Whaling logbooks, account book and correspondence, 1833-1858

PMB 223

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441158

Microfilm : PMB 223

microfilm reel 35 cm

Logbooks of the following whaling ships: Emerald, 1833-1836 (includes description of beche-de-mer establishments, account of capture of French brig, Aimable Josephine and description of Fijian manners and customs); Vincennes, 1842, journal of the US Exploring Exploring Expedition; Drummond, 1849; Terror, 1855; David G. Fleming, 1855; Red Jacket, 1854 and Eagle Wing, 1856-1858. Also includes correspondence of Capt. J. H. Eagleston from Bay of Islands, Tahiti and Rotuma, 1834-1835 and account book of a Salem merchant, Stephen C. Phillips, including goods shipped on the Derby, 1832

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 223
Filmed for the New England Microfilming Project
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held by Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. 01790
No part of the contents of this microfilm may be reproduced in any way without the permission of the holding institution
Robert Langdon, ed. American whalers and traders in the Pacific, 1978; and Robert Langdon, ed. Where the whalers went, 1984