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 […]
Westport Point, Whaling Vessels
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 […]
People, Westport Point, Whaling Activities at Westport Point, Whaling folks
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 […]
People, Westport Point, Whaling Activities at Westport Point, Whaling folks
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 […]
People, Whaling Activities at Westport Point, Whaling folks
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 […]
Westport Point, Whaling Activities at Westport Point, Whaling Vessels
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 […]
People, Ship Owners
The Whaling Empire of Andrew Hicks
Andrew Hicks became one of Westport’s most prominent and enduring entrepreneurs in the whaling industry, owning 9 vessels registered at […]
People, Ship Owners
Owner: Thomas Mayhew
Thomas Mayhew was the principal owner of the Catherwood and Thomas Winslow in the 1840’s. Undoubtedly, the profits from these […]