An item reported the arrival at Lahaina, Hawaii on 16 October of the American whale ship Milo captain Gardner of New Bedford, USA 16 months out 100 barrels sperm oil 2.400 barrels whale oil 24.000 lbs bone.
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1. Ship registers of New Bedford, Massachusetts, volume I. 1796-1850. The National Archives Project, 1940. Registered (60) 4 September 1830 - permanent. Built at Newburyport in 1811. Tonnage 307 68/95 tons; dimensions 107 ft. 3 in x 29 x 14.6 (depth) feet. Two decks, three masts, square stern, no galleries, a man figurehead. Previously registered at New York May 25, 1830. Reregistered on 9 May 1843. Length described as 103 feet and tonnage as 401 2/95 tons. Master Francis M. Gardner. Owners Thomas R. Robeson, Andrew Robeson and William R. Robeson.

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