Cory Store
[Photo courtesy of the NBWM ] Isaac Cory built this store in the late 1820’s in order to move the […]
People, Ship Owners, Westport Point, Whaling Activities at Westport Point
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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 […]
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 […]
People, Ship Owners
Owner: Henry Wilcox
[Please note: Clicking on an image will result in a larger image in a separate window.] Account books kept by […]
People, Ship Owners
“Dealers in Risk” – Westport’s Whaling Entrepreneurs
[Newspaper article on Andrew Hicks from WHS] Every whaling voyage was a financial gamble. For the owner of a whaling […]