08-15-200408-15-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2258
August 15, 2004 10:00 AMCalender
153

Whaling Journal

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2258Location: BoltonDate / Time: August 15, 2004 10:00AM

Description:

Whaling Journal, "Kept by C.D. Gibbs N. Bedford, Mass." c. 1847, a journal of a "Voyage made by the Ship Two Brothers Bound to the Pacific Ocean Sperm Whaling"; the ship Two Brothers left Nantucket on Sept. 1, 1847 and returned March 31, 1851, she was captained by a man with the last name of Jenney, and owned by D.R. Greene & Co., ship's details appear later in the volume, (losses, wear),14 x 8 1/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Keywords

Massachusetts, D.R. Greene & Co.