1852 Bark Barclay Whale oil sale receipt Westport A. H. Cory

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1852 Bark Barclay Whale oil sale receipt Westport A. H. Cory
The bark Barclay
was built (as a brig) in Hanover MA on the North River in 1828. The Barclay was
owned by Alexander Cory of Westport MA from 1839 until 1856
.
It had 9 whaling voyages, the last a May 1855 voyage during which
it
was lost on Cape Antonio in 1856.
Relative to this document, on Dec. 4, 1850 the Barclay
set out on a whaling voyage to the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, returning in 1852.
This receipt reads
“
Recd Westport
Sept. 14 1852 fifty dolls
on a/c of sale of Barclays oil
.00
Weston S. Tripp"
On reverse reads
“
Weston S. Tripp
receipt
Sept. 14, 1853
”(sic)
Weston S(
mith)
Tripp (1819-1896) was a Westport MA native included in the Westport Historical Society list of Whaling Masters.
The receipt is in poor condition as seen in the photos, with heavy water stains.
It measures 2.75 x 7.75
inches.
While not in good condition, the receipt  remains a rare document of whaling history
_gsrx_vers_1281 (GS 8.3.5 (1281))