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Carlton D. Morse whaling collection (Ms.79.22)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Ship's logbooks, vessel accounts and outfitting books

Series 1. Subseries A. Logbooks, 1845-1914
7 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	Ship Spartan of Nantucket (Nehemiah C. Fisher, Master) to Pacific 1 item Contents Note: Incomplete. Partial record of voyage which lasted from 1843 Nov to 1847 Jul. Logbook kept by Allen Hopkins. Entries not consecutive. Additions include record of whales taken, poetry, ink and pencil sketches of ships and whales, whale stamps. Genre: logbook Names: Fisher, Nehemiah Hopkins, Allen Spartan (Ship)	1844 May 4-1847 Feb 3
Box 1, Folder 2	Bark Wade of New Bedford (George W. Downs, Master) to Indian Ocean 1 item Contents Note: Incomplete. Partial record of voyage which lasted from 1844 Jun 28 to 1846 Apr 15 (Starbuck). Titled: Homeward bound. Bound with journal from Ship Uncas (see Series 2, Subseries A. Journals). Genre: logbook Names: Downs, George W. Wade (Bark)	1845 Nov 7-1846 Apr 11
Box 1, Folder 3	Ship Almira of Edgartown (John L. Jenks, Master) to Pacific and Arctic 1 item Contents Note: Incomplete. Partial record of voyage which lasted from 1851 Jun 11 to 1855 Mar 5 (Starbuck). Added to collection in 1962 by gift of Harold Tinker. In addition to daily logbook, includes whale stamps, miscellaneous accounts. Genre: logbook Names: Jenks, John L. Almira (Ship)	1851 Jun 20-1852 Nov 31 [sic]
Box 11X, Folder 2	Bark Pioneer of New Bedford (Frederick R. Billings, Master) to Atlantic and Pacific 1 item Contents Note: Complete. Logbook kept by R.D. Eldridge. In addition to daily entries, includes provision list, pencil sketch of vessel, ink drawings of whales and flukes. Genre: logbook Names: Billings, Frederick R. Eldridge, R. D. Pioneer (Bark)	1851 Jun 24-1854 Apr 8
Box 2, Folder 1	Bark California of San Francisco (W.F. Joseph, Master) to Japan 1 item Contents Note: Complete. Additions include lists of whales taken, crew members, stories. Pencil sketches of whales and whaling scenes. Genre: logbook Names: Joseph, W. F. California (Bark)	1901 Nov 20-1902 Oct 28
Box 2, Folder 2	Bark Coral of New Bedford (James E. Potter, Master) to New Zealand 1 item Contents Note: Complete. Additions include accounts of provisions, and oil stowed and shipped. Loose records of provisions, receipts, blank printed invoice. Ink sketches and stamps of whales and flukes, sketches of islands. Genre: logbook Names: Potter, James E. Coral (Bark)	1868 Sep 9-1872 Jul 19
Box 3, Folder 1	Schooner William A. Graber of New Bedford (J.T. Gonsalves, Master) to North Atlantic 1 item Contents Note: Complete. Includes whale stamps and sketches. Genre: logbook Names: Gonsalves, J. T. William A. Graber (Schooner)	1914 Apr 25-1914 Aug 21

Series 1. Subseries B. Vessel account books, 1851-1861
3 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 2	Bark Nye of New Bedford and Dartmouth 1 item Contents Note: Disbursements and crew accounts covering 4 voyages under 3 masters: Captain D. Baker, 1851 Sep 13-1853 Aug 13 Captain Frederick S. Howland, 1853 Dec 16-1856 Mar 26 Captain William Childs, 1858 Sep 28-1860 Aug 17 Genre: account book Names: Baker, D. Childs, William Howland, Frederick S. Nye (Bark)	1851 Apr 10-1861 Apr 10
Box 3, Folder 3	Bark Aurora of Westport, MA (Joseph Marshall, Master) Pacific Ocean 1 item Contents Note: Kept during voyage which lasted from 1856 Nov 10 to 1861 Jul 12 (Starbuck). Disbursements, crew accounts. Genre: account book Names: Marshall, Joseph Aurora (Bark)	1856 Dec 20-1861 Jun 3
Box 3, Folder 4	Oil Shipped from Ship Callao to Ship Corea Ship Corea 4 pages Accession Number: A55770[86] Genre: shipping record	1854 Jul 7

Series 1. Subseries C. Outfitting books, 18--?-1856?
3 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 1	Ship Kingfisher of New Bedford New Bedford, MA 1 item Contents Note: Undated. Blank printed form with manuscript additions. Genre: memorandum book	18--?
Box 4, Folder 2	Ship Christopher Mitchell of New Bedford (Frederick Slocum, Master) New Bedford, MA 1 item Contents Note: For voyage 1853-1856? (Starbuck). Blank form printed by W. & G.D. Watkins, New Bedford. Manuscript additions. Genre: memorandum book Names: Slocum, Frederick Christopher Mitchell (Ship)	1853-1856?
Box 4, Folder 3	Bark King of Tyre (of New Bedford?) New Bedford, MA 1 item Contents Note: Blank form printed by A. Taber & Brothers, New Bedford. Manuscript additions. Genre: memorandum book	1853-1856?

