$232
A group of six documents illustrative of the business of whaling. Includes: (1) A printed Insurance Policy. November 19, 1867. $15,000 in Sperm Oil for vessels at Fayal (Atlantic). (2) 1 page. ALS from John C. Osgood. July 28-29, 1867. Endorsing Mr. Corowell for First Mate to Indian Ocean aboard the ship . Response: Crowell is aboard the ship on a whaling voyage. (3) 2 page. ALS from Captain Lewis Tobey, Master of . January 10, 1821. Request payment for main sail and line. (4) 2 page. ALS and sales account from John MacKay, Baltimore. October 4, 1823. 21 casks of whale oil received for sale by MacKay from Plummer. Also lists buyers and current prices for both whale and sperm oils. (5) 3 page. ALS, from G. S. Alden, New Bedford, to Isaac Hicks, NY. December 4, 1801. Arrival of ship , purchase of ship, arrival of ship . (6) 1 page. Printed bill of sale of ship . July 15, 1845. Casks of sperm oil by Abraham Bell and Son, New York. For the ship .
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-11-18
