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Monday 21 January 2019

American whaler Abby Bradford departed to sea 1869

Schooner. Of Nantucket, master John Murray, departed on 10 May 1869 towards the Atlantic Ocean, arrived on 24 October [1870] with 500 barrels sperm. Sold at New Bedford.(1)

Note
1. Whalemen’s Shipping List dated 14 June 1870. Shipping agent Joseph N. Macy. 115 tons, on 4 April 1870 at Barbados with 250 barrels sperm.

Source
Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.