The following is a transcription of the shipping paper for the ship Sally compiled at New Bedford on 14 November 1810. No crewlists have been found for this voyage.

Shipping Paper IT is agreed between the Owner, Master, Seamen and Mariners of the Ship Sally of New Bedford Obed Clark master, now bound on a Whaling Voyage to the South Pacific Ocean THAT in consideration of the Shares affixed to our Names, we the Seamen and Mariners, will perform a Whaling Voyage from New Bedford, and return to said New Bedford Promising hereby to obey the lawful commands of the said Master, or the other Officers of the said Ship Sally; and faithfully to do and perform the duty of Seamen as required by said Master, by night or by day, on board the said Ship Sally, or in her Boats; and on no account or pretence whatever, to go on Shore, without leave first obtained from the Master or Commanding Officer of said Ship Sally: Hereby engaging, that forty eight hours absence, without such leave, shall be deemed a total desertion. And in case of disobedience, neglect, pillage, embezzlement or desertion, the said Mariners do forfeit their Shares together with all thier Goods, Chattels, &c. on board said Ship Sally: Hereby for themselves, heirs, executors and administrators, renouncing all right and title to the same. And the Owner of said Ship Sally hereby promiseth, upon the above conditions, to pay the Sahres of [?] proceeds of all that shall be obtained during said Voyage, agreeable to the Shares set against the names of Seamen and Mariners of the said Ship Sally as soon after the return of said Ship to New Bedford as the Oil, or whatever else may be obtained, can be sold, and the Boyage made up by the Owner of said ship Sally first deducting one sixtieth for extra Shares. IN Testimony of Our free Assent, Consent, and Agreement to the Premises, WE have hereunto set our Hands, the Day and Date affixed

Time of Entry	NAMES	Quality	Witness to Signing	Shares
1810 11 mo. 14	Obed Clark [all names are signed or marked]	Master		one sixteenth
ditto	James Bennett	Mate		one twentieth
"	John Briggs	Cooper & Boat Steerer		one fortieth
"	William Smith	Ship Keeper	Joseph Proud	one sixty fifth
"	[?] Covell	Mariner	Joseph Proud	one seventy fifth
"	Martin Raymond	ditto	Joseph Proud	one eightieth
"	Jan? Stevens	ditto	Joseph Proud	one seventieth
"	Reuben F. Coffin	ditto	United States	one eightieth
"	Daniel his x mark Dunham	ditto	William R. Rotch	one seventieth
"	Isaac N. Barker	Boat Steerer		one fifty fifth
"	Robert Simon	Mariner	Thos Rotch	one seventieth
"	Henry Maxfield	ditto	Joseph Proud	one hundredth
"	Asa his x mark Valentine	ditto	Joseph Proud	one eightieth
"	Sirio Siret?	ditto	Joseph Proud	one seventieth
"	John his x mark Anderson	ditto	Joseph Proud	one eightieth
"	Jessee his x mark Hall	Cook	Joseph Proud	one eighty fifth
"	John Burk his cros	Steward [followed by a cross mark]	John Briggs	one eightieth
"	William Myrick	ship keeper	Obed Clark	one fortieth
"	Joseph [Blankenship]	boy	William Myrick	on hundred

James Bennett may have been the mate on the crew of George & Susan in 1817. That James was born in "Winsor" about 1784. He was very likely in the 1850 census in Windsor, CT, mariner, b. abt 1765 with wife Betsy.
There is a birth record for James Bennett in Windsor on 23 July 1785.
Reuben F. Coffin was likely the son of Samuel and Eunice (Folger) Coffin, b. 18 Mar 1793, Nantucket.(IGI) He married Sarah Barnard and d. 1 Aug 1856. The 1850 census lists him in Nantucket as a mariner.
Daniel Dunham may have been the son of Jethro and Lydia (Tilton) Dunham, b. 29 Mar 1786, Nantucket.(IGI) He m. Dorcas King 28 Dec 1816, Nantucket. He is in the 1850 census as a farmer in Nantucket.
Isaac N. Barker may have been the son of Robert and Ruth (Tucker) Barker, b. 25 Aug 1788, Dartmouth, MA. His birth record doesn't give a middle initial. There is an Isaac N. in Livonia, MI, in the 1850 Federal census, age 62, b. MA. He was a shoemaker. His wife Betsy, 51, was b. VT, and a son living with them, Isaac F., 23, was b. in NY.

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