25, 1834
70
/
1835
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
.
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Barclay .
Sh.
301 Reuben Barney
Pacific O.
Nov. 13
1839
1550
Baltic.
Sh.
410 William Keene
Pacific O.
Sept. 8
Mar. 18,1839
1420 1694
· Columbus .
Sh.
314 Peter Coffin
Pacific O.
June 29
Nov. 12, 1838
1398
16
Congress .
Sh.
339 William Upham
Pacific O.
July 23
Nov. 20, 1838
1902
Catharine.
Sh.
384 Joseph M. Chase
Pacific O.
July 29
Oct. 26,1838
3016
Constitution
Sh.
318 Edward C. Joy
Pacific O.
Oct. 25
Apr. 7,1839
1630
Eagle.
Sh.
335 Isaac Gardner
Atlantic
July 29 Oct. 26
May 10,1839
1644
Harmony .
Sch.
A. Swain
Gulf Mexico
Aug. 2
Aug. 20,1836
260
150
Howard .
Sh.
365 Wm. Worth, 2nd
Pacific O
Sept. 21
Apr. 21,1838
2312
John Adams . Mary Mitchell
Sh.
354 Samuel Joy
Pacific O.
July 14
May 17,1838
596|1974
Mary.
Sh.
369 Thos. Coffin, 2nd 384 Lewis B. Imbert
Pacific .O
July 30
May 12,1839
1866|
515
Mount Vernon
Sh.
293 Seth Cathcart
Pacific O.
June 24
June
1,1838
1670
Peru.
257 Wm. Brown, Jr.
Pacific O.
Oct. 4
Apr. 13,1839
676
149
Richard Mitchell . .
Sh.
385|H'y. C. Cleveland Pacific O.
July 20
Dec. 27,1838
1172|
937
Rambler.
Sh.
318|Rob.M. McCleave Pacific O. 338 Tim. R. Coffin
Pacific O.
Oct. 12
Spartan.
Sh.
333|David W. Coffin
Pacific O.
Oct. 4
May 4,1839
1790
Supposed to have foundered in a gale off New Zealand and all on board lost.
1836
Atlantic. .
Alexander Coffin . . Catawba .
Sh. Sh. Sh.
321 Thomas Russell 381 |John C. Congdon Pacific O. 335 John B. Coleman Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Jan. 27 Aug. 25 Jan. 14
Dec. 4,1838 July 10,1840 Sept. 20,1839
1701 1884 1698 139
Built at Mattapoisett, 1836.
455
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Broken up at Nantucket 1837.
Ganges . .
Sh.
Sh.
296 Obed Luce, Jr.
Atl. & Ind. O. July 15
Oct. 5
July 13,1839
2456
President.
Sh. Sh.
Aug. 23,1838
2246
Reaper
Sh.
DATE
'RESULT OF VOYAGE
Sperm" Whale| Whale-
REMARKS
Apr. 17,1837
625 1293
265 Barzillai T. Folger Pacific O.
July 9,1837
302 1570
Pacific O.
Sept. 8
456
1836-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Charles Carroll.
Sh.
376 Owen Chase 328|Benj. R. Hussey 326 George Joy
Pacific O. Pacific O Pacific O. Mexico
Dec. 1
Oct. 12,1840
1920
Dromo.
Bg. Sh.
413 George Haggarty 360 William B. Cash 346|George G. Chase - Gifford
Pacific O
Nov. 22 July 21
Apr. 6,1840
2299
Henry .
Sh.
Pacific O.
Oct. 23
Jan. 16,1840 July 2,1837
200
200
Jefferson .
Sh.
377 Obed Swain
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 11 July 22
Oct. 27,1839
753
Lexington .
Sh.
399 Alexander Pollard Pacific O.
Nov. 27
June 10,1840
2185
Lexington .
Sch. Sh.
Hamblin Pacific O. 349|Geo. Gardner, Jr. Pacific O. 365 Elisha H. Fisher
Apr. 18 Sept. 14 Oct. 22
June 20, 1840 Oct. 14,1839
2069
47
Maria.
Sh.
351 Benj. B. Raymond Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Sept. 5
July 8,1840
1847
Orion .
Pacific O.
Oct. 2
Feb. 21,1840
1652
Omega.
Sh.
Pacific O.
Nov. 5
Apr. 22, 1840
2452
13
Ontario
Sh.
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Jan. 3
Aug. 4,1839
1330
Panama.
