Logbook of the Canton (Bark). Cleone (Bark), Congress (Ship), Governor Troupe (Ship), Milton (Ship), and Mermaid (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by James Henry Sherman, William Allen, John A. Castino, William C. Fuller, and James Henry Sherman, kept by…

Logbook of the Canton (Bark). Cleone (Bark), Congress (Ship), Governor Troupe (Ship), Milton (Ship), and Mermaid (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by James Henry Sherman, William Allen, John A. Castino, William C. Fuller, and James Henry Sherman, kept by James Henry Sherman , on seven voyages from 12 Sep. 1878-April 1890

Author: Canton (Bark)

Year: 1878

Log/journal, kept by James Henry Sherman, comprised of seven whaling voyages. First voyage documents the Canton (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by James Henry Sherman, from 12 Sep. 1878-24 November 1882 to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean s. Second voyage (abstract) documents the Cleone (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by William Allen, from September 1862-November 1863 to the Atlantic Ocean. Third voyage documents the Congress (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by John A. Castino, from May 1864-November 1867 to the Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean s. "Memoirs and Christian Conversion of James Henry Sherman" [transcribed for him in 1933 when he was 89]. Fourth voyage documents the Governor Troupe (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by John A. Castino, from 18 June 1868-June 1872 to the Indian Ocean. Keeper lists Nantucket port of registry. Fifth voyage documents the Milton (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by William C. Fuller, from 1873-November 1876 to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean s. Sixth voyage documents the Mermaid (Bark) of New Bedford, mastered by James Henry Sherman, from September 1885-June 1887 to the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean s. "Memoirs and Christian Conversi