Ship’s Papers, Schooner Martha Burgess, 1855

Ship’s papers for the Schr. Martha Burgess out of Castine, Me. detailing fishing voyage to the Grand Banks. Records expenditures for vessel, including shares paid to individual crew members, as well as sales of fish, primarily cod and haddock. The ship was likely one of the vessels managed by Wither...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witherle and Company
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1855
Subjects:
Atlantic cod prices
Atlantic cod fishing
Fish trade
Haddock prices
Saltwater fishing
Maine
Castine
Atlantic Coast (Canada)
Schooner Martha Burgess
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Canada
Burgess
atlantic cod
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/fisheries/18
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=fisheries
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Summary:Ship’s papers for the Schr. Martha Burgess out of Castine, Me. detailing fishing voyage to the Grand Banks. Records expenditures for vessel, including shares paid to individual crew members, as well as sales of fish, primarily cod and haddock. The ship was likely one of the vessels managed by Witherle and Company [formerly Hook and Witherle, 1806-1808; Witherle and Jarvis, 1810-1844; and William Witherle and Company, 1844-1855], a general store in Castine, Me. that supplied local fishermen and residents. [From Series VI and VII of the Witherle Collection, Penobscot Marine Museum. Note: Oversized documents necessitated scanning of some pages in two parts.]

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