Series 2. Seamen's journals and correspondence

Series 2. Subseries A. Journals
8 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 4	Record of whaling grounds kept on bark Europa of New Bedford (G.A. Baker, Master) 1 item Contents Note: Date on cover: April, 1880. Records of whales seen, of taken, on various grounds by various vessels. Genre: record book Names: Baker, G. A. Europa (Bark)	1840-1880
Box 4, Folder 5	Journal by Theodore D. Bartley on ship California of New Bedford (D.D. Wood, Master) to North Pacific 2 Volumes Contents Note: Incomplete. Voyage ended May 24, 1854 (Starbuck). Ink and pencil. Feded, partially illegible. Fragile. Vol. I: 1851 Oct 22-1853 May 29. Vol. II: 1853 Jun 4-1854 May 24. Genre: journal Names: Bartley, Theodore D. Wood, D. D. California (Ship)	1851 Oct 22-1854 Feb 16
Box 4, Folder 6	Journal by Amos Rogers on bark Alto of New Bedford (Angeles Snell, Master) to Indian Ocean 1 item Contents Note: Incomplete. Voyage ended 1857 Apr 8 (Starbuck). Entries daily for first month, then only when whales sighted. Additions include accounts of whales taken or sighted, oil raised, ships spoken. Poetry. Whale stamps, watercolors of ships and a large whale. Genre: journal Names: Rogers, Amos Snell, Angeles Alto (Bark)	1854 Jun 1-1856 Sep 15
Box 4, Folder 7	Memorandum book by Daniel G. Tinker, Master of bark John P. West to North Pacific 1 item Genre: memorandum book Names: Tinker, Daniel G. John P. West (Bark)	1863 Dec 6-1868 Apr 14
Box 5, Folder 1	Journal by James H. Alford on bark Abraham Barker of New Bedford (Alden T. Potter, Master) to Pacific 1 item Contents Note: Incomplete. Voyage ended 1875 Sep 21 (Starbuck). Includes list of crew, poetry, ink sketches of whales and flukes. Genre: journal Names: Alford, James H. Potter, Alden T. Abraham Barker (Bark)	1871 May 16-1875 May 3
Box 5, Folder 2	Journal by George Comer on bark Canton of New Bedford (Charles W. Fisher, Master) to Hudson's Bay 1 item Contents Note: Incomplete. In pencil. Small notebook, fragile. Genre: journal Names: Fisher, Charles W. Comer, George Canton (Bark)	1893 Jun 24-1893 Nov 9

Series 2. Subseries B. Correspondence
5 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 5, Folder 3	Cutter, Charles B. to Peirson, Captain Johanna Island 2 pages Contents Note: Acquisition of supplies at the island frustrated by natives. Author requests a governmental representative, (namely, Henry Ellis), to resolve such issues. Accession Number: A55770[4] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Cutter, Charles B. Peirson, Captain	1851 Aug 9
Box 5, Folder 4	Dabney, Emanuel to Esteemed friend Sanara 4 pages Contents Note: Dabney offers a visitation, receives no response from Mrs. Baker and gives addressee the gift of a breastpin. Accession Number: A55770[5] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Dabney, Emanuel Esteemed friend	1855 Jul 12
Box 5, Folder 5	Receipt for Captain Marshall Paita 1 page Accession Number: A55770[90] Genre: receipts (financial records) Names: Marshall, Captain	1860 Jun 3
Box 5, Folder 6	Marshall, Joseph W. to Father San Francisco 2 pages Contents Note: Joseph W. Marshall makes request for allocation of the will. Accession Number: A55770[12] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Father Marshall, Joseph W.	1868 Dec 8
Box 5, Folder 7	Marshall, Joseph and Anna to Father San Francisco 2 pages Contents Note: Authors write of their disregard by "Helen". Dr. Cushing treats Harry's cold. Authors inquires after a "Mr. Harper" and enjoy time spent with Mr. and Mrs. John Paddack. Accession Number: A55770[13] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Father Marshall, Anna Marshall, Joseph	1872
Box 5, Folder 8	Unknown to Capt. Joseph Marshall Nantucket, Mass. 1 item Accession Number: A55770[10] Genre: envelope Names: Marshall, Capt. Joseph Unknown	undated

Series 3. Accounts of merchants and owners

Baker family, 1789-1877
ca. 94 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 5, Folder 9	Baker, Barnabas
Box 5, Folder 9	Gallison, John to Baker, Barnabas Yarmouth 2 pages Accession Number: A55770[42] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Barnabas Gallison, John	1789 Jan 17
Box 5, Folder 9	Bow[en], Samuel to Baker, Barnabas 1 page Accession Number: A55770[43] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Barnabas Bow[en], Samuel	1793 Jan 24
Box 5, Folder 9	Baker, John to Baker, Barnabas Newport 1 page Contents Note: Receipt for provisions. Accession Number: A55770[44] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Barnabas Baker, John	1803 Jan 15
Box 5, Folder 9	Green, Samuel to Baker, Barnabas Falmouth 1 page Contents Note: Wages received by recipient. Accession Number: A55770[45] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Barnabas Green, Samuel	1803 Jan 17
Box 5, Folder 9	Childs, Nathaniel to Baker, Barnabas Falmouth 1 page Contents Note: Record of payment for Nathaniel's son, William. Accession Number: A55770[46] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Barnabas Childs, Nathaniel	1803 Jan 19
Box 5, Folder 9	Baker, Barnabas to Parents Baltimore 2 pages Contents Note: Awaits return of cargo to Port Rico and mentions sending home flour by Capt. Lewis. Accession Number: A55770[1] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Barnabas Parents	1826 Jul 19
Box 5, Folder 9	Jenkins, John to Baker, Barnabas Falmouth 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt for wages. Accession Number: A55770[47] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Barnabas Jenkins, John	1829 Sep 5
Box 5, Folder 9	Woods, R.S. to Baker, Barnabas Falmouth 1 page Contents Note: Falmouth town tax record. Accession Number: A55770[48] Genre: tax records Names: Baker, Barnabas Woods, R.S.	18[3]5 Feb 12
Box 5, Folder 9	Nye, William to Baker, Barnabas 2 pages Contents Note: 1845 town, county, state and district taxes. Accession Number: A55770[56] Genre: tax records Names: Baker, Barnabas Nye, William, 1780-1868	1845 Jul 29
Box 5, Folder 9	Baker, Barnabas 1 page Contents Note: Record of town, county and state taxes. Accession Number: A55770[39] Genre: tax records Names: Baker, Barnabas	undated
Box 5, Folder 10	Baker, Hiram
Box 5, Folder 10	Schooner Cinderella
Box 5, Folder 10	Schooner Cinderella Charter New York 3 pages Contents Note: Agreement documenting Hiram Baker's acquisition of the Cinderella. Accession Number: A55770[92] Genre: charter	1846 Nov 13
Box 5, Folder 10	Stuart, W. to Martin, C.E. St. Mark 1 page Contents Note: Receipt for payment for work aboard the Cinderella. Accession Number: A55770[62] Genre: receipt Names: Martin, C.E. Stuart, W.	1847 Jan 1
Box 5, Folder 10	Merchant, T.E. to Dennis, Will Cinderella 1 page Contents Note: Receipt for purchase of provisions. Accession Number: A55770[64] Genre: receipt Names: Dennis, Will Merchant, T.E. Cinderella (Ship)	1847 Mar 20
Box 5, Folder 10	Baker, Hiram to Chamberlain of New York City New York 1 page Contents Note: Record of payment for commutation of passengers. Accession Number: A55770[66] Genre: receipts Names: Baker, Hiram Chamberlain of New York City Cinderella (Ship)	1847 Jun 10
Box 5, Folder 10	Brig Harriet
Box 5, Folder 10	Brig Harriet to Gage and Post E.E. Mobile 1 page Contents Note: Receipt of provisions. Accession Number: A55770[59] Genre: receipts Names: Gage and Post Harriet (Brig)	1845 Dec 26
Box 5, Folder 10	Brower and Co. to Brig Harriet New York 1 page Contents Note: Receipt for purchase of cotton. Accession Number: A55770[60] Genre: receipts Names: Brower and Co. Harriet (Brig) Harriet (Brig)	1846 Jun 6
	Brig Osceola
Box 5, Folder 10	Brig Osceola Charter New York 4 pages Contents Note: Agreement documenting Hiram Baker's acquisition of the Osceola. Accession Number: A55770[93] Genre: charter Names: Sardy, John	1841 Jul 8
Box 5, Folder 10	Watts, William to Baker, Hiram New York 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt of payment for provisions. Accession Number: A55770[72] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Watts, William Osceola (Brig)	1849
Box 5, Folder 10	Secretary for Health Commissioner to Baker, Hiram New York 1 page Contents Note: Validation of commutation of alien individual. Accession Number: A55770[70] Genre: passport Names: Secretary for Health Commissioner Baker, Hiram Osceola (Brig)	1849 Jun 4
Box 5, Folder 10	Brig Osceola to Crosby, Crocker and Basset New York 2 pages Contents Note: Record of insurance payments on the Osceola. Accession Number: A55770[74] Genre: receipt Names: Crosby, Crocker and Basset Osceola (Brig)	1849 Jul 13-1850 Jan 26
Box 5, Folder 10	Crosby, Crocker and Co. to Brig Osceola 2 pages Contents Note: Invoice of provisions. Accession Number: A55770[40] Genre: receipt Names: Crosby, Crocker and Co. Osceola (Brig)	1850 May 23
Box 5, Folder 10	Crosby Crocker and Co. to Baker, Hiram New York 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt of payments to various people and crew. Accession Number: A55770[76] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Crosby Crocker and Co. Osceola (Brig)	1851 Jul 21
Box 5, Folder 10	Sandy, J.B. to Brig Osceola New York 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt of payment for [cassis]. Accession Number: A55770[77] Genre: receipt Names: Sandy, J.B. Osceola (Brig)	1851 Nov 21
Box 5, Folder 10	Babbiage, W. to Baker, Hiram New York 2 pages Accession Number: A55770[82] Genre: receipt Names: Babbiage, W. Baker, Hiram Osceola (Brig)	1851 Dec 19
Box 5, Folder 10	Crosby Crocker and Co. to Brig Osceola New York 1 page Contents Note: Payment for sugar. Accession Number: A55770[80] Genre: receipt Names: Crosby Crocker and Co. Osceola (Brig)	1851 Dec 19
Box 5, Folder 10	Seaver and Janvrin to Baker, Hiram New York 1 page Contents Note: Receipt of payment for labor. Accession Number: A55770[84] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Seaver and Janvrin Osceola (Brig)	1852 Mar 27
Box 5, Folder 10	De Forest & Co. to Baker, Hiram New York 2 pages Contents Note: De Forest & Company requests that Osceola proceed on to Teneriffe Island. It includes Misses Lebrun and Davidson in its address, also entreating Baker to get Osceola a berth at Macy's Wharf in New York. Accession Number: A55770[6] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram De Forest & Co. Osceola (Brig)	1857 Dec 17
Box 5, Folder 10	Brig Osceola 1 page Contents Note: Invoice of provisions. Accession Number: A55770[41] Genre: receipt Names: H[e]ga[y] Osceola (Brig)	undated
Box 5, Folder 10	Leemay, William to Brig Osceola Brig Osceola 1 page Accession Number: A55770[49] Genre: receipt Names: E.G.B. Leema[y], William Osceola (Brig)	undated
Box 5, Folder 10	Papers 27 items Contents Note: Letters and documents, in Spanish as well as English, relating to the brig Osceola. Many printed forms with manuscript insertions. Cargo included: sugar, molasses, cloves, pepper, giner, fruit, almonds, earthenware, etc.	1849-1852
	Assorted Hiram Baker materials
Box 5, Folder 10	Fish, Ansel to Baker, Hiram Sandwich 1 page Contents Note: Receipt of town and country annual tax payment. Accession Number: A55770[53] Genre: tax records Names: Baker, Hiram Fish, Ansel, 1776-1858	1844 Dec 26
Box 5, Folder 10	Register 2 pages Contents Note: Payments made from Barnabas's estate. Accession Number: A55770[54] Genre: bookkeeping record Names: Baker, Barnabas Baker, Hiram	1845
Box 5, Folder 10	Woods, R.S. to Baker, Hiram 2 pages Contents Note: Payments for making of 3 bonds and 1 deed. Accession Number: A55770[55] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Wood, R.S.	1845 Jun 4
