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Log
of the ADVENTURE, Captain T. Davis,
whaling
. (Manuscript)
1844-01-4 - 1847-12-31
MRF/146
Logbook of the
whaling
ship CUMBRIAN, Captain Martin Munroe. (Manuscript)
1826-01-01 - 1827-12-31
LOG/M/75
Logbook of the
whaling
ship RICHARD, Captain William Gilyott. (Manuscript)
1817-01-01 - 1818-12-31
LOG/M/73
Logbook of the
whaling
ship UNITY, Captain Edward Bell. (Manuscript)
1818-01-01 - 1819-12-31
LOG/M/74
Log
of the VIOLET, Captain W. Jackson, whaler. (Manuscript)
1853-01-31 - 1853-10-20
MRF/147
Logbook/journal kept by T F Miller of a
whaling
cruise in ERIK of London, 1876. (Manuscript)
1876-01-01 - ?
JOD/133
Uncatalogued:
Whaling
journal kept by A. Dalton aboard HARRIET.
1826 - 1829
LOG/M/89
Log
of HM ship PHOEBE, 1813 - 1814, including the capture of the American frigate ESSEX (Manuscript)
1813-1814
HYL/1/1
Hillyar family papers (Manuscript)
1798-1982
HYL
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