History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 46

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1538

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tatia. But while Salem vessels were found in almost every port in the West Indies, Havana and Martinico were the principal places with which trade was car- ried on.

A list of the merchants engaged in this trade would include the names of almost every one interested in commerce during the years that the West India trade flourished. Benjamin Pickman was engaged exten- sively in this trade and amassed a large fortune in it.

It is not possible, in the space allotted to this chap- ter, to give any extended list of the vessels entering from the West Indies. In the palmy days of this trade Salem was a point of distribution for large quantities of sugar and coffee, and the buyers from all parts of the country must have given a bustling and busy as- pect to streets now quiet and almost deserted. It was a custom in those days to make up the cargo of a large vessel by inducing various persons to send ad- ventures, the owner of the vessel getting a commission for buying and selling. The brig " Massafuero," An- drew Haraden, master, entered from Havana in Sep- tember, 1805, with 150,000 pounds of sugar consigned to Joshua Ward, Jr. ; 9000 to Timothy Wellman ; 6000 to Eben Seccomb ; 62,000 to S. B. Doane ; 2000 to Wil- liam Monroe; 20,000 to Robert Hooper & Sons ; 4000 to John Jenks; 65,000 to William Gray; 4000 to Ben- jamin H. Hathorne; 5000 to Joshua Pope ; 3000 to Joshua Phippen, Jr., and with a small quantity of merchandise consigned to Benjamin West. Among other entries from Havana, we find the ship " Mount Vernon," Elias H. Derby, Jr., master, which entered in May, 1799, with five hundred thousand pounds of sugar, consigned to Elias Hasket Derby, and paying a duty of $12,842.15, and the ship " Martha," Nicholas Thorndike, master, which entered in December, 1799, with four hundred thousand pounds of sugar ; the two vessels landing nearly a million pounds of this com- modity. In October, 1809, the schooner " Neutrality," Benjamin Fabens, master, entered from St. Barthol- omew's with sugar and coffee consigned to William Fabens. The Fabens family for several generations have been engaged in trade with the West Indies as well as Cayenne. The last vessel to enter at Salem from Havana was the brig " Vincennes," on June 29, 1854, consigned to Phillips, Goodhne & Bowker.

THE RUSSIA TRADE .- Salem vessels opened the American trade with St. Petersburg. On the 15th of June, 1784, the hark " Light Horse," Captain Buffin- ton, was sent by Elias Hasket Derby with a cargo of sugar, and she was the first American vessel to trade at St. Petersburg.

Salem merchants, in the palmy days of her com- merce, were largely engaged in trade with Russia. There have been two hundred and eighty-nine arrivals from the ports of Russia at Salem. The period of the greatest activity in this trade was from 1797 to 1811 inclusive, one hundred and sixty-two of the two hun- dred and eighty-nine entries having been made dur- ing that time. The largest number in a single year

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was in 1811, when there were thirty-one entries. The war caused a suspension of the trade, and in 1812 there were but three entries and none in 1813 and 1814. In 1815 there were nine entries, and the trade continued till 1829, when it ceased almost entirely, there having been but about six entries after that year. The last vessel to enter from St. Petersburg was the ship " Eclipse," Johnson, master, to H. L. Williams, in September, 1843. All the East India merchants carried on more or less trade with Russia, and brought from there duck, hemp and iron, with which to make up their cargoes for the East. Elias Hasket Derby, William Gray, Joseph Peabody, Na- thaniel West, William Orne, Nathaniel Silsbee, Gid- eon Barstow, Thomas Perkins, Pierce & Waite, Ste- phen Phillips, Joseph White, Pickering Dodge, Si- mon Forrester, William Silsbee, Stephen White, Dud- Jey L. Pickman, John H. Andrews, James Devereux and Samuel Orne were among the Salem merchants engaged in this trade. A few of the earlier entries are given, showing the ports from which the vessels arrived.