Box 5, Folder 10	Greene, Henry to Baker, Hiram 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt for medical services. Accession Number: A55770[57] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Greene, Henry	1845 Aug 5
Box 5, Folder 10	Mardell, Wyeth to Baker, Hiram New Bedford 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt of provisions. Accession Number: A55770[58] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Mardell, Wyeth	1845 Nov 8
Box 5, Folder 10	Perry, H. to Baker, Hiram Pierfast 1 page Contents Note: Receipt indicating payment for work for a Cape Cod Branch [M]ail [M]ead. Accession Number: A55770[63] Genre: wages Names: Baker, Hiram Perry, H.	1847 Jan 23
Box 5, Folder 10	Baker, Hiram to Geune, William 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt for medical services. Accession Number: A55770[65] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Geune, William	1847 Apr 7
Box 5, Folder 10	Fish, Ansel to Baker, Hiram Sandwich 2 pages Accession Number: A55770[67] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Fish, Ansel, 1776-1858	1847 Jul 26
Box 5, Folder 10	Davis, J.B. to Baker, Hiram Falmouth 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt for burial of Barnabas Baker. Accession Number: A55770[68] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Davis, J.B.	1847 Nov 2
Box 5, Folder 10	Baker, Hiram to Greene, F. 2 pages Contents Note: Note of receipt of payment for postage. Accession Number: A55770[71] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Greene, F.	1849 Jul 2
Box 5, Folder 10	Baker, Hiram to Greene, Febedee 2 pages Contents Note: Note of receipt of payment for postage. Accession Number: A55770[73] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Greene, Febedee	1849 Dec 31
Box 5, Folder 10	Thorton, Russell to Baker, Capt. New York 2 pages Contents Note: Author relates Goodhue & Co.'s instructions from arrival at coast of Nicaragua: lading of cargo for San Blas, with financial details; Goodhue & Co. bill at Realejo; and Barron Forbes and Co. bill on Goodhue & Co. Further instructions in the event of delay at Realejo. Accession Number: A55770[14a] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Capt. Thorton, Russell	1850 Jun 10
Box 5, Folder 10	Norton, Russell to Baker, Hiram New York 2 pages Contents Note: Record of payments to Mayor of Brooklyn and others. Accession Number: A55770[75] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Norton, Russell	1851 Jun 12-1851 Jul 9
Box 5, Folder 10	Bensusan, Joseph to Baker, Hiram Cadiz 1 page Contents Note: Receipt of payment for provisions. Accession Number: A55770[78] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Bensusan, Joseph	1851 Sep 1
Box 5, Folder 10	Fish, Ansel to Baker, Hiram Pocasset 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt for county and town tax payment. Accession Number: A55770[79] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Fish, Ansel, 1776-1858	1851 Sep 1
Box 5, Folder 10	White, Robert W. to Baker, Hiram New York 2 pages Contents Note: Payment for peach orchard coal. Accession Number: A55770[81] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram White, Robert W.	1851 Dec 15
Box 5, Folder 10	Swift, Moses to Baker, Hiram 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt of payment for labor. Accession Number: A55770[85] Genre: wages Names: Baker, Hiram Swift, Moses	1852 Oct 24
Box 5, Folder 10	Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram New Bedford 2 pages Contents Note: Request for response to letter. Anticipation of shipment. Sending of provisions, goods to ship. Accession Number: A55770[32] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Tabor and Co., H.	1853
Box 5, Folder 10	Fish, Isaiah to Baker, Hiram Sandwich 2 pages Contents Note: Receipt of payment for state, county and town taxes for 1854. Accession Number: A55770[87] Genre: tax records Names: Fish, Isaiah	1854
Box 5, Folder 10	Merritt, Jerome W. to Baker, Hiram Boston 2 pages Contents Note: Merritt, having returned from New York too late, regrets missing Baker in Boston. Merritt will return to New York to see about an offer for a "situation," and will not be able to visit Sandwich. He hopes to resolve obligations to Baker with the new situation, and suggests to Baker, upon his next visit to Boston, to call on Merritt's father. Accession Number: A55770[14] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Merritt, Jerome W.	1855 Jul 14
Box 5, Folder 10	Munlay, Thomas to Baker, Hiram Honolulu 2 pages Contents Note: Munlay offers services under Baker's command and expresses his wishes to visit Baker in New Bedford. Accession Number: A55770[15] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Munlay, Thomas	1855 Jul 20
Box 5, Folder 10	Seabury, E.W. to Baker, Hiram New Bedford 2 pages Contents Note: Request to collect from Samuel Ford of Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Accession Number: A55770[26] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Seabury, E.W.	1855 Aug 22
Box 5, Folder 10	Woode and Nye to Baker, Hiram New Bedford 2 pages Contents Note: Provision of goods for Ship Illinois. Accession Number: A55770[37] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Woode and Nye	1855 Aug 25
Box 5, Folder 10	H.S. Br[oigel] to Baker, Hiram Pocassett 1 page Contents Note: Receipt of payment to Pocassett Parsonage. Accession Number: A55770[89] Genre: receipt	1855 Dec 27
Box 5, Folder 10	Simons, Henry to Baker, Hiram Tansett 2 pages Contents Note: Notes sending of letter, care of Adam Mackee, to Hiram Baker. Accession Number: A55770[30] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Simons, Henry	1856
Box 5, Folder 10	Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram New Bedford 2 pages Contents Note: Interview with the Indian Webfish. Other hiring arrangements, including pay. Accession Number: A55770[33] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Tabor and Co., H.	1856
Box 5, Folder 10	Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram New Bedford 2 pages Contents Note: Hiring arrangements for Mr. Lombard, others. Accession Number: A55770[34] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Tabor and Co., H.	1856
Box 5, Folder 10	Tabor and Co., H. to Baker, Hiram New Bedford 1 page Contents Note: Employment for Lombard and Parker. Accession Number: A55770[35] Genre: receipt Names: Baker, Hiram Tabor and Co., H.	1856
Box 5, Folder 10	Simmick, Joseph to Rogers, John Providence 2 pages Contents Note: Report on search for Hiram Baker. Accession Number: A55770[27] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Rogers, John Simmick, Joseph	1856 Aug 3
Box 5, Folder 10	Simons, Henry to Baker, Hiram Boston 2 pages Contents Note: Baker's brother's letter. Accession Number: A55770[29] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Baker, Hiram Simons, Henry	1856 Sep 13
Box 5, Folder 10	Swift, Benjamin E. to Baker, Hiram Pocassett 1 page Contents Note: Record of payment for wages. Accession Number: A55770[88] Genre: receipt Names: Swift, Benjamin E.	18-- Aug 31
Box 5, Folder 10	Instructions for making blacking varnish 2 pages Accession Number: A55770[38] Genre: instructional materials Names: Baker, Hiram	undated
Box 5, Folder 10	Simons, Henry to Unknown 1 page Contents Note: Finances from patenting versus whaling. Accession Number: A55770[28] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Simons, Henry Unknown	undated
	Baker, Harriet
Box 5, Folder 11	United States Internal Revenue to Baker, Harriet Massachusetts 1 page Contents Note: Excise tax document. Accession Number: A55770[91] Genre: tax records Names: United States Internal Revenue	1865 Apr 30

