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Title: Gotama (schooner) and Letitia (schooner) whaling journals
Date: 1903-1911
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0183 (SAFR 16466)
Physical Description:
2 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: Gotama (schooner) and Letitia (schooner) whaling journals (SAFR 16466, HDC 183) are photocopies of two sea journals from 1903
to 1911. The GOTAMA journal was kept by J.A. Macomber on an expedition from San Francisco to the Artic Ocean. It contains
short entries on course, weather and some comments on whales and seeing smoke from a volcano on Onekotan island. The LETITIA
journal documents two whaling trips also from San Francisco to the Arctic Ocean. Included are some small sketches of whale
fins on the margins. There are entries about finding darting guns under a seaman's mattress and the 1st mate taking the logbook
and refusing to return it until he received his discharge. The collection is available for research use without restriction.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0183 (SAFR 16466), Gotama (schooner) and Letitia (schooner) whaling journals, San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park
Acquisition Information
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.
Collection Scope and Content
Gotama (schooner) and Letitia (schooner) whaling journals (SAFR 16466, HDC 183) are photocopies of two sea journals from 1903
to 1911. The GOTAMA journal was kept by J.A. Macomber on an expedition from San Francisco to the Artic Ocean. It contains
short entries on course, weather and some comments on whales and seeing smoke from a volcano on Onekotan island. The LETITIA
journal documents two whaling trips also from San Francisco to the Arctic Ocean. Included are some small sketches of whale
fins on the margins. There are entries about finding darting guns under a seaman's mattress and the 1st mate taking the logbook
and refusing to return it until he received his discharge. The collection is available for research use without restriction.
Collection Arrangement
This is a collection of two items.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Whaling
Whaling vessels
Sea journal