The brig " Ceres," Thomas Simmons, master, enter- ed from Russia, in October, 1789, with 1,546 pieces of sail-cloth and sheeting, 180 bundles of hemp, 948 bars of iron, and 359 hundredweight cordage. The brig "Iris," Benjamin Ives, master, entered from St. Peters- burg in October,1790. The brig "Hind," John Bick- ford, master, cleared for the Baltic, June 17, 1790, with 600 barrels of tar, 10 barrels of turpentine, 4 hogsheads tobacco, 27 casks of rice, 21 hogsheads New England rum and 73 chests of Hyson tea, and entered from St. Petersburg, on her return, in November, 1790. The ship " Commerce," John Osgood, master, entered from St. Petersburg in December, 1790, again in Novem- ber, 1791, and again in September, 1792. All these vessels were owned by William Gray. The brig "Good Intent," M. Haskell, master, entered from Rus- sia in December, 1791, again in November, 1792, and again in November, 1793, consigned to Simon Forres- ter. The brig " Polly and Betsey," Gamaliel Hodges, master, entered from St. Petersburg in November, 1794, consigned to Joseph White. The bark " Essex," John Green, master, entered from Russia in January, 1795, and again in October, 1795, consigned to William Orne. The bark "Vigilant," Richard Wheatland, master, entered from Russia in October, 1795, consign- ed to Simon Forrester. The brig " Hopewell," James Dowling, master, entered from St. Petersburg in Sep- tember, 1797, consigned to Nathaniel West. The bark " William," Benjamin Beckford, Jr., master, en- tered from St. Petersburg in January, 1798, and again in August, 1798, consigned to William Gray. The brig " Neptune," Robert Barr, master, entered from Russia in October, 1798, consigned to John Barr.

The first entry from Archangel appears to be that of the ship " Perseverance," Richard Wheatland, mas- ter, in October, 1798. She proceeded to Boston with her cargo. The brig "Fanny," Jesse Smith, master,

entered from Archangel in November, 1798, with hemp, cordage, candles and soap, consigned to John Derby, Jr. The ship "Cincinnatus," Samuel Endi- cott, master, entered from St. Petersburg in Novem- ber, 1799, consigned to Joseph Peabody. The brig " Good Hope," Nicholas Thorndyke, master, entered from St. Petersburg in October, 1801, consigned to Nathaniel West. The ship " Mount Vernon," Samuel Endicott, master, entered from St. Petersburg in Sep- tember, 1804, consigned to Joseph Peabody. The brig "Admittance," C. Sampson, master, entered from St. Petersburg in September, 1805, consigned to John Osgood. The brig " Augusta," Timothy Hara- den, master, entered from Archangel in September, 1810, consigned to Joseph Peabody. The ship " Friendship," Edward Stanley, master. entered from this same port in September, 1811, consigned to Jer- athmael Peirce. The ship " America," Samnel Briggs, master, entered from Riga in April, 1812, consigned to Benjamin W. Crowninshield. The ship " Herald," Eleazer Graves, master, entered from Archangel in August, 1815, consigned to Nathaniel Silsbee. The brig "Saucy Jack," Nathaniel Osgood, master, entered from Archangel in November, 1815, consigned to Pickering Dodge.

Among the later arrivals was the brig "Niagara," Oliver Thayer, master, which entered from Cron- stadt in September, 1828, consigned to Joseph Pea- body.

The last two arrivals from Archangel appear to have been the ship "Diomede," Samuel L. Page, master, which entered from that port in October, 1820, and the schooner "Regulus," George Chinn, master, which entered in November, 1820, consigned to Edward Lander and others. The last arrival from Cronstadt was the brig "Mexican," H. Johnson, master, which entered in August, 1836, consigned to Joseph Peabody. There was no other arrival from Russia until September, 1843, when the ship " Eclipse," Johnson, master, entered from St. Peters- burg, the last vessel to arrive at Salem from that port.

TRADE WITH SPAIN AND PORTUGAL .- Among the earliest ports to which Salem sent the products of her fisheries for a market, were those of Spain and Portn- gal. This trade began before the year 1700, in which year Higginson speaks of the foreign trade of Salem, as being in "dry merchantable codfish for the markets of Spain and Portugal." Bilboa and Lisbon were among the ports earliest visited. In 1710 the ship " Macklesfield," a frigate of three hundred tons, belonging to London and from Lisbon, was cast away outside of Baker's Island and lost. In Febru- ary, 1715, the ship " Hopewell," loaded with fish for Bilboa and anchored in the harbor, was driven ashore on the rocks in Sonth Field. Most of her cargo was unloaded before she was got off.

