Addeddate

2021-01-27 15:17:32

Collection

newbedfordfreepubliclibrary
americana
texts

Identifier

newbedfordfreedenniswoodabstracts

Mediatype

collection

Publicdate

2021-01-27 15:17:32

Storage_size

6.0 GB (in 87 files)

Summary

This collection contains approximately 2,500 abstracts of voyages of whaleships (1831-1873) registered in the New Bedford Customs District, which extended from Westport to Wareham, Massachusetts.

Compiled by Dennis Wood, a merchant and whaling agent in New Bedford, and a director of the Mutual Marine Insurance Company, the abstracts were drawn from news reported in the Whalemen’s Shipping List and Merchants’ Transcript, 1843-1914, and from letters, telegraphs, and reports brought back by vessels.

The abstracts are arranged by voyage and usually provide the following information: position of the vessel or port or whaling ground where it was located; catch in barrels of whale oil and pounds of whalebone; and incidents of the voyage.  An abstract is the primary source of information for an account of a whaling voyage where the logbook is missing.

See also, Mutual Marine Insurance Company Records.

Title

Dennis Wood Abstracts