An item reported the arrival at the port of Russell, New Zealand on 24 March of the American whaler Abraham Barker of 380 tons master Potter from whaling with 540 barrels sperm oil 1.260 barrels whale oil 3.200 lb whale bone. A second item states 800 barrels humpback 540 barrel sperm last season.(1)
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1. Whalemen's Shipping List dated 8 April 1873 reported as homeport New Bedford, USA, agents Joseph&William R. Wing, departure 16 May 1871. Ship registers of New Bedford vol III 1866-1939. Bark, built at Fairhaven in 1845, tonnage 380.27 tons and as dimensions 115.2 x 28 x 18.2 feet, 2 deck, 3 masts, square stern, billethead. Previously registered at New York 4 January 1866. Master Alden T. Potter. Reregistered 15 May 1871. Owners Joseph Wing and William r. Wing 8/32, William J. Rotch 2/32, J.A. Brownell 1/32, Amasa Whitney 2/32, John R. Shurtleff 1/32, Samuel Watson 1/32, E.B.&F. Macy 1/32, John Wing 1/21, Walter D. Swan 1/32, F.P. Shaw 1/32, William W. Crapo 2/32, Alexander H. Seabury 4/32, all New Bedford; Alden T. Potter 2/32, Dartmouth; Benjamin B. Church 2/32, Gosnold; Richard G. Luce 2/32, Tisbury and T. Frank Brownell 1/32, New York
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