Bilboa and Lisbon are mentioned as ports with which Salem vessels traded from 1714 to 1718.

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Philip English was trading at Spanish ports from 1694 to 1720 ; and Richard Derby, from 1732 to 1757. The last entry from Bilboa was in 1809. The years 1803 and 1807 show each eight entries from Lisbon. From 1800 to 1808 the trade with Spain and Portu- gal was at its height. Bilboa, Cadiz, Barcelona, Ma- laga, Tarragona, Alicant, Lisbon and Oporto were among the ports from which Salem vessels brought cargoes. After the War of 1812 there were but few entries from either of those ports, saving that of an occasional cargo of salt from Cadiz.

The ship " Astrea," Henry Prince, master, entered from Alicant in April, 1799, with fifty-eight thousand and three gallons of brandy and four thousand four linndred and forty-six gallons of wine, consigned to Elias H. Derby, and paying a duty of $20,930.59. The brig " Favorite," Henry Rust, Jr., master, enter- ed from Bilboa in December, 1800, consigned to Peter Lander & Co. The schooner "Willard," from Ali- cant in July, 1800, with red wine and brandy, to Willard, Peele & Co. The brig "Essex," Joseph Orne, master, from Barcelona in July, 1800, with red wine and soap to William Orne. The brig "Nancy,'' Thomas Barker, master, from Tarragona in October' 1801, with brandy to Samuel Gray. The snow " Con- cord," William Leech, Jr., master, from Oporto in September, 1802, with port wine, etc., to William Gray. The brig "Hannah,'2 Clifford C. Byrne, mas- ter, from Malaga in November, 1802, with wine, etc., to Joseph White. The ship "Restitution," John Derby (3d), master, from Lisbon in April, 1805, with wine, figs and salt to Simon Forrester. The bark " Active," William P. Richardson, master, from Ma- laga in June, 1807, with twenty-three thousand seven hundred and forty-six gallons of Malaga wine to Timothy Wellman, Jr. The brig "Washington," Nathan Story, master, from Barcelona in July, 1807, with red wine, brandy and soap, consigned to Stephen Phillips. The brig "Sukey and Betsey," Caleb Cook, master, from Malaga in November, 1807, with wine and raisins to Edward Allen. The ship "Sally," Nathan Cook, master, from Lisbon in Sep- tember, 1824, with salt, etc., to James Cook. The last entry from Lisbon was in 1829. The principal articles imported from Spain and Portugal were salt, wine, brandy and soap.

TRADE WITH OTHER EUROPEAN PORTS .- Prior to the War of 1812 Salem vessels were to be found in all the principal ports of Europe, and Salem mer- chants were trading with Copenhagen, Gottenburg, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotter- dam, London, Liverpool and Bordeaux. The princi- pal trade with Copenhagen was between 1796 and 1807. There were eight entries in 1799; that with Gottenburg, from 1809 to 1812, and from 1820 to 1823, there being thirteen entries from that port in 1810; that with Antwerp, from 1817 to 1830, there being nine entries from that port in 1827 ; that with Ham- burg, from 1798 to 1802, there being five entries in ! and each of the others with a silver spoon, as testi-

the last-named year; that with Amsterdam, from 1802 to 1806, there being five entries in the first- named year ; and that with Bordeaux, from 1794 to 1807, there being twelve entries in 1804 and the same number in 1805, the whole period showing sixty-nine entries. There were only occasional entries from the other ports. The last entry from Copenhagen was in 1816: from Amsterdam, in 1823 ; from Antwerp, in 1836; from Hamburg, in 1828; from Gottenburg, in 1837 ; from Rotterdam, in 1834 ; and from Bordeaux, in 1815.

From Copenhagen the brig "Francis," J. Wallace master, entered in March, 1792, and again in Novem- ber, 1792, with iron and glass, consigned to William Gray. The early trade with Copenhagen seems to have been carried on largely by Mr. Gray. John Fish, Ezekiel H. Derby, Joseph Peabody, Thomas Perkins, and George Crowninshield & Sons were also engaged in this trade. The whole number of entries from Copenhagen was forty-five. The last entry was the schooner " Rover," Josiah Dewing master, in August, 1816, consigned to Pickering Dodge.

