Posted on January 27, 2022 by Jenny ONeill
A Westport Farmer Goes Whaling by Maurice E. May
Read the journal and learn more about Frederick Allen at this link Westport Point, Massachusetts was a relatively small but active whaling port in the 1830s and 1840s, one of about 40 whaling ports in the Northeast. As a result, many young Westporters went “a-whaling”. One such young man was Frederick Allen (1809-1874), whose family […]
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