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Sunday, 1 February 2026

Value of the American whaler Wm. Penn and her cargo on 24 October 1844

According to a report of Mr. G.D. Gilman of American whalers with a total value of 1,010,240 US dollars berthed at Honolulu, Hawaii on 24 October 1844 was the value of the American whaler Wm. Penn as she now floats 10,000 US dollars, loaded with 100 barrels of whale oil, value 800 US dollars, loaded with 1,300 barrels of sperm oil, value 26,000 US dollars, loaded with 1,000 shp bone, value 220 US dollars. Total value 37.020 US dollars.

Source

Robert Crichton Wyllie, Esquire. Notes on the shipping, trade, agriculture, diseases...of the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands published in the monthly numbers of the The Friend, from May to December. Honolulu, 1845. 

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