Warren Delano, 1802-1819
1 item

Container		Description		Date
Box 11X, Folder 1		Sundry accounts including vessels commanded by and in which William Delano [of Fairhaven, MA] was interested as part owner Fairhaven, MA 1 item Contents Note: Lists of 8 vessels with dates on front cover: Ship Augusta, 1802 Ship Savage, 1805 Ship Baltic, 1806 Ship Arab, 1811 Brig Pindus, 1815 Schooner Resident, 1817 Brig Agenora, 1817 Ship Herald, 1818 Genre: account book Names: Delano, Warren Agenoria (Brig) Arab (Ship) Augusta (Ship) Baltic (Ship) Herald (Ship) Pindus (Brig) Resident (Schooner) Savage (Ship)		1802 Apr 29-1819 Jan 30

Anonymous Newport ship chandler, 1820-1835
1 item

Container

Description

Date

Box 6, Folder 1

Whaling agent or ship chandler's notebook containing accounts, invoices, lists, memoranda, ship's orders, etc.
Newport, RI?
36 Sheets

Contents Note: Mentions the following vessels:

Alliance (Ship): second voyage, 1825 Jan 17-1828
Audley Clark (Ship): John and James Henderson, owners; Capt. Joseph Paddack, master; 1833 and Newport, 1835 Apr 13
Courier (Ship): Capt. William Fitzgerald, master, 1820 Oct 21-1823 Jul 8
Elizabeth (Bark)
Frederick Augustus (Ship): 1821-1824
George Champlin (Ship): Nathaniel S. Ruggles, agent; Capt. Fordyce D. Haskell, master; 1830-returned1833.
Harvest (Bark).
John Coggeshall (Ship): John and James Henderson, owners; Capt. Seth W. Macy, master; 1831
Robinson Potter (Ship): 1820
Warren (Ship): 1828

