Alphabetical List of Westport Whaling Masters
The following is a list of masters on whaling vessels out of Westport Point. Many of these individuals lived in […]
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Whalers into and out of Westport – “Heave, Haul and Pull”
Navigating Westport harbor was not an easy feat for many of the whaleships, particularly the larger vessels. Isaac Macomber on […]
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The Howland Brothers: Coopers
[House at 2043 Main Road] The Howland brothers owned three cooper shops where they made oil casks. One resident recalls […]
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Cory Store
[Photo courtesy of the NBWM ] Isaac Cory built this store in the late 1820’s in order to move the […]
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The Cory Dynasty
[Cory House – Photo by Jon Alden.] Three generations of the leading Westport Point merchant family, the Corys, made this […]
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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 […]
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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 […]