An item referred to a letter written by captain Chase of
the bark Joseph Maxwell of Fairhaven. She was lying on 16 November 1864 at Hilo
returning from the Arctic with 200 barrels of whale oil and 8.500 lbs bone. The catch
was to be transferred at Honolulu to the Dreadnought fro transport towards New
Bedford. The Joseph Maxwell intended to cruise in coming season to the Arctic
and along the Chilean coast.
