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440655
  • Title
    Reginald B. Hegarty - Indexes to whaling voyages out of New Bedford, 1876-1925, 19--
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PMB 409
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    440655
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : PMB 409
  • Physical Description
    microfilm reel 35 mm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Curator of the Melville Whaling Room at the New Bedford Public Library
  • Scope and Content
    The indexes are as follows: 1. Voyages begun prior to December 1876 and not completed by January 1877 (gives type of vessel, tonnage, captain, agent, grounds, dates of sailing and return, and catch( (7 frames). 2. Voyages, 1877-1925 (by year - type of ship, tonnage, captain, agent, where bound, date of sailing, return, catch and notice of extraordinary events) (158 frames). 3. Average prices for sperm, bone, oil, 1877-1925 (1 frame). 4. Types of vessels and tonnage, 1877-1925 (1 frame). 5. Imports into New Bedford of whale oil and bone, 1877-1925 (1 frame). N.B. Many of the whaling voyages were to the Pacific Ocean
  • General note

    PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 409
    Available for reference
    Microfilm copy of original held by New Bedford Public Library, Massachusetts, USA
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