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Logbook of the ship Magnolia, 1849 Feb. 8-Aug. 28.

New Bedford Whaling Museum, Research Library
1 v. (52 p.)
Log, kept by John Cahill Henderson, relating to a transoceanic passenger voyage, carrying gold prospectors from New Bedford to San Francisco. Includes descriptions of types of whales (finback and sperm) seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, indigenous people, shipboard medicine, and women on ship; and list of passengers, crew list, and poems. Other places represented include Rio de Janeiro and Talcahuano.
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Passenger lists of Glasgow steamships, 1870-1874.

Maine Historical Society
3 items.
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Passenger lists of steamboat lines, 1861-1868.

Maine Historical Society
1 item.
Passenger lists of steamboat lines traveling from Europe to Canada and the United States.
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Log/journal, 1850 Mar. 4-Apr. 27.

Nantucket Historical Association
1 v.
Log/journal, kept by passenger Francis Barrett, relating to a voyage from San Francisco, Calif., to Panama.
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Passenger lists of steamboat lines, 1866-1869.

Maine Historical Society
3 items.
Two books of passenger lists chiefly from England, Ireland, and Germany bound to the United States. Also book of passenger lists from England, Canada, and Scotland bound to the United States.
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Log/journal, 1850 Apr. 29-May 13.

Nantucket Historical Association
1 v.
Log/journal, kept by passenger Francis Barrett, relating to a voyage from Panama to New Orleans, La.
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Logbook, 1879 Mar. 22-June 22.

New Bedford Whaling Museum - Research Library
1 item (146 p.)
Log, kept by Jack Dreisen, relating to a merchant voyage. Includes descriptions of cargo (grain and tobacco), types of whales (sperm whales) seen or taken, accidents at sea, punishment on ship, shipboard medicine, and shipwrecks; and crew list, list of provisions used, accounts, and songs. Other places represented include Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Cape Henlopen.
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Logbook of the schooner George Washington, 1849 Nov. 27-1850 May 28.

New Bedford Whaling Museum, Research Library
1 v. (189 p.)
Log, kept by Albert Winslow, relating to a transoceanic passenger voyage, carrying gold prospectors from Fall River to San Francisco. Includes descriptions of accidents at sea and information on weather and rigging; and poems.
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Logbook, 1864 May 18-1865 Feb. 25.

New Bedford Whaling Museum - Research Library
1 v.
Log, kept by William Lester, relating to a shipping voyage from Boston to San Francisco to New York. Includes descriptions of accidents and deaths at sea and shipboard medicine. Possibly a passsenger voyage.
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Logbook, 1844 Oct. 24-1847 Oct. 9.

New Bedford Whaling Museum - Research Library
1 v. (264 p.)
Log, keeper unknown, relating to a whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Includes descriptions of types of whales (blackfish whales) seen or taken and accidents and death at sea; and list of ships spoken to. Other places represented include Brava.
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