182 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing returns of ivlialing-vessels 



Name of vessel. 



1786. 



Boston, Mass. — Continued. 



Friendship . 



Nancy 



Nancy 



Penelope . . . 



Hingham, Mass. 



Nancy 



Braintree, Mass. 



WcUfleet, Mass. 



Kan^er. .. 



Sculpion . 

 Wellfleet. 



Plymouth, Mass. 



Hannah 



Bristol. 

 Dispatch 



There were a few vessels belong- 

 ing to Hudson, N. T., engaged in 

 whaling and sealing at this time. 



1787. 



There is no report of vessels from 

 Nantucket or New Bedford for 1784, 

 1785, 1786, and 1787, though beyond a 

 doubt several sailed each year. 



Dartmouth, Mass. 



Rainbow . 



Nancy 



Boston, Mass. 



A Boston schooner from a South 

 Atlantic voyage was wrecked off 

 Cape Hatteras; lost captain, mate, 

 and five men, and considerable oil, 

 (had taken 180 barrels;) was towed 

 into some lihode Island port by a 

 sloop. 



1788. 



Nantucket, Mass. 



Fox 



Harmony. 

 Industry . 



Sally 



Spy 



Gloucester, Mass. 



Sea Horse . 



Hudson, N. Y. 

 Libertv do 



Class. 



Sloop . . . 

 Schoonci 

 Brig .... 

 ..do ... 



Schooner 

 ..do ... 



.do... 



do . . . 

 do ... 



do ... 



Sloop 



Sloop .. 

 Brig... 



Brig.. 

 Ship .. 

 . . . do . . 

 ...do .. 

 ...do .. 

 ...do .. 

 ...do .. 



Captain. 



Jonathan Snow. 

 Richard Rich . . . 

 do 



Hezekiah Doane 



Elisha Cobb 



Jonathan Howes. 



Stephen King 



Daniel Covell 



Barnabas Atwood. 



<j Winslow Lewis. 

 { Shubael Sweat.. 



John Collins . 



Joshua Delano. 



Snow 



Barzillai Folger. . . 



Seth Folger.". 



Gilbert Folger 



Jo.seph Chase 



William Fitch 



Barzillai Coleman 

 Benjamin Clark... 



Elkanah Mayo 

 Rich .... 



Bunker 



Managing owner or 

 agent. 



