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Desertion

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Desertion was a commonplace occurrence on whaling voyages. Crew members, especially greenhands getting their first experience of the realities of whaling, faced the realization that despite spending years on a long voyage performing difficult work they had little certainty of arriving home with more money than when they had departed.

The 1887 voyage of the Eunice H. Adams was particularly difficult, and somewhere between 8 and 14 crew members deserted. The following are marked as deserters in the voyage's shipping papers:

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  1. William G. Hoyt
  2. William Moffat
  3. F.A. Potter
  4. James Hicky
  5. James Lynch