Posted on April 27, 2008 by Greg Stone
[Westport Point looking north from the collection of the WHS – Click for larger image.] Westport Point, offered one of the most protected harbors in the region and by 1855 it was home port to over 18 whaling vessels. It had gradually developed as a self-sufficient provisioning center for whaling voyages. Blacksmiths, coopers, ship carpenters, […]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 27, 2008 by Greg Stone
“…I got baptized handsome in the following manner without ceremony. We raised whales and lowered away and the boat that I was in soon got fast and as soon as Tripp struck the whale he struck our boat and stove her and then by way of proving his regard for us beyond a doubt he […]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 27, 2008 by Greg Stone
Young Albert was but a lad of 17 when he left Westport on the Mexico on April 12, 1844. He returned in August of 1845. (The image here was taken in 1863.) The youthful Albert’s early entries into his journal mention that he manned the mastheads and washed off the decks, ordinary duties of the […]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 27, 2008 by Greg Stone
[Crew list for 1805 whaling voyage courtesy of NBWM] The first officially recorded whaling voyage from Westport Point is that of the sloop Union in 1775, Thomas Case master. This document lists the crew of the Union in 1805 making a 6 month voyage to the North Atlantic, Jonathan Mayhew master. One of the last […]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 24, 2008 by Greg Stone
Abbie Maria Dexter Hicks went whaling in 1873. We know this because she kept a diary from June 23, 1873 to September 13, 1874 in a tiny book that measures only 5” by 3” in the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Her husband was Captain Edward E. Hicks. Two months after their marriage […]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 22, 2003 by Bette DeVeuve
Posted on December 22, 2003 by Bette DeVeuve
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Posted on October 8, 2003 by Jack DeVeuve
Posted on October 8, 2003 by Jack DeVeuve
