Scope and Contents
Crew accounts of the Mabel's voyage dating September 9, 1881 to September 13, 1882. Pasted to the inside front cover are a payroll listing all 33 crewmen; a consolidated account noting each sailor's bonus, his salary for the voyage, the amount he owed, advances, etc.; and a receipt by J.N. Knowles, of San Francisco, California, listing the amount of bone, ivory, sperm and whale produced by the voyage. This is followed by lists of expenses charged to each crewman for such things as clothing, tobacco, and slops. The volume also includes ten crewman's agreements signed by William Lewis and noting the sailor's name, station, and share of the voyage.
Dates
- Creation: 1881-1882
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Biographical / Historical
The Mabel, a 188-ton ship, built in Bath, Maine, in 1877, by Brown & Hodgkins. Its home port was New Bedford, Massachusetts. Edmund Kelley was the master and William Lewis was the managing owner and agent. In 1881, the Mabel embarked on its second recorded whaling voyage and returned to port in 1882. According to the crewmen's agreements, the voyage ended in San Francisco, California not New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Physical Location
MANU
Processing Information
Processed: July 2018 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
Subject
- Mabel (Bark) (Organization)
- Kelley, Edmund (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00535
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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