What is the name of the landlord at the Spouter-Inn in "Moby-Dick"?

The landlord at the Spouter-Inn in Moby-Dick is Peter Coffin.

Ishmael encounters the Spouter-Inn after arriving in New Bedford and finding other lodgings too expensive or unsuitable. The inn’s sign identifies it as “The Spouter Inn—Peter Coffin,” establishing both the establishment’s name and its proprietor. Coffin offers Ishmael a bed, but because the inn is crowded, the room must be shared with a harpooner.

That harpooner is Queequeg, whose unfamiliar appearance and nighttime rituals initially frighten Ishmael. Their uneasy meeting becomes one of the novel’s most important early relationships: the two men overcome their suspicion, become close friends, and travel together to Nantucket before joining the Pequod. Readers sometimes confuse Peter Coffin with other shore-based figures, especially Elijah or Captain Peleg, but those characters have different roles. Elijah warns Ishmael about Ahab, while Peleg is one of the Pequod’s principal owners and a retired whaling captain.