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Key Information

Object Name:
book
Date/Period:
1813
Location on Display:
Museum - Not Currently on display
Accession No:
KINCM:2005.3973
Other Numbers:
W3.132.76; Db 105
Brief Description:
Leather-bound book with the handwritten minutes of meetings held by the owners of the Hull whaling fleet. A typed label on the first page reads 'Minute Book of Meetings of 'Owners of Ships belonging the Port of Hull employed in the Greenland and Davis Straits Fisheries'. The meetings were held at the Mansion House, Hull, and the first recorded minutes are dated 28th January 1813. Mr. Joseph Egginton was Chairman.

Dimensions:

Type Height Width Depth Diameter Weight
323[mm] 210[mm] 19[mm]