American whaler David Paddock hailed according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 26 August 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 that the American whaling ship South America in the Japan Sea spoke on 14 June the American whaler David Paddock 19 whales this season.