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Monday, 26 May 2014

American whaler Roscius underway to Fayal, Azores according to the Whalemen’s Shipping List dated Tuesday 2 December 1862

A letter written by captain Honeywell on board of the bark Roscius of New Bedford, USA reported that she was on 28 October at sea with a cargo of 330 barrels of sperm oil already having transported another 100 barrels home. She was to enter Fayal, Azores around 1 January 1863.