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Huntress (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., 25 June 1844 - 27 May 1847

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Logbook of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Includes descriptions of whales seen or taken, accidents at sea, deaths at sea, mutinous behavior, interactions with natives, punishment on ships, and shipboard medicine. Also includes whale stamps, ships stamps, a crew list, and a list of provisions. The cooper broke his leg on 27 January 1845 and the captain set it. The ship came within six feet of fouling a ship in the night on January 22, 1847. George Shearman was killed by a whale on June 22, 1845. John Gomes fell from aloft and died on August 29, 1844.; Old Dartmouth Historical Society (ODHS 164); Whaling vessel out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Edward T. Shearman, on voyage 25 June 1844 - 27 May 1847; managing agent, Robert Gibbs; built in Milton, Mass., 1811.

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[Front Cover]

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Ship Huntress of New Bedford Sailed .. Ret...Ocean...Capt....Owners ............Catch ______________________________________________Sp.....Wh.....Bone 8/13/32.3/13/36 AV06886 Pacific Francis Post Alfred Gibbs & Co Sp 1538 5/14/36 11/5/37 AV06887 Ind John Cole " sold at [Bahia?] 50Np 1700Wh Sp100 Wh1450 11/4/38 6/10/39 AV06888 Ind Almanzor Hall " Sold at Hobart town 114Np SP 141..Wh 2898 Bone 29000 10/25/39 6/26/41AV06889 " " Np 551 Wh 2804 8/20/41 3/6/44 AV06890 " Charles S. Taber " Ebeneezer Peck 1st Mate lost from Boat by falling Nb 400 Wh 3500 Bone 20000 6/25/44 8 27/47AV06891 So Seas Edward T. Shearman Robert Gibbs Nb 75 Wh 1800 Bone 61197 10/4/47 5/8/50 AV067892" target="new">AV06892 Pac NW - - Do Nb 135 Wh 2275 Bone 32900 8/10/50 No Pac George Gibbs Do X lost 4/25/52 [ - ] Nb 63 Wh 585 Bone

X Lost on Karaginsky Isld (Kamchatka) AV06893 Crew suffered severely from Cold Horace Hermna remembers that the crew built a [bolin Doberus?] from the Wreck - see Honolulu Friend (d 18- page 64

pre-printed= (advertisment on page)John Kehew Nautical Instrument Maker North White Street New Bedford pre-printed= The Andrew Snow, JR, Collection

[Marginalia: Voyage around the World [log?] #164 ]written after Edwars Shearman]

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Line 6: Hobart is a city on the SE coast of the island of Tasmania

Line 14: Karaginsky Island is in the Karaginsky Gulf in the Bering Sea forming a 25 mi. wide strait with the Kamchatka Peninsula. Ref.: rsis.ramar.org/ris/694

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[Loose paper left in the log] Ship Huntress Please Receive from this Boat 30 Bbls Irish Potatoes & oblige [Bonss?] Rush&Co [Sah?] [Oct?] 9/49

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Ship Huntress

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