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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Voyages of the Ship Barclay and the Ship Greyhound |
| Reference | MSS 220/LOG 292 |
| Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
| Collection | Ships' Logs Collection |
| Date | 20 Dec 1849 - 20 Mar 1853 |
| Description | A logbook with incomplete accounts of two voyages, one by the Barclay and the other by the Greyhound. Entries are made sporadically, rather than giving a continuous day-by-day account of the voyages. They are primarily focused on notable whale chases and other ships to whom the vessel had spoken. |
| Document Type | Logbook, Manuscript |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | whaling, health, disease, whale oil, supplies, poem, song, shipwreck, rations |
| Countries | USA; Dominica |
| Places | Atlantic Ocean; Azores; St Eustatius; St Vincent |
| Ports | Westport, USA |
| Ships | Barclay, Greyhound |
| People | James King; Alexander Corey; Frederick A Wing; Henry Wilcox |
| Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue. |
| Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |
