A day’s sail in a whale ship

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Title
A day’s sail in a whale ship
Collection
  • Massachusetts Historical Society: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Document Type
  • Notes
Date
13 Sept 1864
Description
Manuscript account by Matthew Morris Howland of sailing across Buzzards Bay, Mass. onboard the whaling ship JAVA and back via pilot boat. Howland describes his seasickness and a large wave that almost washed over him. The account was probably written as a school assignment at the Friends Academy, New Bedford.
Theme
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Whaling