American whaler Jefferson visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 6 February 1847

The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 

vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846.

An item reported that the American whaling ship Saratoga spoke on 1 September 1846 off the Galapagos Islands the American whaler Jefferson of New London 1.600 barrels oil bound for Chile.