Name/Title
Certificate of Clearance (Whaling Ship)Description
Certificate of Clearance document, Port of Hilo, dated April 14, 1864 with a black Royal Stamp. The Royal Stamp crown is surrounded by the words "HOAILONA PAI O KE ALII" and "ROYAL STAMP". Document signed by J. H. Coney, Collector.
John Harvey Coney (1820-1880), served in the military in 1848 in Mexican War. He was a License Agent for the island of Hawaii on 1864 in Hilo, Hawaii, was a Sheriff of Hilo for 18 years, and later Postmaster in Hilo. He was married to Laura Ami (or Amoy) Kekuakapuokekuaokalani Ena, a hapa (Chinese) Hawaiian chiefess, in 1860.
ELIZABETH SWIFT (1871) The 327 ton whaling bark Elizabeth Swift was trapped in the ice and abandoned at Point Belcher near Wainwright Inlet September 14, 1871. The bark had left her home port of New Bedford November 10, 1868 bound for whaling in the Arctic. She was valued at $60,000 at the time of the loss including her cargo of whale oil and bone.
Mapping and Location: Northern Alaska 70 36 N 160 W Chart 16003
Sources: 1. Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf and Shore (1992), 2. Alaska File of the Revenue Cutter Service 1867-1914.Create Date
April 29, 2026Update Date
May 16, 2026
