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The January 2013 Collector’s Series Sale<br />
580<br />
580 [Whaling Manuscript]: Green, Capt. James - Journal of a whaling voyage for the bark “Nimrod” out<br />
of Sag Harbor on July 4th, 1851 - New Bedford, CT - a log kept by the master of the vessel, James Green,<br />
during the bark’s four year voyage to the South Atlantic, returned in August of 1853. Plain boards with<br />
marbled paper intact but splitting from spine, 75 pages, some pages missing at beginning and end, half<br />
torn pages, no whaling stamps or illustrations save one small sailing vessel {July 5, 1852}. Pencil markings<br />
throughout and some pasted in verses and articles. Complete transcription accompanies lot as well<br />
as contemporary tradespaper, Whalemen’s Shipping List, and Merchants’ Transcript,” New-Bedford, May<br />
31, 1853, No.13, Vol. XI.<br />
In terse commentary throughout this journal, Captain Green conveys to the reader all of the boredom and<br />
tedium of a four-year long whaling voyage, punctuated by the aggravation of many missed opportunities to<br />
capture “spurm” and right whales. In one passage Captain Green’s exasperation is only too clear as he writes<br />
“....the West Boat went on to one Large 110 Bll (barrel) Whale and the Boatsteerer Mist (SIC) him. A First<br />
Rate Chance Mist, Mist, Mist, Mist.” Captain Green probably would have added the word “Mist” a few<br />
more times, but he was at the end of the ledger page! (photo) Est. 750-1,250<br />
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