![[WHALING] – MANUSCRIPT LOG of William E. Percival (second mate), aboard the Samuel Wright and the Congress, Salem, Mass., and at sea [Atlantic, Pacific], 14 June 1833 – 28 January 1840, 207 written pages, folio (305 x 200mm), (occasional marginal tears and stains), contemporary half calf (rebacked).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CSK/2015_CSK_10413_0134_000(whaling_manuscript_log_of_william_e_percival_aboard_the_samuel_wright115449).jpg?w=1)
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[WHALING] – MANUSCRIPT LOG of William E. Percival (second mate), aboard the Samuel Wright and the Congress, Salem, Mass., and at sea [Atlantic, Pacific], 14 June 1833 – 28 January 1840, 207 written pages, folio (305 x 200mm), (occasional marginal tears and stains), contemporary half calf (rebacked).
The present journal tracks the progress of the Samuel Wright on her voyage from Salem, round Cape Horn and into the hunting grounds of the Pacific. The successful voyage is documented thoroughly by Percival; Starbuck records that the Samuel Wright returned 2,000 barrels of sperm oil, though the voyage was not without incident, Percival noting when boats are stoved by whales, in one case breaking a man's leg. The journal leaves off on 26 August 1836 – the date apparently incorrectly recorded by Percival as the 6 August – as the vessel approaches port, but segues into related accounts and a log for the Congress (27 August 1839 – 28 January 1840), also plying the Pacific, in which details of whalers spoken and sighted are often recorded. Starbuck 302, 356.
The present journal tracks the progress of the Samuel Wright on her voyage from Salem, round Cape Horn and into the hunting grounds of the Pacific. The successful voyage is documented thoroughly by Percival; Starbuck records that the Samuel Wright returned 2,000 barrels of sperm oil, though the voyage was not without incident, Percival noting when boats are stoved by whales, in one case breaking a man's leg. The journal leaves off on 26 August 1836 – the date apparently incorrectly recorded by Percival as the 6 August – as the vessel approaches port, but segues into related accounts and a log for the Congress (27 August 1839 – 28 January 1840), also plying the Pacific, in which details of whalers spoken and sighted are often recorded. Starbuck 302, 356.