[Logbook of the Nassau (Ship : 1824-1865) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by J.W. White, kept by H.C. Murdock on voyage 5 Aug. 1850-22 May 1853]

Nassau (Ship : 1824-1865), Murdock, Henry Clay, logkeeper, b. 1818 · 1850 · 5 pictures

A manuscript whaling logbook kept by Henry Clay Murdock aboard the New Bedford ship Nassau under master J.W. White, covering the voyage of August 1850 to May 1853, written as a working daily record for the vessel's owners. The scans are close crops of brown iron-gall cursive — dated entries, latitude and longitude figures, wind and weather notes — usable as handwriting texture, ruled-line fragments, and numeral forms.

Perry, Jireh, 1795-1849 · White, J. W. (James W.) · Anchors · Marine accidents · Seafaring life · Voyages and travels · Whalers (Persons) · Whales · Whaling -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford · Whaling masters · Atlantic Ocean -- Description and travel · Doimede Islands (Alaska and Russia) -- Description and travel · Dominica -- Description and travel · Faial Island (Azores) -- Description and travel · Flores Island (Azores) -- Description and travel · Hawaii -- Description and travel · Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Description and travel · Lahaina (Hawaii) -- Description and travel · Maui (Hawaii) -- Description and travel · Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel · Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) -- Description and travel · Accounts · Illustration of books · Logbooks

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