Jesse H. Freeman (Steam bark) of San Francisco, ODHS 1080A-ODHS 1080B

Jesse H. Freeman (Steam bark) of San Francisco, 9 March 1894 - 29 March 1896, mastered by William P.S. Porter, keeper Sophie Porter (ship captain's spouse). Partial log (volume one of two for this voyage), relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean, Bering Strait, and Beaufort Sea. Includes descriptions of whales (bowhead and finback), seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, arctic disasters, women and children at sea, fire on ship, indigenous people, shipwrecks, and shipboard medicine; and poems and list of Mrs. Porter's correspondents. Other places represented include Port Clarence and Diomede Islands. Whaling Grounds: Arctic Ocean Grounds.

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