491. WHALING SHIP LOG BOOK PAGEManuscript leaf, 2pp. legal folio, "on Board the B[rig] America", July 8to July 18, 1853, a single leaf from a whaling ship log kept by mariner JohnHarper. The America sailed from Nantucket for the Pacific in the Spring of 1853,returning to port in the autumn of 1856. In part: "...board for whales about6 miles off. We chased till dark. We gave up the chase and dropped ourlips...July, Monday the 11...The first part employed getting the whale at 2p.m.Took the whale to the ship at 3p.m. Two boats board for whales. Got a boat stovein but no whale. The latter part cutting...". Includes two whale stamps.Light foxing, otherwise very good. Simply framed to reveal recto and verso.$100 - 150