An item reported the arrival at Lahaina, Hawaii on 6 November of the American whaler Lexington master Brock of Nantucket 1? months out 900 barrels whale oil.(1)
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1. Peter C. Brock departed on 21 May 1853 to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, sold 20 barrels underway and returned on 25 June 1856 with 310 barrels sperm oil 1,637 barrels whale oil. Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.

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