Decline of American Whaling. 69 
called the first stage of the decline was only a phase in 
whaling development. Later on, however, it was ap- 
parent that the industry was actually on the decline; 
that the abandonment of the business at different ports 
was the result of adverse conditions which the small 
ports were the first to feel. The following table gives the 
names of the ports and the respective dates of the last 
recorded clearances: 
1848 
Somerset, Mass. 
Chilmark, Mass. 
1849 
Quincy, Mass. 
Yarmouth, Mass. 
1850 
New Suffolk, N. Y. 
1852 
Truro, Mass. 
1853 
Gloucester, Mass. 
Lynn, Mass. 
1854 
Providence, R. I. 
1856 
Newport, R. I. 
1857 
Wareham, Mass. 
Greenport, N. Y. 
Cold Spring, N. Y. 
1858 
New Haven, Conn. 
1859 
Falmouth, Mass. 
1860 
Fall River, Mass. 
Stonington, Conn. 
Mystic, Conn. 
1861 
Orleans, Mass. 
Warren, R. I. 
1862 
Sandwich, Mass. 
Holmes Hole, Mass. 
1864 
Mattapoisett, Mass. 
1867 
Wellfleet, Mass. 
1868 
Salem, Mass. 
Tisbury, Mass. 
Groton, Conn. 
1869 
Newburyport, Mass. 
Nantucket, Mass. 
1871 
Sag Harbor, N. Y. 
1873 
Beverly, Mass. 
1874 
New York. N. Y. 
* Compiled from Starbuck’s records of clearances. 
