New Bedford

24 whaling voyages of the atlas came to New Bedford, which their keepers wrote as “New Bedford”, “N Bedford”, “Clarks Point”.

Visits

1. Victory, 1824–25: July 21, 1824, sailed from here.
2. Victory, 1824–25: June 26, 1825, came home.
3. Galatea, 1827–28: June 6, 1827, sailed from here.
4. Galatea, 1827–28: July 6, 1828, came home.
5. George Porter, 1830–31: July 31, 1830, sailed from here.
6. George Porter, 1830–31: February 26, 1831, came home.
7. George Porter, 1831–32: April 13, 1831, sailed from here.
8. Parker, 1831–35: October 6, 1831, sailed from here.
9. George Porter, 1831–32: February 25, 1832, came home.
10. George Porter, 1832–33: July 31, 1832, sailed from here.
11. George Porter, 1832–33: March 12, 1833, came home.
12. Parker, 1831–35: February 24, 1835, came home.
13. Draco, 1843–47: December 18, 1843, sailed from here.
14. Draco, 1843–47: April 16, 1847, came home.
15. Draco, 1847–50: August 21, 1847, sailed from here.
16. Abigail, 1847–52: October 27, 1847, sailed from here.
17. Nimrod, 1848–51: September 22, 1848, sailed from here.
18. Fortune, 1850–54: October 17, 1850, sailed from here.
19. Draco, 1847–50: November 30, 1850, came home.
20. Nimrod, 1848–51: July 1, 1851, came home.
21. Elizabeth, 1851–55: November 11, 1851, sailed from here.
22. Active, 1852–56: May 31, 1852, sailed from here.
23. Fortune, 1850–54: May 18, 1854, came home.
24. Elizabeth, 1851–55: June 9, 1855, came home.
25. Daniel Wood, 1856–60: October 1, 1856, sailed from here.
26. Jireh Perry, 1860–64: September 13, 1860, sailed from here.
27. Brewster, 1863–65: October 17, 1863, sailed from here.
28. Solon, 1863–65: December 22, 1863, sailed from here.
29. Solon, 1863–65: June 1, 1865, came home.
30. Brewster, 1863–65: November 27, 1865, came home.
31. Abraham Barker, 1866–70: June 18, 1866, sailed from here.
32. Abraham Barker, 1866–70: May 24, 1870, came home.
33. Golden City, 1875–76: December 9, 1875, sailed from here.
34. Golden City, 1875–76: September 29, 1876, came home.
35. Draco, 1878–80: August 6, 1878, sailed from here.
36. Attleboro, 1880–83: September 24, 1880, sailed from here.
37. Pedro Varela, 1881–83: April 5, 1881, sailed from here.
38. Pedro Varela, 1881–83: October 15, 1883, came home.
39. Pedro Varela, 1917: May 13, 1917, sailed from here.
40. Pedro Varela, 1917: August 1, 1917, came home.
41. Gaspé, 1922: February 22, 1922, off, 1 day.

What the logs record there

1. 1850 · Draco: Completed the voyage at New Bedford.
2. 1866 · Abraham Barker: Optimism at the start of voyage.
3. 1883 · Pedro Varela: Completed voyage of over thirty months.
4. 1824 · Victory: Discharged the pilot.
5. 1831 · George Porter: Took a pilot aboard.
6. 1831 · George Porter: Pilot left the ship.
7. 1847 · Draco: Voyage came to an end.
8. 1847 · Draco: Keeper reflected on hard work ahead.
9. 1850 · Fortune: Keeper marked the start of the voyage.
10. 1860 · Jireh Perry: Pilot left the ship.

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