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Logbooks from the Nicholson Whaling Collection.
| Ship Name | Start Date | End Date | URL |
| Abraham Barker | 1850 | 1853 | Reel #8 |
| Abraham Barker | 1853 | 1857 | Reel #9 |
| Active | 1870 | 1871 | Reel #13 |
| Addison | 1856 | 1859 | Reel #15 |
| Addison | 1856 | 1860 | Reel #16 |
| Antilla | 1858 | 1860 | Reel #44 |
| Arab | 1850 | 1853 | Reel #45 |
| Arctic | 1871 | 1872 | Reel #122 |
| Barnstable | 1860 | 1864 | Reel #60 |
| Beluga | 1892 | 1893 | Reel #64 |
| Belvedere | 1904 | 1904 | Reel #200 |
| Belvedere | 1894 | 1894 | Reel #97b |
| Bowditch | 1849 | 1852 | Reel #82 |
| California | 1892 | 1892 | Reel #97 |
| California | 1893 | 1893 | Reel #97a |
| California | 1894 | 1895 | Reel #97c |
| Cambria | 1847 | 1851 | Reel #101 |
| Camilla | 1872 | 1872 | Reel #106 |
| Corinthian | 1866 | 1871 | Reel #174 |
| Cornelius Howland | 1863 | 1867 | Reel #180 |
| Cornelius Howland | 1867 | 1870 | Reel #181 |
| Courser | 1865 | 1869 | Reel #185 |
| Courser | 1865 | 1869 | Reel #185 |
| Courser | 1865 | 1869 | Reel #186 |
| Covington | 1856 | 1861 | Reel #187 |
| Covington | 1856 | 1859 | Reel #82a |
| Enterprise | 1849 | 1851 | Reel #227 |
| Fortune | 1850 | 1854 | Reel #250 |
| Frances A. Barstow | 1891 | 1892 | Reel #253 |
| Frances A. Barstow | 1891 | 1891 | Reel #252 |
| Frances A. Barstow | 1891 | 1892 | Reel #252 |
| Frances A. Barstow | 1892 | 1892 | Reel #252 |
| Frances A. Barstow | 1893 | 1893 | Reel #252 |
| Franklin | 1853 | 1855 | Reel #255 |
| Goethe | 1856 | 1859 | Reel #282 |
| Governor Troup | 1862 | 1867 | Reel #124 |
| Henry Taber | 1868 | 1870 | Reel #317 |
| Isabella | 1859 | 1863 | N/A |
| Jacob A. Howland | 1881 | 1884 | Reel #483 |
| Janus II | 1862 | 1865 | Reel #352 |
| Java II | 1857 | 1860 | Reel #359 |
| Karluk | 1904 | 1906 | Reel #373 |
| Karluk | 1906 | 1906 | Reel #374 |
| Kutusoff | 1852 | 1853 | Reel #380 |
| Lydia | 1865 | 1867 | Reel #414 |
| Majestic | 1857 | 1861 | Reel #416 |
| Mary and Susan | 1877 | 1880 | Reel #435 |
| Mary and Susan | 1877 | 1881 | Reel #436 |
| Mary and Susan | 1880 | 1881 | Reel #30 |
| Mary and Susan | 1886 | 1887 | Reel #437 |
| Mary and Susan | 1886 | 1887 | Reel #437 |
| Mary and Susan | 1886 | 1887 | Reel #437 |
| Minerva II | 1865 | 1867 | Reel #483 |
| Monterey | 1905 | 1905 | Reel #200 |
| Nassau | 1858 | 1859 | Reel #44 |
| Navy | 1851 | 1855 | Reel #503 |
| Nimrod | 1848 | 1851 | Reel #510 |
| Omega | 1847 | 1850 | Reel #525 |
| Ontario II | 1863 | 1864 | Reel #526 |
| Onward | 1867 | 1871 | Reel #528 |
| President | 1865 | 1869 | Reel #563 |
| Sea Breeze | 1868 | 1871 | Reel #599 |
| Sophia Thornton | 1851 | 1855 | Reel #617 |
| Speedwell | 1857 | 1861 | Reel #619 |
| St. George | 1865 | 1869 | Reel #585 |
| St. George | 1865 | 1869 | Reel #586 |
| Tamerlane | 1862 | 1865 | Reel #634 |
| Tamerlane | 1865 | 1869 | Reel #635 |
| Thomas Dickason | 1860 | 1865 | Reel #636 |
| Thomas Dickason | 1869 | 1871 | Reel #174 |
| Two Brothers | 1851 | 1854 | Reel #651 |
| William Baylies | 1886 | 1887 | Reel #674 |
| William Baylies | 1887 | 1888 | Reel #674 |
| William Baylies | 1888 | 1889 | Reel #674 |
| William Baylies | 1889 | 1890 | Reel #674 |
| William Baylies | 1890 | 1891 | Reel #674 |
| William Baylies | 1891 | 1892 | Reel #674 |
| William Baylies | 1894 | 1895 | Reel #674 |
| William Wirt | 1850 | 1853 | Reel #684 |
| William Wirt | 1850 | 1853 | Reel #685 |
| William Wirt | 1853 | 1856 | Reel #686 |
| Wolga | 1851 | 1852 | Reel #688 |