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New Bedford
Settlement - Whaleship Betsey - 1767
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The expenses of the whaleship Betsey, a sloop, were careful accounted for and at the end of a trip the men were paid and accounts balanced. Capt. William Claghorn was probably the master.
The whaleship owners usually made a lot of money and seamen made little.
