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Canton, Charleston Packet, Triton, Platina, Ohio, Osprey, Marcella, Kathleen, 

 and Laconias. 



C — Material in the Old Dartmouth Historical Society Museum 



, A Large and Comprehensive Collection of Log-Books and Whaling Equip- 

 ment, Together with Other Documentary Material. (Noteworthy amongst 

 the last are the crew-lists of the ship Lydia, beginning a "Whaling Voyage 

 to Delago Bay and Other Places" during the 8th Month, 1795; and of the 

 ship Acushnet, of Fairhaven, sailing on December 30, 1840, with the name 

 of Herman Melville inscribed as a member of the crew.) Easily the best 

 and largest collection of material pertaining to American whaling. The 

 complete exhibits of whaling equipment, illustrating every phase of the 

 industry, are particularly valuable. Relatively weak, however, in the field 

 of whaling accounts. 



IV — Further Source Material Dealing With Nineteenth 

 Century American Whaling 



GooDE, G. B., (Editor, With the Cooperation of the Commissioner of Fisheries 

 and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census), "The Fisheries and Fishery 

 Industries of the United States." Five Sections, in Seven Volumes. Wash- 

 ington, 1884 and 1887. Printed as Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 124, 

 47th Congress, ist Session. A mine of information on whaling and allied 

 subjects. Especially valuable in furnishing detailed and authoritative de- 

 scriptions of the apparatus, methods, and technique of the industry, as well 

 as much historical and narrative material. Section V contains the bulk of 

 the significant matter relating to whaling. 



Wilkes, Charles, (Lieutenant, United States Navy), "Narrative of the United 

 States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 

 1842." Five Volumes. London and Philadelphia, 1845. (A second edition, 

 in two volumes, appeared in 1852; and there were several later editions.) 

 Contains Maps, Diagrams, Plates, and Portraits in addition to the text. 

 References to whaling largely in Vol. V. Valuable because the author had 

 unusual opportunities for close observation of the activities of whalemen in 

 the Pacific. 



, Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchant's Transcript. Published 



weekly at New Bedford from March 17, 1843, to December 29, 1914. Com- 

 plete file in the New Bedford Public Library. The recognized and authorita- 

 tive organ of American whaling. Contains a wealth of carefully gathered 

 statistical material, and presents an invaluable summary of the business 

 aspects of the industry. 



Ringgold, Fayette M., (United States Consul at Paita, Peru), Consular Re- 

 port to the State Department, Washington. Dated September i, 1858. Orig- 

 inal manuscript now amongst the Consular Letters, in the Library of 

 the Department of State. Reference to these Letters is by year and port. 

 See Appendix A for a reproduction of this report and for an explanation 

 of its significance. 



REYTvfOLDS, J. N., "Report on Islands discovered by Whalers in the Pacific." 

 Transmitted to the Secretary of the Navy on September 24, 1828, but not 

 ordered to be printed until January 27, 1835. House Executive Document, 

 III, No. 105, 23rd Congress, 2nd Session. 



Jefferson, Thomas, "Report of the Secretary of State on the Subject of the Cod 

 and Whale Fisheries, February i, 1791." Philadelphia, 1791. Also printed 

 as part of House Miscellaneous Document No. 32, 42nd Congress, 2nd Session. 



Sabine, Lorenzo, "Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas." 