The brig "Hector," Captain Lewis, arrived in 1788. While the brig lay at Marlstrand, where she dis- charged her cargo, a Swedish ship was wrecked on a very rough and rocky part of the island in a violent storm. The crew, with assistance from the land, soon got safely ashore, except the mate, who went overboard with the fore-mast, to the top of which he had retreated for safety. The mast remained attached to the wreck by the shrouds, and the man continued his hold ou the mast, the waves continually breaking over him. The sea was in such violent agitation and the shore so rugged that an attempt to recover him was extremely hazardous. About twenty sail of Swedes were then in the harbor, whose boats were many of them employed to succor the distressed ob- ject, but returned without effecting it, intimidated by the danger. At length application was made to Cap- tain Lewis's crew for their assistance, with the offer of a considerable pecuniary reward if they would make the attempt, even should it fail of success, but they nobly refused going on a mercenary principle. However, from pure motives of humanity, the mate and six hands went off in a boat, at the utmost haz- ard of their lives and under the discouraging repre- sentations of those Swedes who had before sailed, surmounted every danger, and brought the sufferer, with just the remains of life, ashore, after hanging, as it were, by a straw several hours in the water. The offer of money was now repeated to them, and again refused. The Governor of the place being made acquainted with the transaction, sent for these brave Americans to his house, and, taking each of them by the hand, made the most honorary acknowl- edgments for their successful exertions to rescue from destruction a subject of Sweden, but a stranger to them, and presented the mate with a golden spoon

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monies of their heroism and humanity, and also granted them the liberty of walking in any part of the city at any time of day or night, a privilege in which even their own subjects are not indulged. In short, so much was this act admired that it gained them every mark of respect from the citizens, and the name of an American, says the account, hecame synonymous with that of hero and friend.

From Gottenburg the schooner " Nancy," Richard Derby master, entered in August, 1791, with iron, consigned to E. H. Derhy, Jr., & Co. and John Fisk. The ship "Nancy," J. Devereux master, entered in Angust, 1792, consigned to John Fisk. From 1794 to 1804 there were no entries from this port. The ship "Rising States," Benjamin Beckford, Jr., master, en- tered in February, 1804, with hemp, to William Gray. The schooner " Saucy Jack," Benjamin Upton master, in September, 1809, with glass, to Timothy Wellman, Jr. The brig "Neptune," Henry King master, in December, 1810, with cordage, steel and sheet-iron, to John Saunders. The ship "China," Hiram Put- nam, master, in October, 1820, with iron, to Joseph Peabody. The brig "Jane," Thomas Saul master, in July, 1820, with iron, to Willard Peele. The brig "Roscoe," J. Briggs master, in October, 1825, with iron, to Charles Saunders. The brig "Cynthia," Benjamin Shillaber master, in October, 1826, to David Pingree. The ship "Borneo," I. Nichols mas- ter, in September, 1835, with iron, consigned to Z. F. Silsbee. The brig "Leander," J. S. Kimball master, in Angust, 1836, to Joseph Peabody. The whole number of entries from Gottenburg was sixty-one. The last entry was the brig " Mexican," in July, 1837, consigned to Joseph Peabody.

From Antwerp the ship "Messenger," Edward Stanley master, entered in June, 1817, consigned to John Forrester. The brig "Nancy Ann," John B. Osgood master, in Angust, 1817, to Stephen Phillips. The brig "Naiad," Nathaniel Osgood master, in July, 1823, to Gideon Barstow and others. The brig " Indus," Thomas Moriarty master, in April, 1826, to Pickering Dodge. The brig "Centurion," William Duncan master, in May, 1826, with linseed-oil, to Nathaniel West, Jr. The ship "Friendship," Na- thaniel Osgood master, in May, 1827. The brig "Niagara," Oliver Thayer master, in August, 1829, to Joseph Peabody. The whole number of entries from Antwerp was fifty-five. The last entry was the brig " Curlew," J. Cheever master, in October, 1836, ; consigned to Edward Allen.

From Amsterdam the brig "Peggy," Jonathan Derby master, entered in September, 1794, with glassware, paint, iron, steel and ribbons, consigned to Benjamin Pickman, Jr. The ship " Essex," Solomon Stanwood master, in September, 1800, with forty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-one pounds of cheese, five thousand pounds of nails and eight thou- sand gallons of gin, to Nathaniel West and William Gray. The ship " Minerva," Matthew Folger master, 7

in September, 1802, with gin, steel and cheese, to West, Williams & Crowninshield. The whole number of entries from Amsterdam was twenty-three. The last entry was the ship " Endeavour," James D. Gillis master, in October, 1823.

