April 12, 2024
1859 LIST OF WHALING SHIPS, Daboll's New England Almanac, New London Connecticut
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The New England Almanac1859By Nathan DabollNew London, ConnecticutI'm offering this week several issues of this great almanac that was especially popular with seamen and whalers. Will be happy to combine shipping on multiple wins for the cheapest possible postage.Starting in 1844, for nearly 50 years this almanac provided an annual list of "Ships Engaged in the Whale Fishery". As the years went by, the list grew shorter and shorter, to only a pitiful list of less than a half-dozen ships by the early 1890s.In this almanac, just under 2 1/2 pages are dedicated to a list of whaling ships from New London, Stonington, Mystic, Sag Harbor, Greenport, and Cold Spring. Each page provides details for about 50 ships, and the list provides the name of each vessel, tonnage, Shipmaster's last name, Ship's Agents, and date sailed.Additionally, there are a further two pages that provide a list of the buoys, beacons, and spindles in the District of New London. The bouys in Long Island and Fisher's Island Sounds are listed from Branford Harbor and going east to Montauk.This almanac also has many pages of wonderful old ads.Condition of this issue: New London: Starr & Co.; Westerly: Potter & Champlin. Back ad for Potter & Champlin. Excellent, very well preserved. Appears to be missing final leaf, thus 31 of 32 leaves (62 of 64 pages) are present. Lots
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