composing the crew of the ship [Wilmington & Liverpool Packet] of New Bedford, whereof John Briggs is master bound for [etc] |
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Edward Jenney | New Bedford | Fairhaven | United States | 32 | 5 | 10 & 1/2 | fair | brown |
Andrew Pickens | Rochester | Fairhaven | United States | 26 | 5 | 10 | dark | dark |
Isaac Russell | Dartmouth | Dartmouth | United States | 27 | 5 | 8 | light | brown |
Timothy Russell | Dartmouth | Dartmouth | United States | 28 | 5 | 10 & 1/2 | fair | dark |
Charles Hamilton | Philadelphia | New Bedford | United States | 27 | 5 | 9 & 3/4 | ||
William S. Kyes | Plymouth | Plymouth | United States | 20 | 5 | 3 & 1/2 | dark | dark |
Elkanah Hamblen | Rochester | Rochester | United States | 24 | 5 | 8 | light | brown |
Ichabod Bartlett | Plymouth | Plymouth | United States | 24 | 5 | 8 | light | brown |
Gillman White Jnr | New Bury Port | New Bedford | United States | 23 | 5 | 5 | light | brown |
Thomas D. Harlow | Plymouth | Plymouth | United States | 22 | 5 | 1 | light | brown |
Jesse Macomber | Tiverton | Tiverton | United States | 20 | 5 | 4 & 3/4 | light | brown |
Asa Simmons | Tiverton | Tiverton | United States | 19 | 5 | 5 & 1/2 | dark | dark brown |
John Hart | Tiverton | Tiverton | United States | 18 | 5 | 6 & 3/4 | light | brown |
Lemuel Davis | New Bedford | Fair Haven | United States | 21 | 6 | 1 & 3/4 | fair | dark |
Ebenezer King | Tiverton | Tiverton | United States | 20 | 5 | 8 | light | brown |
Otis Simmons | Tiverton | Tiverton | United States | 21 | 5 | 3 & 1/4 | dark | dark brown |
Edward Manchester | Tiverton | Tiverton | United States | 21 | 5 | 6 & 3/4 | dark | dark brown |
Matthew Howard | Fair Haven | Fair Haven | United States | 16 | 5 | 2 & 1/4 | light | brown |
Johan Enfort | Stockholm | New Bedford | 22 | 5 | 7 | light | lt brown | |
Esec Carr | Little Compton | Tiverton | United States | 25 | 6 | 2 | light | brown |
Martin Bent | Wareham | Wareham | United States | 24 | 5 | 9 & 1/2 | light | brown |
John Allen Jnr | Plymouth | Plymouth | United States | 23 | 5 | 7 | dark | dark |
Benjamin Remington | Tiverton | Tiverton | United States | 18 | 5 | 8 & 1/4 | fair | brown |
John Davis | New Jersey | New Bedford | 33 | 5 | 5 | light | brown | |
William S Jackson | New York | New Bedford | United States | 17 | 5 | 7 | dark | black |
John Rock | Philadelphia | New Bedford | United States | 31 | 5 | 1 & 3/4 | yellow | blk curled |
Joseph Brown | Providence | New Bedford | United States | 45 | 5 | 5 | negro | blk woolly |
Leonard Skiff | New Bedford | CNew Bedford | United States | 13 | 4 | 7 1/2 | light | lt brown |
[signed, although not by John Briggs] John Briggs |
I hereby certify that all the men on the above list of crew, have returned from thier whale voyage in to sd Port of New Bedford, except Ichabod Bartlett who was discharged at the [prob. Cape Deverds, meaning Cape de Verde, or Cape Verde] Islands on the outward passage. Martin Bent, deceased during the sd voyage and John Rock who deserted the sd ship at Wawhoo Sandwich Islands - Given under my hand - [signed] Eli Haskell Dy [duty] Surveyor |
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