[Logbook of the Hudson (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by David Marston on voyage from 26 Nov. 1855-25 Apr. 1859]

Hudson (Ship) · 1855 · 2 pictures

A manuscript whaling logbook kept aboard the ship Hudson of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, under master David Marston on a voyage of 1855-1859 into Arctic waters, recorded for the owners Jenney & Tripp and now held by the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The pages combine looping brown-ink copperplate headings and entries with stamped and printed marks: a fine-toothed compass rose, a heavy slab-serif wood-type alphabet, and inked ornamental capitals, all usable as ready-made lettering, nautical device, or aged-paper texture.

Marston, David, shipmaster · Jenney & Tripp (Fairhaven, Mass.) · Seafaring life · Ships -- Equipment and supplies · Voyages and travels · Whalers (Persons) · Whales · Whaling -- Massachusetts -- Fairhaven · Whaling masters · Arctic Ocean -- Description and travel · North Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel · Logbooks · Jenney

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