The Dead Letters
[Letter to Mr. Henry Gifford on board the Bark Theophilus Chase, courtesy NBWM] In addition to being a prominent ship […]
Letters from Home, People, Westport Point, Whaling folks
People, Ship Owners, Westport Point, Whaling Activities at Westport Point
Cory Store
[Photo courtesy of the NBWM ] Isaac Cory built this store in the late 1820’s in order to move the […]
Westport Point, Whaling Vessels
Shipbuilders, Allen and Sisson and the Kate Cory
In the shipyard behind the Cory store, Frank Sisson and Eli Allen built the Kate Cory in 1856. The specifications […]
People, Ship Owners, Westport Point, Whaling Activities at Westport Point, Whaling and Architecture at Westport Point
The Cory Dynasty
[Cory House – Photo by Jon Alden.] Three generations of the leading Westport Point merchant family, the Corys, made this […]
Westport Point
‘No place in the world like Westport Point’
[Westport Point looking north from the collection of the WHS – Click for larger image.] Westport Point, offered one of […]
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A Westport Man Goes Whaling – and writes many letters home
“…I got baptized handsome in the following manner without ceremony. We raised whales and lowered away and the boat that […]
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Voyage of the Mexico and What Happened at Home
Young Albert was but a lad of 17 when he left Westport on the Mexico on April 12, 1844. He […]
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Albert Gifford – The President Arrives in Westport
[Ambrotype of Albert Augustus Gifford, WHS] The handsome gentleman in 19th century attire pictured here is Albert Augustus Gifford. He […]
People, Whaling Activities at Westport Point, Whaling Vessels
Logbook of the Harbinger
[Drawing of the Harbinger courtesy of the NBWM] This colorful drawing adorns the cover of a logbook of a voyage […]
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The Union – first and nearly last
[Crew list for 1805 whaling voyage courtesy of NBWM] The first officially recorded whaling voyage from Westport Point is that […]