Also mentions the following individuals:

Solomon Gladding, 1834 Nov 14
John F. Langley (concerning casks for the John Coggeshall)
Joseph Leyon, 1834 Oct 14
Elias A. Sweet, 1834 Oct 14

Purchased 1981.
Genre: notebook

ca. 1820-1835

Isaac Howland & Co., 1835-1838
1 item

Container		Description		Date
Box 6, Folder 2		Isaac Howland, Jr., & Co. of New Bedford ca. 350 pages of manuscript copies of letters Contents Note: Includes instructions to masters of whaling vessels, sales of oil and candles, insurance, and outfitting of vessels. Includes An account published 1855.		1835 Apr 9-1838 Oct 19

Swift & Allen, 1837-1871
208 items

Documents belonging to the whaling firm of Swift & Allen (New Bedford, Mass.), consisting mainly of reports from employees in foreign ports.

Container	Description	Date
Box 7, Folder 1	11 items	1837-1839
Box 7, Folder 2	31 items	1840-1844
Box 7, Folder 3	21 items	1845
Box 7, Folder 4	30 items	1846
Box 7, Folder 5	29 items	1847
Box 7, Folder 6	28 items	1848-1849
Box 7, Folder 7	44 items	1850-1871
Box 7, Folder 8	Memorandums, tables and schedule of articles comprising the outfit for a whaling voyage New Bedford, MA18--? 38 pages Contents Note: Formerly shelved as: VM470.5 S9 Morse Whaling Collection. Genre: book Subjects: Whaling Ship chandlers

Jones & Dexter, 1853-1863
2 items

Container		Description		Date
Box 8, Folder 1-2		Jones & Dexter of Mattapoisett, MA 2 Volumes Contents Note: Daily transactions of this firm of marine painting contractors. Subjects: Ships -- Painting		1853 Aug 22-1863 Mar 5

A.H. Davis, 1855 Aug
4 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 8, Folder 3	Sisson and Co., French to Davis, A.H. Providence 1 page Contents Note: Request for casks. Accession Number: A55770[31] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Davis, A.H. Sisson and Co., French	1855 Aug 11
Box 8, Folder 4	Kirby, H. to Davis, A.H. New Bedford 1 page Contents Note: Kirby awaits direction by addressee during delay of Mr. Kidder's response to author's earlier letter. Accession Number: A55770[8] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Davis, A.H. Kirby, H.	1855
Box 8, Folder 5	Hirlbut, G. R. to Davis, A. H. New Bedford 1 page Contents Note: Hirlbut makes remarks on religion and the current weather. He additionally reports business as usual on Commercial Wharf, and promises to send a particular set of papers to Davis, and notes that the Oearen Bill has left port. Accession Number: A55770[7] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Davis, A.H. Hirlbut, G. R.	1855 Aug 21
Box 8, Folder 6	Woode and Nye to Davis, Abnu New Bedford 2 pages Contents Note: Ship of America, Bay of Islands. Bills of loading enclosed. Accession Number: A55770[36] Genre: autograph letter signed Names: Davis, Abnu Woode and Nye	1855 Aug 25

Series 4. Reports and legal documents

Reports, 1931-1938
2 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 9, Folder 1	Report of Antarctic whaling voyage of S.S. Frango, 1929-1930 New York 8 pages Contents Note: No. 32-18. Typescript, 8 pages with carbon copy. Genre: report Names: Mannix, J. W. Frango (Whaling factory ship)	1931 Sep 24
Box 9, Folder 1	Notice on research activities of S.S. Frango. 1 page Contents Note: Unsigned. One-page typescript and one carbon copy. Genre: report	1938 Dec 12

Legal documents
7 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 9, Folder 2	Articles of agreement San Francisco 1 sheet Contents Note: Two copies of blank printed form. No manuscript additions. Genre: legal document	188-
Box 9, Folder 3	Certificate for identification of an American seaman Nantucket, RI 1 sheet Contents Note: Issued to Stephen Conklin at Nantucket by Martin R. Morton, Collector. Not dated. Numbered with number crossed out. Printed blank form with manuscript additions. Genre: legal document Names: Conklin, Stephen Morton, Martin R.	18--?
Box 9, Folder 4	Legation of the United States, The Hague, Netherlands 2 items Contents Note: Two sets of carbon copies of typed notes, attached to cover reading "Legation of the United States, The Hague, Netherlands." Two pages each. Not dated. Information on legal points, on whaling and sealing seasons, on ship Cape Horn Pigeion, on Russian-American Treaty of 1857, required in a case of arbitration. Genre: legal document Subjects: Arbitration, International Whaling -- Law and legislation	18--
Box 9, Folder 5	Davis, Lothrop Barnstable 2 pages Contents Note: Legal document with multiple signatures. Accession Number: A55770[50] Genre: deed Names: Davis, Lothrop Keith, Lorenzo	1839 Oct 31
Box 9, Folder 6	Statement of salvage loss : Case of the Bark Sooloo 10 pages Contents Note: Account of the loss of Bark Sooloo and whaling master, J.B. Eames, during her trip from Macao to Ningpo in 1862 with statement of salvage loss. Genre: legal document Subjects: Salvage Maritime law Names: Eames, J.B. Sooloo (Bark)	1862
Box 9, Folder 7	Deprivations on American commerce by privateers. During the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, & 1865 United States 16 pages Contents Note: Statement probably prepared at the Navy Department for use of legal counsel in arbitration of loss-claims. Undated, unsigned. Sixteen double pages of tables organized according to type of vessel taken, giving name and master, port, destination, date of capture, name of privateer, tonnage and estimated value of vessel plus cargo. Genre: legal document Subjects: Seizure of vessels and cargoes Privateering	1865?

