Whaling--Arctic regions
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Buddington Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-257
Abstract
Papers of and relating to whaling masters James M. Buddington, Sidney O. Budington, cabin boy James W. Buddington, and other family members. Including protection certificate, death certificates, applications for admittance to Sailors Snug Harbor, and newspaper articles about Leroy Buddington's brief escape from a state hospital and Captain Sidney O. Budington's association with the Eskimo's and Charles F. Hall's arctic exploration. The collection also includes information relating to the...
Dates:
1706-1986 (bulk 1830-1863)
Found in:
Manuscripts
Scoresby Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-055
Abstract
Chiefly papers of William Scoresby (1760-1829), whaling master, of Whitby, England, and his sons, William Scoresby, Jr. (1789-1857), whaling master and later clergyman, and Thomas Scoresby (1804-1866). Includes correspondence, diaries, notes, lectures, sermons, whaleship accounts, whaling journals, list of whaling vessels built in or hailing from Whitby, and autobiography of Thomas Scoresby.
Dates:
1775 - 1870
Found in:
Manuscripts