From Hamburg the schooner "John," Benjamin Webb master, entered in December, 1792, with steel, glass and spirits, consigned to John Fisk. The schooner "Patty," Edward Allen, Jr., master, in October, 1794, with gin, brandy, hemp and Bohea tea, to Nathaniel West. The brig "Hope," Benjamin Shillaber-master, in October, 1794, to John Norris. The brig "Salem," Oliver Obear master, in June, 1799, with gin and hemp, to William Gray. The ship "Friendship," Israel Williams master, in July, 1799, to Peirce & Wait. The brig "Thetis," John Fairfield master, in November, 1799, to Jonathan Gardner. The schooner "Cynthia," John H. An- drews master, in November, 1801, to Pickering Dodge and others. The brig "Helen," Samnel C. Martin master, in December, 1816, with iron, to Humphrey Devereux. The brig "Roscoe," Benjamin Vander- ford master, in September, 1823. The whole number of entries from Hamburg was thirty-six. The last entry was the brig " Texel," Samuel Wells master, in January, 1828.

From Rotterdam the ship "Peggy," James Very master, entered in August, 1791. The ship "Active," George Nichols master, in August, 1803, with gin, to Benjamin Hodges & Co. The bark "Georgetown," Joshua Safford master, in September, 1806, to Pick- ering Dodge. The brig "Indus," John Day master, in November, 1823, with white-lead, nutmegs and mace, to Henry Prince. The whole number of entries from Rotterdam was sixteen. The last entry was the ship "Borneo," C. Prescott master, in May, 1834.

From Bordeaux the brig "Essex," John Green master, entered in November, 1790, consigned to Orne & Saunders. The brig "Columbia," Henry Rust master, in April, 1792, to William Gray. The brig "Nancy," Edward West master, in July, 1794, with wine and sweetmeats, to John Derby, Jr. The brig " Favorite," Peter Lander master, in October, 1795, to John Norris & Co. The schooner " Betsey," Israel Williams master, in November, 1796, with brandy, wine and cheese, to Peirce & Wait. The brig "Exchange," William Richardson master, in May, 1797, with claret wine and brandy, to Ezekiel H. Derby. The schooner "Jason," Benjamin West, Jr., master, in June, 1797, to Benjamin West & Son. The brig "Nancy," Jonathan Neal master, in August, 1797, to William Gray. The brig " Catherine," Dan- jel Gould master, in May, 1803, to Joseph Peabody. The brig "Pompey," James Gilchrist master, in March, 1804, with wine and twenty-one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two gallons of brandy, to Joshua Ward. The ship " Prudent," Edward Ford master, in July, 1804, to Nathaniel West. The brig

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" Edwin," Penn Townsend master, in October, 1804, with wine and prunes, to Moses Townsend. The brig "Industry, J. Cook master, in February, 1805, to William Orne. The ship " Algol," Thomas Folinsbie master, in October, 1807, with wine, to Nathan Rob- inson. The whole number of entries from Bordeaux was seventy-five. The last entry was the schooner "Cyrus," Benjamin Upton master, in November, 1815, with brandy, yellow ochre and prunes, to Robert Upton.

From Stockholm the ship "China," H. Putnam master, entered in August, 1823, consigned to Joseph Peabody. The brig "Centurion," Samuel Hutchin- son master, in October, 1829, with iron, consigned to Gideon Tucker.

From Christiana the brig "Industry," Samuel Smith master, entered in March, 1812, with iron hoops and window-glass, to William Orne. The brig "Cuba," Josiah B. Andrew master, in Novem- ber, 1816, with iron, steel and glass, to John Andrew.

