American whaler General Lincoln departed to sea in 1817

Of Nantucket, master Shubael Chase, departed on 20 September 1817 towards the Brazil banks and returned on 12 August 1818 with 1.206 barrels whale.

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