Whaling Log of the Bark Monmouth, 1843-1845

Abstract

Account kept aboard the bark Monmouth, on a voyage from Cold Spring Harbor to the South Seas (Oceania), 11 October 1843- 1 January 1846 (pages missing after 25 September 1845 entry on p. 146); owned by John H. Jones of Cold Spring Harbor, commanded by Captain H.B. Hedges. Inserted typewritten copy of shipping articles for the ship, from the District and Port of New York Collector's Office (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.); contains whalemen's shipping list (contract between owner and crew, with crew list), copies of original handwritten briefing upon return from voyage, from Captain Hedges to owner (originals not found in volume). Pages 1-17 were used as scrapbook by later (unknown) owner, glueing 1875 New York Herald news clippings (national politics) onto pages containing whaling account information; several intermitent pages are free of pastings. See page 95 in "The Whale Fishery on Long Island," by Harry Sleight, 1931 for account of her gallant rescue in 1851 of a Sidney bound shipwreck, carrying first governor of Sidney, from London, England.