7880

Updated: May 9, 2025

In that year the total whaling tonnage of Massachusetts was 10,210, with 1611 men and an annual product of 7880 barrels sperm and 13,130 barrels whale oil. Fifteen years earlier before the war the figures were thrice as great. Before this period, however, whaling had taken on a new form. Deep-sea whaling, as it was called, to distinguish it from the shore fisheries, had begun long ago. Capt.

Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot - American Merchant Ships and Sailors