This whaling log, kept by Edward Mulford Baker (1810-1856), documents two voyages aboard the ship Daniel Webster. The first took place between 1833 and 1837, departing from Sag Harbor for the Pacific Ocean. Baker was first mate under Capt. Philetus Pierson (1801-1879) and documented the journey only between Aug. 27 and Sept. 19, 1833.
A peek into the past, courtesy of the East Hampton Star archive.
Louis E. Sherry Sr., who grew up on Sherry’s Dairy Farm in Southampton and worked as a milkman from East Hampton to Montauk for many years, died on June 25. Most recently of LaGrangeville and Berkshire upstate, he was 86.
Richard B. Spero Jr., a lifelong resident of East Hampton who ran a pool service company here, died of cardiac arrest at home in East Hampton Village on Aug. 28. He was 57.