Sh.
Primrose
Sch. Sh.
Pacific O.
Apr. 28 July 31
Nov. 6,1836 Apr. 24,1840 July. 19, 1839
1590
Thule.
Sh. Sh.
Atlantic Pacific O.
July 14
Dec. - 1839
1780
Walter Scott .. Sh.
Young Eagle.
Sh.
July 8
May 1,1840
2440
Zenas Coffin
Sh.
- Fisher 334 David Osborne 285 |James Coleman 308|Charles F. Coffin 339 Benj. Coggeshali 377 George Crocker 338|Hiram Bailey
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 3 .
IJan. 14, 1840|
2259
Built at Rochester, 1826. Fell in with wreck of Industry and saved about 200 bbls. Built 1838.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Nantucket 1836. Capt. Pollard died on the voyage. No report.
Capt. Gardner died on the voyage.
Formerly a merchantman; bought 1836; sold to Sagharbor, 1839. Clean.
Built 1836.
Aug. 11
Sept. 2,1840
2227
Harmony .
Sch.
Gulf Mexico
Oct. 8
Mar. 14, 1840
2309
Kingston.
Sh.
312 Thaddeus Coffin
Aug. 30 Sept. 9
Feb. 14,1840
2678
Cyrus. .
Sh.
May 1,1840
1697
Charles and Henry Sli.
- Chadwick
July 1,1836
Enterprise.
1395
Harvest.
Sh.
Pacific O
May 1
May 12,1839
395|2146
Orbit. . Sh. Ocean . Sh Sh.
349 Elijah Parker 354 Elihu Coffin 363 Alb. C. Gardner 354|Geo. G. Cathcart 253| Alex D. Bunker
Dec. 19
Nov. 19,1839
1480
30
Atlantic
Peruvian
July 19
68 2085
Washington
Sperm |Whale| Whale-
REMARKS
June 29, 1840
2436
Gulf Mexico
Mariner
1925
1837
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
.
Ann . .
Sh. Sh.
361 Peter C. Brock 346 John Hussey, Jr.
Pacific O.
Nov. 5
Dec.
2,1840
2036
Elizabeth Starbuck Sh.
381 |Alex M. Chase
Pacific O.
Nov. 16
May
2,1841
1359
7
Foster .
Sh.
317 Josiah C. Long
Pacific O.
Sept. 1
Apr. 28,1841
2101
Franklin . .
Sh.
246 Benj. F. Riddell
Pacific O.
Oct. 12
Feb. 13,1841
1711
37
Harmony . .
Sch.
- Coleman
Atlantic
Aug. 30
Aug. 9,1838
130
Hero .
Sh.
313 Reuben Joy, Jr.
Pacific O.
Aug. 16
May 18,1841
1992
John Adams.
Sh.
296|Asa Coleman
Pacific O.
Nov. 27
Oct.
4,1840
1050
650
Levi Starbuck
Sh.
376 John C. Lincoln
Pacific O.
Aug. 27
Nov 29,1840
2375
25
Montano.
Sh.
365 Benjamin C. Sayer Pacific O.
Aug. 4
May 30,1839
53|2716
Maria .
S1.
- Hiller
Atlantic
Aug. 2
Sept. 11, 1837
. ...
Clean.
Built at Nantucket, 1837.
Ohio
Sh.
383 Charles W. Coffin Pacific O.
July 12
Apr. 19,1841
2520
Obed Mitchell
Sh.
354 Reuben Ray, Jr.
Pacific O.
Sept. 22
June 27,1841
870
Phenix.
Sh.
323 Isaac B. Hussey
Pacific O.
Nov. 4
Feb. 14,1840
2419
Primrose. .
Sch.
90
Gifford
Gulf Mexico
Feb. 27
Aug. 9,1837
100
50
Planter
Sh.
340|Eben M. Hinckley Pacific O.
Nov. 14
May 28,1841
1460
24
Rose.
Sh.
356 Benj. A. Coleman Pacific O.
Oct. 3
May 29,1841
1987
Susan. ..
Sh.
348 Reuben Russell 384 Henry Phelon
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. - June 12
May 28,1841
1892
477
Three Brothers. . .
Sh.
Pacific O.
June 12
Feb.
1,1841
2036
465
Nantucket .
Sh.
350 Dav. N. Edwards
Pacific O.
Sept. 6
-
Mar. 31, 1840
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