American whalers fitted out at Wellfleet and other harbours at Cape Cod and their catch results between 1787-1789

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Number of whalers yearly fitted out for the Northern whale fishery 12

Total tonnage 720 tons

Numbers of whalers yearly fitted out for the Southern whale fishery 4

Total tonnage 400 tons

Number of employed seamen 212

Number of barrels spermaceti oil yearly taken -

Number of barrels whale oil yearly taken 1,920

Source

John MacGregor. The progress of America from the discovery by Columbus to the year 1846. Vol II. London, 1847, p. 588.