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Whaleman's log. 



Journal of a part of a voyage made by bark Virginia, R. G. Luce, 

 commander. Sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts, August 

 15, 1855, for the Pacific Ocean. Edgartown, Massachusetts, 

 1882. 568G6. Gift of Thomas M. Peakes. 



Whaleman's log. 



Journal of ship Mary, of Edgartown, Massachusetts, Capt. G. A. 

 Baylies. Sailed on a whaling voyage June 8, 1852. Edgar- 

 town, Massachusetts, 1882. 56867. Gift of Mrs. E. A. Gannett. 



Whaleman's log. 



Journal of bark "Adeline Gibbs," Captain G. H. Baylies, of Fair- 

 haven, Massachusetts. Sperm-whaling voyage in the Pacific 

 Ocean, 1841-1845. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56868. 

 Gift of John McCullough. 



Whaleman's Stamp. 



Redwood stamp with figure of sperm-whale (Physeter macrocephalus). 

 Length, 3^ inches. Edgartown, Massachusetts, 1882. 56869. 

 Gift of Capt. J. E. Osborn. Made at sea by Captain Osborn, 

 and used in stamping the figures of whales in log-books. 



Whaleman's log slate. 



Double slate; wooden backs, hiuged. Used by the mate for mak- 

 ing rough notes which are subsequently entered in the journal. 

 Dimensions, 17 by 17£ inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 

 1882. 56870. Gift of Daniel Kelleher. 



Whaleman's slate-pencil box. 



Common wooden box used by the mate of a whaling vessel, as a 

 receptacle for slate-pencils. Length, 8| inches. New Bedford,, 

 Massachusetts, 1882. 56871. Gift of Daniel Kelleher. 



Whaling-voyage journal. 



Journal of the ship Dauphin in verse (doggerel). Composed by 

 Charles Murphey, third mate, on the A r oyage. Ship Dauphin 

 sailed September 4, 1820, from Nantucket. New Bedford, Mas- 

 sachusetts, 1881. 56893. Gift of Captain Amos C. Baker. 

 'Twas one-and-twenty men we had 



This voyage to pursue, 

 And a sperin-whaling we were bound 

 On Chili and Peru. 



Memoranda of outfit of a whaling vessel. 



Small pamphlet with printed lists of supplies required for a whal- 

 ing vessel. New. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1883. 57020. 

 James Y. Cox. 



