Overview of the Collection
Biography of Joseph J. Fuller
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Repository:
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G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport |
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Creator:
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Fuller, Joseph J., 1839-1920 |
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Title:
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Joseph J. Fuller Collection |
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Dates:
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1880-1920 |
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Extent:
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3 volumes |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of 2 diary-type volumes and 1 scrapbook relative to the career of Joseph J. Fuller, a whaling and sealing
ship master from New London, CT. Of singular importance are accounts of the time Fuller and
the crew of the New London Sealing Schooner PILOTS BRIDE were shipwrecked on Kerguelen
Island for nearly one year. (See also coll.25 and Log 771) |
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Identification:
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Coll. 104 |
Joseph J. Fuller (1839-1920), originally from Danvers, Massachusetts, was a whaling and
sealing captain who sailed out of New London, Connecticut, during the last half of the 19th
century. He eventually specialized in the branch of this industry that hunted sea elephants for oil,
principally at Heard and Kerguelen "Desolation" Islands in the Indian Ocean. In 1880 Fuller was
wrecked at Desolation and spent a year there with a mutinous crew, under conditions in which
differences of language, race, and color exacerbated a normally harsh existence. (For further
information see Joseph J. Fuller, "Master of Desolation: The Reminiscences of Capt. Joseph J.
Fuller," edited by Briton Cooper Busch, Mystic, Conn., 1980.)
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Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts
Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Pilot's Bride (Schooner)
Places:
Danvers (Mass.)
Indian Ocean
Kerguelen Islands--Description and travel
Subjects:
Seafaring life
Sealing
Shipwrecks--Kerguelen Islands
Southern elephant seal
Whalers (Persons)
Whaling
Whaling--Connecticut--New London
Document Types:
Memoirs
Scrapbooks--Connecticut--New London
Occupations:
Shipmasters--Connecticut--New London.
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Preferred Citation
Coll. 104, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum,
Inc.
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Volumes; 1880-1920.
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Diary entitled, "Reminscences of the Life of Capt. Joseph J. Fuller"; ca. 1890. Images |
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Scrapbook, clippings of New London area ship masters, etc; ca. 1920. |
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Diary/journal entitled, "Reminiscences of Schooner PILOTS BRIDE at Kerguellen Island," by Capt. Joseph J. Fuller; ca. 1920. Images |
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