Series 5. Literary works

Capt. George F. Athearn
1 item

Container		Description		Date
Box 9, Folder 8		Account of fur-seal hunting West Tisbury, Massachusetts 4 pages Contents Note: Contains "letter of advice... to Captain Thomas Warren, who was about to start on a fur-seal voyage to the Bounty Rocks...contains valuable information concerning the habits of the Antarctic fur seal, the methods employed for its capture, and the care of the skins." Note attached with date, 19 April 1983. Genre: personal narrative Subjects: Hunting Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, Meeting Names: Athearn, George F. Warren, Thomas, Captain		1883? Apr 19

Edgar Hammond
1 item

Container		Description		Date
Box 9, Folder 9		The whaleship 108 pages Contents Note: Typescript, with one carbon copy. Written in the early 1930's by a former shipbuilder. On construction of whaling ships, boats, rigging. Appendix, p. 85, "Size and shape inrelation to safety and speed". Genre: essay Subjects: Whaling ships Names: Hammond, Edgar S.		193-?

A.C. Howard
4 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 9, Folder 10	February and March 1876 -- Provincetown Provincetown, MA 5 pages Contents Note: Transcript and 1 carbon copy. Subject: Whaling voyage in schooner Carrie W. Clark of Provincetown, spring and summer, 1876, and voyage home in mark Modesta, autumn, 1876. Genre: personal narrative Names: Howard, A. C. Carrie W. Clark (Schooner) Modesta (Bark)	1876 Feb-Mar
Box 9, Folder 10	By Captain A.C. Howard. Atlantic and Pacific 6 pages Contents Note: Carbon copy of typescript. Subject: whaling voyage as Master of the bark Josephine of Boston. This transcript was made in December 1950 by Carleton D. Morse from Captain Howard's account book. Genre: personal narrative Names: Howard, A. C. Josephine (Bark)	1898 Mar-1901 Autumn
Box 9, Folder 10	A whaling voyage 4 pages Contents Note: Transcript and 1 carbon copy. Subject: voyage as Master of brig Rosa Baker of Boston starting July 1879. Genre: personal narrative Names: Howard, A. C. Rosa Baker (Brig)	1922 Oct 11
Box 9, Folder 10	The Island and Governor of Annobona 7 pages Contents Note: Carbon copy of 7-page transcript. Genre: personal narrative Names: Howard, A. C.	undated

Thomas Milligan
2 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 9, Folder 11	A sea-yarn without a strand of fiction -- Dangers faced on both sides of the Equator -- Narrative of exciting adventures by one who shared them 38 pages Contents Note: Loose sheets, with xerox copy. Undated. Narrative describes adventures on two whaling voyages: in bark Noble of Sag Harbor (Captain Hawes, Master), 1846 Aug-1848 Jun, to South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; and in brig Charlotte of Sag Harbor (Captain Winters, Master), 1850 Jul-1852 May to South Pacific. Fragile. Advise use of xerox copy. Genre: personal narrative Names: Milligan, Thomas, b. 1830 Charlotte (Ship) Noble (Bark)	18--?
Box 9, Folder 11	A stirring prelude to a quiet life 25 pages Contents Note: Loose sheets, with xerox copy. Undated. Another version of the same two voyages as above entry (bark Noble, 1846-1848 and brig Charlotte, 1850-1852). Fragile. Use xerox copy. Genre: personal narrative Names: Milligan, Thomas, b. 1830 Noble (Bark) Charlotte (Ship)	18--?

Horace Sherman
1 item

Container		Description		Date
Box 9, Folder 12		Ship Gideon Howland 1844 to Pacific and Arctic 2 pages Contents Note: Typescript, with one carbon copy. Subject: boyhood whaling voyage from New Bedford to Pacific and Arctic beginning 1844 Feb 20. [Starbuck gives voyage as 1844 Dec 20-1847 Apr 8.] "Deciphered from his handwritten account", dated June 1906, written at age 79. Genre: personal narrative Names: Sherman, Horace Gideon Howland (Ship)		1844-1847

