Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 375

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(WHALING.) Group of 8 miscellaneous whaling documents. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1837-79

Additional Details

Includes a letter from an Irish woman to Nantucket whalers Charles and Henry Coffin, inquiring about her missing son, 1843 Outward manifest of the Almira of Martha's Vineyard, 1864 Outfit book of the Ellen Rodman of Fairhaven, MA, 1879 A pair of gauger's reports on whale oil from the small port of Greenport, NY, 1863 Sailor's wage agreement for the ship Henry of Sag Harbor, NY, 1845 Insurance policy for the Jasper of Fairhaven, MA, 1837 Outfitting bill for the Moro Castle of Bristol, RI, 6 July 1842. More detailed descriptions are available.