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Society's Transactions, Vol, IV. (Introduction and notes by Samuel F. 

 Haven). Boston, i860. 



Brown, R. N. D., "Spitzbergen." (One chapter on the early whalemen). 

 London, 1920. 



Elking, Henry, "A View of the Greenland Trade and Whale-fishery. With 

 the National and Private Advantages thereof." London, 1725. (Second Edi- 

 tion.) Brief but illuminating. 



Markham, C. R., "On the Whale Fishery of the Basque Provinces of Spain." 

 In Living Age, 1882. Vol. 153, pp. 52-56. 



II — Accounts of Early American Whaling 



Starbuck, Alexander, "History of the American Whale Fishery from Its 

 Earliest Inception to the Year 1876." Waltham, Mass., 1878. (Also ap- 

 pended, as Vol. IV, to the Report of the United States Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries for 1875-1876). Easily the most valuable single work on the 

 early history of American whaling. The narrative is continued down to 

 the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though this later period is not 

 treated as fully as the earlier ones. Contains much tabular and statistical 

 material of great value. 



Macy, Obed, "History of Nantucket and of the Whale Fishery." Boston, 1835. 

 The best account of early Nantucket whaling. The author possessed the 

 advantage of having been in close contact with many of the men and 

 events described. 



Crevecoeur, Jean Hector St. John de, "Letters From an American Farmer." 

 London, 1782, and Philadelphia, 1793. Letters IV-VIII contain descriptions 

 of Nantucket and of Martha's Vineyard in which due respect is paid to 

 whaling. 



, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections. Material of particular 



value with regard to early whaling is contained in Series I, Vol. Ill, pp. 

 157 and 161, and Vol. VIII, pp. 202 f ; and in Series II, Vol. Ill, pp. 19 et 

 passim. 



, "Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions, With an 



Account of the Whale Fishery." New York, 1833. This volume formed 

 No. 14 of Harper's Family Library. The author's name did not appear. 



Weeden, W. B., "Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789." 

 Two Vols. Boston, 1894. Contains various references to whaling. 



Dow, G. F., "Whale Ships and Whaling, a Pictorial History of Whaling Dur- 

 ing Three Centuries, With an Account of the Whale Fishery in Colonial 

 New England." Salem, Massachusetts, Marine Research Society, 1925. An 

 admirably complete pictorial record of whaling. Only 40 pp. of text. 



, American Antiquarian Society Proceedings, No. 57, pp. 28 et passim. 



Remarks on early whaling in the Pacific. 



, "The Whale Fishery." Boston, 1833. Numbers 18 and 24 of the Scientific 



Tracts. Author's name not given. 



Spears, J. R., "The Story of the New England Whalers." New York, 1908. 

 A secondary but readable account. The chapters on Indian and early 

 colonial whaling are particularly interesting. 



Ill — Manuscript Material 



Original manuscripts of whaling merchants and masters obviously con- 

 stitute the most authoritative and important source of information regarding 

 many phases of the industry. Curiously enough, however, the great mass of 

 this manuscript material has been little used, if not entirely overlooked. The 

 best collections, consisting largely of log-books and account-books, are to be 