Series 6. Photographs and engravings

Container	Description	Date
Box 10, Folder 1	Photograph of vessel Andrew Hicks 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 26 x 21 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 2	Photograph of vessel Constitution (model) 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 21 x 26 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 3	Photograph of vessel Bark C.W. Morgan 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 15 x 10 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 4	Photograph of vessel Bark Greyhound 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 9 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 5	Photograph of vessel Kathleen 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 17 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 6	Photograph of vessel Morning Star 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 19 x 25 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 7	Photographs of vessel Platina 3 items Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 7	Photograph 1 of vessel Platina 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 12 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 7	Photograph 2 of vessel Platina 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 20 x 26 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 7	Photograph 3 of vessel Platina 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 18 x 15 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 8	Photograph of unidentified vessel 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 11 x 17 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 9	Miscellaneous photographs (salt works) 3 items Genre: photographs
Box 10, Folder 9	Photograph 1 of salt works 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 13 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 9	Photograph 2 of salt works 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 13 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 9	Photograph 3 of salt works 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 10 x 13 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 10	Photographs of whaling implements 6 items Genre: photographs
Box 10, Folder 10	Photograph 1 of whaling implements 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 16 x 21 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 10	Photograph 2 of whaling implements 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 16 x 21 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 10	Photograph 3 of whaling implements 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 16 x 21 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 10	Photograph 4 of whaling implements 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 21 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 10	Photograph 5 of whaling implements 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 15 x 20 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 10	Photograph 6 of whaling implements 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 21 x 15 cm. Genre: photograph
Box 10, Folder 11	Postcards of whaling scenes and vessels 13 items Genre: postcards
Box 10, Folder 11	Right whaling, attaching chain to head 1 item Contents Note: Color ; 14 x 9 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Sperm whaling, hoisting on lower jaw 1 item Contents Note: Color ; 14 x 9 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Sperm whaling, junk nearly clear 1 item Contents Note: Color ; 14 x 9 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	The Niger 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Merrill's Wharf 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Man standing near landed whale 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Two famous old whalers, New Bedford, Mass. 1 item Contents Note: Color ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Whaling Bark Josephine at Wharf, New Bedford, Mass. 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Whaling Bark Sunbeam, ready to sail 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 9 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Vessel Platina 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 14 x 9 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Unidentified vessel 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Vessel Morning Star 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 11	Whalers fitting out, New Bedford, Mass. 1 item Contents Note: Color ; 9 x 14 cm. Genre: postcard
Box 10, Folder 12	Miscellaneous (stereopticon views, etc.) 5 items Genre: stereopticon
Box 10, Folder 12	View of wharf, New Bedford, Massachusetts. 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm. Genre: stereopticon
Box 10, Folder 12	View of wharf, New Bedford, Massachusetts. 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm. Genre: stereopticon
Box 10, Folder 12	J. Freeman, Nantucket. 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm. Genre: stereopticon
Box 10, Folder 12	Vessel Mary Frazier, New Bedford, Mass. 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 9 x 18 cm. Genre: stereopticon
Box 10, Folder 12	View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford Nov. 16, 1861 1 item Contents Note: Black and white ; 21 x 26 cm. Genre: Photograph

Series 7. Ephemera, clippings, research notes and other printed matter

Ephemera
60 items

Container		Description		Date
Box 10, Folder 13		Souvenirs, notices, postcards, programs ca. 40 items		bulk 1930s-1950s

Newspaper articles & clippings
68 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 10, Folder 14	The oil and colour trades journal1915 Jul 10 1 leaf Contents Note: Pages 117-118. Types of fish and whale oils. Genre: periodical excerpt
Box 10, Folder 15	Clippings removed from Barnstable and Yarmouth: Sea captains and ship owners Massachusetts1930 2 items Genre: clipping Names: Sprague, Francis William b. 1842
Box 10, Folder 16	Mid-week pictorial New York, NYNew York Times Company1930 May 10Vol. XXXI. No. 12 1 item Contents Note: With Byrd in the Antarctic--Special Number. Genre: periodical Names: Byrd, Richard E.
Box 10, Folder 17	The fourth moment : an unforgettable sea story Boston, MAThe Boston Herald1941 Apr 27 1 item Genre: periodical excerpt Names: Godwin, Karl Jenkins, Will F.
Box 10, Folder 18	Landlocked whaling museum Providence, RIThe Providence Sunday Journal Leisure Weekly1973 Mar 18 1 item Contents Note: Provides background information on the Kendall Whaling Museum in Sharon, MA as well as providing details regarding the museum's collection. Genre: periodical excerpt Names: Hays, Nancy Lang Kendall Whaling Museum

Research notes
10 items

Container		Description		Date
Box 10, Folder 19		Lists of sailings of ten whaling vessels 10 Leaves Contents Note: Includes dates of sailings and returns, destinations, masters for each voyage. Gives date built, port, agent, and tonnage of each vessel. Vessels and dates are: Ship Awashonks, 1830-1870 Bark A.R. Tucker, 1851-1876 Bark Atlantic, 1851-1876 Ship Cape Horn Pigeon, 1854-1878 Ship Brewster, 1857-1866 Bark Andrew Hicks, 1867-1876 Ship Commodore Morris, 1841-1876 Bark Xantho, 1856-1871 Ship Abraham Barker, 1845-1875 Ship Brunswick, 1834-1865 Genre: commercial record		1830-1878

Other printed matter
2 items

Container	Description	Date
Box 10, Folder 20	Balaenopterine or finner whales Seattle, WAPacific Search1972 2 items Contents Note: Reprinted from Baleen whales : in eastern north pacific and arctic waters. Is attached with drafts from the 22nd report from International Whaling Commission. Genre: pamphlet Names: Mitchell, Edward D. International Whaling Commission
Box 10, Folder 21	Iron, men and wooden ships. Salvo two1920 1 item Contents Note: Sea chanties. Another copy in the Harris Collection. Names: Shay, Frank
Box 10, Folder 22	Marine mammals and the American whale fishery Riverside, CAManessier Publishing Co.1969 3 items Contents Note: Two copies of a sales brochure for a reprint of the Marine mammals and the American whale fishery one with an attached introductory offer. Names: Scammon, Charles C.
Box 10, Folder 23	The whaling industryPeabody Museum1908 1 item Contents Note: Exhibition catalogue. Another copy in the Morse Whaling Book Collection.