# Citations — brainstorm projects Sources behind the 19 Sep 2026 briefs for Douglass 1841, the *Pequod* staging, and a returning whaleship. Season bibliography: [[Citations — Nantucket Virtual Characters]]. Web IDs from that slice: `web:433`–`web:462`. --- ## A. Frederick Douglass, Atheneum, 11 August 1841 ### Primary / near-primary | Cite | Use | |---|---| | Douglass, *Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass* (1845), Nantucket chapter | His later account of the first address: “severe cross,” hesitancy, slavery “a poor school.” PD. | | Douglass, *My Bondage and My Freedom* (1855), “Introduced to the Abolitionists” | Fuller memory of Coffin, Garrison, Collins’s recruitment. PD. | | Garrison’s preface / later recollection of the first speech | Surprise of the hall; Patrick Henry comparison; agent offer. | ### Island and institutional | Cite | URL | |---|---| | NHA, “What was the atmosphere on Nantucket when Frederick Douglass made his first visit?” | https://nha.org/research/nantucket-history/history-topics/what-was-the-atmosphere-on-nantucket-when-frederick-douglass-made-his-first-visit/ — school fight; “promiscuous” audiences; 1837 Atheneum lockout; Gardner / Pompey | | Nantucket Atheneum, “The Abolitionist Movement” | https://nantucketatheneum.org/the-abolitionist-movement/ — Coffin at New Bedford Zion; three-day convention; Garrison call-and-response via Starbuck 625–26 | | Town of Nantucket, Frederick Douglass Walking Tour | https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/1921/Frederick-Douglass-Walking-Tour — five visits (1841, 42, 43, 50, 1885); *Telegraph* / Lot Phinney; Coffin on the dock (Farr & Burne 1991; McFeely 1991) | | NPS New Bedford Whaling NHP, Douglass overview | https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm — AME Zion / Second Street; *Liberator*; invitation | | National Archives Foundation, “An Orator for the Ages” | https://archivesfoundation.org/newsletter/an-orator-for-the-ages-frederick-douglass/ — 11 Aug 1841 as first formal speech | | Yesterday’s Island / Amy Jenness | https://yesterdaysisland.com/0806201512-frederick-douglass-on-nantucket/ | | Boston Globe, 11 Aug 2021 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/11/magazine/my-soul-was-set-all-fire-how-frederick-douglass-found-his-voice-massachusetts/ — useful color; **do not** take Mitchell or Sojourner Truth in the hall as proven | | NCC / Constitution Center archive note | first-speech anniversary piece | | Road to the Civil War, ch. 100 | Garrison letter excerpt | ### Caution No 1841 stenographic text survives. Later greatest-hits speeches (1852 “What to the Slave…”) are a different dated self. --- ## B. Ahab, Starbuck, *Pequod* | Cite | Use | |---|---| | Melville, *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale* (1851) | US PD. Gutenberg; Standard Ebooks / Commons `File:Moby Dick.pdf` | | Ch. 16 *Pequod*; 19 Elijah; 22 Christmas departure; 28 Ahab appears at sea; 36 quarter-deck oath; 109 cabin (not for harbor) | Scene map — harbor rally is a compression, not a chapter | | Philbrick / island readers | Melville had not visited Nantucket when he wrote the book; *Essex* as the real ram | | Starbuck as island surname | Common Nantucket Quaker name; coffee-chain etymology is beat-3 only | Chapter summary pages used while mapping beats: americanliterature.com ch. 109; widereads.com ch. 28. --- ## C. Returning whaleship / cargo / wealth | Cite | URL / ID | |---|---| | NHA Whaling Museum audio tour — candle factory | https://nha.org/whaling-museum-audio-tour-2023/ — ~24 factories mid-1840s; oil sold off the dock; 2–3 year voyages; souvenirs vs. paying cargo | | *Merchants’ Magazine*, Oct 1847, whale-fishery tables (Macy) | https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/merchants-magazine-commercial-review-5733/october-1847-577040/fulltext — *Beaver* Cape Horn; 1796 Canton cargo of oil and candles | | Jehle, Michael A. *From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade.* NHA | IA `frombrantpointto0000jehl` — porcelain/silk/tea as merchant-trade, not standard whale-ship hold | | *Joseph Starbuck* (1838), WRI AS1727 | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Whaleship_Joseph_Starbuck_(1838) — in 3 Apr 1842 with 3,321 bbl; wrecked on the bar 27 Nov 1842 under Veeder | | *Nantucket* (1837), WRI AS2014 | five Pacific voyages, barrel counts | | *Lexington* (1836) + Brock journal | https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Whaleship_Lexington_(1836) | | Shipwreck Project / Carleton — Nantucket voyage table 1815–70 | oil volumes; 1841 clearances | | BBC Travel, “The city that lit the world” | Hadwen & Barney scale (use as color; prefer museum numbers) | | NHA museum floor talk (YouTube, Life Aboard) | lay system; example green-hand vs. captain payout — **verify against the chosen voyage** | --- ## D. What the briefs refused - Invented 1841 Douglass transcript - Ahab on deck in Nantucket harbor as if Melville wrote that - Jade / bulk spice / pier of porcelain as typical whale-ship cargo - Composite “the Captain” without a label - Mitchell or Sojourner Truth seated in the 1841 hall without a primary list --- ## E. Vault notes this slice produced - [[Project — Douglass 1841 Atheneum]] - [[Project — Ahab and Starbuck Pequod]] - [[Project — Returning Whaleship]]