02244cpcaa2200445 4500 mm 83075944 DLC 20260227111720.0 830304|||||||||||| eng mm 83075944 DLC DLC dacs DLC N lcmd Calkin, Milo, 1810-1872. Milo Calkin papers, 1833-1953 (bulk 1833-1842). 5 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. Open to research. Photocopy and transcript of journal kept by Calkin as a carpenter aboard the whaling ship, Independence, on its voyage from Nantucket, Mass., to the South Pacific Ocean. Calkin made the trip on the advice of his physician as a cure for asthma. Includes description and sketches of whaling, shipwreck on Starbuck Island (Kirihati), subsequent boat trip to Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and Hawaii, Calkin's years in Hawaii as a clerk in a mercantile firm, and his return to the U.S. (1842). Also includes an introduction to the journal written in 1953 by George Boland Eckhart, biographical information concerning Calkin, and a map (1952). Microfilm produced from originals in the Huntington Library. San Marino, Calif. California: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino Businessman, librarian, and shipwright. Collection material in English. Independence (Whaling ship) Asthma. Shipwrecks Kiribati Starbuck Islands. Voyages and travels. Whaling Massachusetts. Whaling South Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Commerce. Hawaii Description and travel. Nantucket (Mass.) Description and travel. Rarotonga (Cook Islands) Description and travel. Businessmen. itoamc Librarians. itoamc Shipwrights. itoamc Eckhart, George Boland, 1897- George Boland Eckhart papers. 44009 44009