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A guide to the Beluga (steamer-bark, whaler) logbook, 1888
HDC0056 (SAFR 14266)
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Title: Beluga (steamer-bark, whaler) logbook
Date: 1888
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0056 (SAFR 14266)
Physical Description:
1 item
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: BELUGA (steamer-bark, whaler) logbook (SAFR 14266, HDC 56) is comprised of a one volume, 62 page logbook kept by W.H. Watston
from February 1 to November 4, 1888. The logbook records a whaling trip from San Francisco to the Arctic Ocean and return.
The master of the vessel was Captain J.E. Brooks. This collection has been processed and is open for use without restriction.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0056 (SAFR 14266), Beluga (steamer-bark, whaler) logbook, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.
BELUGA (steamer-bark, whaler) logbook (SAFR 14266, HDC 56) is comprised of a one volume, 62 page logbook kept by W.H. Watston
from February 1 to November 4, 1888. The logbook records a whaling trip from San Francisco to the Arctic Ocean and return.
The master of the vessel was Captain J.E. Brooks. This collection has been processed and is open for use without restriction.
The 62 pages of short daily entries are written in clear writing and include annotations in the margins. Entries mostly mention
wind speed and direction, barometer reading, temperature, longitude and latitude. Many entries mention ice, whales, and other
vessels. An April 6 entry describes an incident when boatswain Thomas Fisher was put in irons for disobeying the order not
to go on board another vessel. Master of the vessel Captain J.E. Brooks was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts and died on
another voyage between San Francisco and Hawaii.
This is a collection of a single item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Logbooks
Whaling
Death at sea