Title
Mail bag
Mediumlinen
Dimensions10 3/4 × 20 in. (27.3 × 50.8 cm)
Object number1992.34
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionMail bag from Ship OHIO (marked in black/brown ink). Four hand-worked eyelet holes at top. Cylindrical bag, seamed at back with circular bottom sewn in.ProvenanceTwo candidates for the shipname OHIO: OHIO, built in Mattapoisett in 1833, three voyages from Nantucket 1833-1845, sold to New bedford in 1845; registered as a bark in 1875 and was lost in the Arctic 1889. The other OHIO came from Sag harbor, one voyage from Sag Harbor 1844-1848.On View
Not on view
Howland, Chester S.
Howland, James 2nd
