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"Exercised in Fishing" A History of the Fishing, Whaling, and Shellfish Industries in Massachusetts
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Introduction
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Fish and Shellfish in Early Massachusetts
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Man in a mishoon created at the Wampanoag Homesite on the Eel River near Plimoth Plantation
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Weaving a fish net at the Wampanoag Homesite
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Hollowing out a mishoon by careful burning, Wampanoag Homesite
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Mishoonash submerged on the banks of the Eel River
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Roasting a fish at the Wampanoag Homesite
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Roasting a fish at he Wampanoag Homesite
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William Bradford character demonstrating weaving of a fish net, English Village, Plimoth Plantation
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William Bradford character with fish net and shuttle, Plimoth Plantation
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A Description of the Fish in New England
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Whale Hunting in New England
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Whale Hunting in New England
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Stranded Whale, 1869
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Bowhead Whale
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Whaling Gear
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Whales Basic Facts
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Sperm and Humpback whales
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North Atlantic Right Whale and Fin Whale
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Blue and Sei whales
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Along the Massachusetts Coast
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Cape Ann and the North Shore
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"They that go down to the sea in ships..."
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Gloucester Legislators in the Fishing Business
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Howard Blackburn
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19th c. fishing advertisements
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Essex Shipbuilding Industry
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Essex Shipbuilding Industry
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Women working in a clam-shucking plant in Ipswich
