American whaling ship Sheffield visited Honolulu, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 1 January 1848

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 the clearing from Honolulu, Hawaii on 29 December 1847 of the American whaling ship Sheffield master White of Coldspring for the Kealakekua Bay and cruising.