American whalers at sea, on the 1st June, 1843
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The following table of American whalers at sea, on the 1st June, 1843, which we have compiled from the Whalemen's Shipping List, published at New Bedford, will afford a pretty good idea of the number of American seamen engaged in the South Sea Fishery, and also the number of vessels out of each port :
|
From what Port |
Vessels |
Tonnage |
|
New Bedford |
217 |
65,339 |
|
Fairhaven |
45 |
14,198 |
|
Falmouth |
7 |
2,426 |
|
Edgartown |
15 |
4,329 |
|
Nantucket |
86 |
29,810 |
|
Dartmouth |
1 |
387 |
|
Westport |
11 |
1,932 |
|
Sippican |
7 |
1,335 |
|
Mattapoisett |
11 |
2,111 |
|
Wareham |
7 |
1,439 |
|
Province Town |
16 |
2,074 |
|
Plymouth |
8 |
1,398 |
|
Newburyport |
2 |
770 |
|
Boston |
4 |
713 |
|
Lynn |
2 |
583 |
|
Salem |
8 |
2,213 |
|
Somerset |
2 |
368 |
|
Duxbury |
1 |
206 |
|
Fall River |
7 |
1,988 |
|
Freetown |
1 |
349 |
|
Portsmouth |
1 |
348 |
|
Providence |
3 |
2,677 |
|
Bristol |
8 |
2,111 |
|
Warren |
20 |
5,790 |
|
Newport |
12 |
3,049 |
|
Stonington |
13 |
5,257 |
|
Mystic |
8 |
2,355 |
|
New Suffolk |
1 |
274 |
|
New London |
46 |
13,503 |
|
Bridgeport |
3 |
913 |
|
Sagharbour |
42 |
14,895 |
|
Cold Spring |
3 |
999 |
|
Greenport |
7 |
1,729 |
|
Hudson |
2 |
643 |
|
Poughkeepsie |
4 |
1,010 |
|
New York |
2 |
597 |
|
Newark |
1 |
366 |
|
Wilmington |
3 |
1,033 |
|
Total |
646 |
191,867 |
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