Manuscript accounts for the bark Waverly whaling ship
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS E274
Overview
The Waverly was a 327-ton New Bedford, Massachusetts whaler owned by David B. Kempton. This account book records the purchases of each of 34 officers and crewmen who served aboard her during her 4-year voyage in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Dates
- Creation: April 1859-May 1863
Creator
- Waverly (Whaling ship) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume ; Volume measures 32 cm x 20 cm .
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS E274
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Ten Pound Books, 2007.
Subject
- Waverly (Whaling ship) (Organization)
- Kempton, David B. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Whaling Bark Waverly Collection
- Subtitle
- Manuscript accounts for the bark Waverly whaling ship
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by amc, 2008. Finding aid encoded by amc, 2008.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8088737252
- Preferred citation
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Accounts of the bark <emph render="italic">Waverly</emph>, Department of Special Collections, MS E274, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository