Hudson and Its Whaling Roots

The Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the DAR and the Hudson Area Library offer an in-person local history talk by Carl Whitbeck. This talk is motivated by the three-day visit by the Descendants of Whaling Masters to Hudson and especially to the DAR chapter’s Historic Robert Jenkins House, as part of the Descendants’ annual conference. The event is free and open to the public.

Mr. Whitbeck, a local resident whose family has deep roots in the area, will be displaying and discussing items from his own extensive local history collection.


Image: Capturing a sperm whale. Whaleship Superior, 1835 aquatint engraving by William Page from an original painting by Cornelius Hulsart. © Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT.