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Adelia Chase (Schooner) outfitting notebook, 1886

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Summary

Creator:
Ferreira, Michael A.
Abstract:
This volume consists of a pre-printed "Outfits for a Whaling Voyage" notebook kept for the whaling schooner Adelia Chase, likely maintained by Michael A. Ferreira, for a voyage out of New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1886.
Extent:
1 volume
Language:
English
Authors:
Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Bossio, July 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

This volume consists of a pre-printed "Outfits for a Whaling Voyage" notebook kept for the whaling schooner Adelia Chase, likely by Michael A. Ferreira, for a voyage out of New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1886.

The back inside cover of the volume features an advertisement for C. R. Sherman's New Bedford Navigation Store, with "all the various kinds of Nautical, Optical, and Mathematical Instruments. Nautical Books, Stationery, &c. . . . And as complete an assortment of Charts of all parts of the world visited by Whalesmen, as is required to make a complete Navigation Establishment."

The notebook entries record quantities of provisions and stores, tools and hardware, supplies, cordage and sails, clothing, stationery, and more. Several pages of notes at the end of the volume mention stops at Barbados and Fayal or St. Michaels, a list of repairs, and a list of various casks of provisions.

Biographical / Historical:

No additional historical or biographical information is available for this finding aid.

Acquisition Information:
2023. M-7926.3 .
Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:
Whaling--United States.
Whaling ships--United States.
Formats:
Lists.
Notebooks.
Names:
Adelia Chase (Schooner)
Places:
New Bedford (Mass.)

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Adelia Chase (Schooner) Outfitting Notebook, William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan

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Adelia Chase (Schooner) outfitting notebook, 1886
Total components 1
Last indexed 2024-10-08