Catalogue description Captain Allatson Bell's ships' account books

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Reference: 0133
Title: Captain Allatson Bell's ships' account books
Description:

This voyage book contains accounts for the ship Blessing of Scarborough, 1716-1728, together with fitting-out costs for preparing the Henrietta for the Greenland trade 1775.

 

The Blessing's accounts endorsed with memorandum of exhibition at the Exchequer Court, Westminster, in relation to Mary Langdale vs. Allatson Bell and Elizabeth Firth.
Date: 1716-1775
Held by: Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Bells, Captain Allatson, fl 18th century, seaman
Physical description: 1 item
Access conditions:

Open
Subjects:
  • Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • Sea transport
Administrative / biographical background:

This collection was deposited by Miss Maru of Aislaby in August 1956. It was transferred from the Museum Shipping Wing in June 1981.

 

The Henrietta was built in Whitby in 1768, the principal owner and first master being Nicholas Piper of Pickering. She was converted into a whaler in 1775 and made her first trip in Greenland waters in 1776. She is best-known as the whaler which was the first command of Captain William Scoresby, Senior. He shipped aboard her in 1785 (under the command of Captain Crispin Bean), became specksioneer in 1787 and was appointed Master in 1791 until 1792, by which time he had made his reputation and had had several record-breaking voyages.
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