| Summary: | Whaling log of the bark, Nimrod. Pages 1-110 are a complete account kept aboard the bark Nimrod, on a voyage from Sag Harbor to the South Atlantic Ocean, 07 July 1851 - 10 August 1853 (dates contained in this journal are 04 July 1851 - 07 August 1853); owned by Charles T. , commanded by Captain James M. Green. Pages 111-145 are an incomplete account kept aboard the bark Nimrod, on a voyage from Sag Harbor to the South Atlantic Ocean, 26 November 1853 - 03 November 1855 (dates contained in this journal are 25 November 1853 - 11 May 1855); owned by Charles T. , commanded by Captain James M. Green. Pages 146-154, the end of the book, contain notes and scribblings of an Edgar E. Green, of Southampton Township, N.Y.; same appears throughout book, likely by a child. Notes on inserted card: "21 trips to South Atlantic (Brazil).condemned in 1860 (Australia)." SEE ALSO: "[Collection of official documents of the whaling voyages of the barks/ships Black Eagle, Columbia, Emerald, Mary Gardiner, Nimrod, Tuscany, Washington, and the William Tell, all out of Sag Harbor, N.Y., to the North Pacific & South Atlantic from 1851-1855; includes crew lists, desertion, discharge and enlistment of additional crewmembers at foreign ports, etc. papers], ca.1851-5." SEE ALSO: "[Partial transcription of the whaling log of the bark Nimrod, out of Sag Harbor, N.Y., to the South Atlantic Ocean, July 4, 1851-November 2, 1852]." News clippings pasted onto several pages.
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