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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On Tuesday last, Mr. Abner Hetfield of Elizabeth-Town and another man, while fishing, discovered and killed a beached whale near Coney Island using a rusty sword. Mr. Coffier at the Long-Island Ferry bought it for £30; it measured 45 feet and could produce about 70 barrels of oil.
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We are told that Mr. Coffier, at the Ferry, on Long-Island, has bought it for £. 30, and that it is now bro't up to that Place.
It is said to be forty five Feet in Length, and that if cut up it would produce about 70 Barrels of Oyl.
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Coney Island
Event Date
On Tuesday Last
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whale killed and sold for £30; 45 feet long, expected to produce 70 barrels of oil
Event Details
Mr. Abner Hetfield of Elizabeth-Town and another man, while fishing, discovered a whale swimming near Coney Island; it ran ashore and they killed it with a rusty sword from their vessel. Mr. Coffier at the Long-Island Ferry bought it and brought it there.