On the 7th of January, 1796, the ship " Margaret," of Boston, John Mackey master, with a valuable cargo from Amsterdam, went ashore in Salem harbor, on the Eastern Gooseberry, during a snow-storm. The captain and three others perished on the wreck. The rest were saved by men from Marblehead. On the 11th of the same month the brig " John," Eben- ezer B. Ward master, from London, was lost on the Great Misery during a snow-storm. There was at this time no light on Baker's Island, and these ship- wrecks led the Salem Marine Society to send a mem- orial to Congress, dated in February, 1796, in which it is stated that "much of the property and many of the lives of their fellow-citizens are almost every year lost in coming into the harbor of Salem, for want of proper lights to direct their course. No less than three vessels, with their cargoes, and sixteen seamen have been lost the present season." The act author- izing the erection of a light-house on Baker's Island was approved April 8, 1796, and the lights were shown for the first time January 3, 1798.

On the 21st of February, 1802, the ship " Ulysses," Captain James Cook, the "Brutus," Captain William Brown, owned by the Messrs. Crowninshield, and the " Volucia," Captain Samuel Cook, belonging to Israel Williams and others, sailed from Salem for Bordeaux and the Mediterranean. When they departed the weather was remarkably pleasant for the season, but in a few hours a furious snow-storm commenced. After using every exertion to clear Cape Cod, the tempest forced them the next day upon its perilous shore. The " Volucia" struck in the forenoon and the other two in the evening. The first was saved with part of her cargo, but the others were total wrecks. The saddest part of this catastrophe was the loss of life in the "Brutus." One hand was killed by the fore-yard prior to the ship's striking, another was drowned while attempting to reach the shore, and the commander, with six men, perished with the

cold after they had landed. Captain Samuel Cook, of the " Volucia," was associated with mercantile affairs in Salem for a long period. He was born August 3, 1769, and was the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Newhall) Cook. In 1797 he was commanding a vessel bound for Cadiz. During the palmy days of the East India trade he was engaged in distributing that wealth through the South. He died iu Salem December 10, 1861, having lived through the whole period of the rise and decline of the commerce of Salem.

MEDITERRANEAN TRADE .- Besides the Spanish ports on the Mediterranean, Salem vessels visited Marseilles, Genoa, Naples, Leghorn, Messina, Paler- mo, Smyrna and Trieste. Salt, wine, brandy, figs, raisins, almonds, candles and soap were among the articles imported from those ports. Leghorn and Marseilles were the ports most frequently visited. From 1804 to 1808 there were forty-six entries from the former and twenty from the latter port. From 1821 to 1829 there were forty-one entries from Leg- horn and seventeen from Marseilles. The last entry from Leghorn was in 1841 and from Marseilles in 1833. The principal trade with the Mediterranean ports was from 1800 to 1808.

From Leghorn the ship "Martha," John Prince, Jr., master, entered in July, 1799, with 40,893 gallons of wine, 18,490 gallons of brandy and 6744 pounds of soap, consigned to Elias H. Derby, and paying a duty of $12,840.12. The ship "Lucia," Thomas Meek master, in July, 1800, with brandy, soap, etc., to Wil- liam Gray, and paying a duty of $20,301. The brig "Sukey," Samuel Sweet master, in August, 1800, to' Simon Forrester. The ship "Friendship," Israel Williams master, in September, 1805, to Peirce & Wait. The brig " Betsey," Andrew Tucker master, in June, 1806, with soap, tallow, figs, currants, raisins, almonds and candles, to Joseph Peabody and Gideon Tucker. The ship "America," Joseph Ropes master, in June, 1807, to Nathaniel Silsbee. The ship " Hope," James Barr master, in November, 1807. The brig " William and Charles," Isaac Killam mas- ter, in November, 1807, with soap, candles, currants and wine, to Michael Shepard. There were no entries from Leghorn from 1808 to 1816. The ship "So- phia," Jonathan P. Felt master, entered in April, 1816, consigned to Charles H. Orne. The ship " Eliza," William Osgood master, in January, 1821, to Stephen Phillips. The brig "Essex," William Fairfield master, in January, 1822, with candles, soap, raisins, etc., to Nathaniel Silsbee. The ship " Two Brothers," William Messervy master, in February, 1823, to Holton J. Breed. The brig "Gov. Endicott," H. C. Mackay master, in October, 1823, to Pickering Dodge. The brig "Malay," J. Richardson, master, in May, 1825, with lead and currants, to Nathaniel Silsbee. The bark "Patriot," John Marshall master, in August, 1826, to John H. Andrew. The ship "Janus," Henry G. Bridges master, in August, 1829,

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 46

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1 Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1538

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1538