(WHALING) Consular document from the last whaling voyage to

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END OF AN ERA (WHALING.) Consular document from the last whaling voyage to sail out of Fall River. Partly-printed consular bill of health certificate in Portuguese, certifying the health of the port. One page, 13 1/4 x 11 inches; folds, minor wear; with affixed paper seal. Horta, Azores, 4 October 1862

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The bark Benjamin Franklin left Fall River, MA on 20 November 1860 for an Atlantic whaling voyage under Captain George Brown, returning on 20 October 1862--a few weeks after this document was issued. This was the last whaling voyage out of Fall River. Starbuck, page 578; Whaling Masters, page 62.