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(VII) Phinchas Holden, only son of Sam- uel and Martha ( Holden) Glover, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 16, 1807, died February 28, 1884. He removed to Calais, Maine, where he was a surveyor of lumber and also engaged in the lumber trade. He was for a time deputy collector of United States customs at Calais, Maine. Upon re- tiring from active business he removed from Calais, Maine, back to Massachusetts and lived the remainder of his days at Quincy, where he died. He married, March 31, 1833, Mary Carlton, of Portland, Maine, and they had seven children, born in Calais, Maine, as follows : I. Mary Lizzie, born March 9, 1834, died April 1, 1835. 2. Mary Abbot, Jan- uary 10, 1836, died unmarried. 3. Phinehas Holden, October 12, 1837. 4. Edward Kent, October 12, 1837. 5. Martha Holden, No- vember 19, 1838, married Albert Mortimer Nash, of Harrington, Maine,- born April 15, 1833. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Nash : Mary C. Nash, married Dr. F. S. Nickels, of Cherry- field, Maine; Grace P. Nash; Elijah Hamlin Nash, who became a citizen of the state of Washington. 6. Captain Russell (q. v.), born 1841. 7. John Abbott, born March 21, 1849, died 1856.
(VIII) Captain Russell, only living son of Phinehas Holden and Mary (Carlton) Glov- er, was born in Calais, Maine, October 12, 1841. He received his school training at the Calais public school and at Calais Academy, and when seventeen years old he left school and went to sea before the mast in the mer- chant service. He continued in this service about seven years, and in 1864 was commis- sioned as a lieutenant in the United States revenue cutter service. He continued in ac- tive service for thirty-nine years, his promo- tion to captain coming to him in 1878, after fourteen years' service as lieutenant. The port of Galveston, Texas, is the only one in the United States and Alaska in which he has not served, and for about nine years he was superintendent of construction of the United States revenue cutter service, and twenty-three life-saving stations were constructed under his supervision, many of them being located on the Great Lakes and including the first series of life-saving stations. Captain Glover was retired in 1903 and joined his family at their home in Harrington, Maine. Captain Glover joined the Masonic fraternity while in Sitka,
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Alaska, where he was initiated by Alaska Lodge, No. 14. He was made a member of Tomah Tribe, No. 67, Improved Order of Red Men, Harrington, Maine. He joined the Army and Navy Club at Sitka, Alaska, and the Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. He is a member of the Congregational church, Baltimore, Maryland. Besides his winter home at Harrington, Maine, he maintains a summer home at Point Ripley, on the coast of Maine. He married, November 15, 1874, Elizabeth Coffin Nash, daughter of Stillman Wass and Melissa Wass (Nash) Nash, who was born in Harrington, Maine, August 22, 1845. Still- man Wass Nash was born in Harrington, Maine, May 31, 1809. He was a merchant and shipbuilder, also postmaster for twelve years. He died May 22, 1880. Stillman W. and Melissa Wass Nash had nine children as follows: I. Albert Mortimer, born April 15, 1833. 2. Irene Lucy, January 12, 1835, mar- ried Isaac H. Nickerson, of Boston, Massa- chusetts. 3. Rebecca Eliza, June 31, 1837, died February 28, 1839. 4. Frederick Sydney, February 28, 1840, died April 13, 1840. 5. Mary Longhurst, August 23, 1841, died Jan- uary 17, 1849. 6. Elijah Hamlin, September 17, 1843, died October 15, 1866. 7. Elizabeth Coffin, August 22, 1845. 8. Stillman E., July 17, 1847, died May 22, 1880. 9. Annie Edith, March 17, 1855, married Charles Coffin, of Harrington, and had one child, Florence, who died May, 1883. The children of Captain Rus- sell and Elizabeth Coffin (Nash) Glover were. I. Russell Henry, born at Portland, Maine, April 23, 1878, is a mining engineer, Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1901. 2. Philip Holden, born at Portland, February 23, 1883, graduated as civil engineer from the University of Maine, class of 1906.
LAUGHLIN The immigrant ancestor of the family whose history is traced below left descend-
ants who by the use of the good qualities they inherited have become well known and influ- ential citizens in Maine.
(I) Thomas Laughlin was a worker in iron. He is said to have been born in Scotland, to have lived some time in Ireland, and then come to New Brunswick with his wife and some of their children. He was buried in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. His wife, Agnes (Clark) Laughlin, was a native of Scotland. She was buried in St. Stephen. Their children were: Alexander, Mary, Thomas, Jane, Rob- ert, David, William, Arthur, Katherine, Henry C., Joseph and James.
(II) Thomas (2), second son of Thomas (I) and Agnes (Clark) Laughlin, was born Belfast, Ireland, in 1817, and died in Port- land, May 23, 1890. He came to America with his parents and lived most of his early life in New Brunswick, at St. Stephen. In the forties he removed to Pembroke, Maine, where he lived until 1870, when he removed to Portland, and went into partnership with his son in blacksmithing, the firm being Thomas Laughlin & Son. This relation was kept up till the death of the senior partner. The busi- ness was prosperous, and Mr. Laughlin died well-to-do. For years he held the office of justice of the peace in Pembroke. He married in 1838, Mary Murphy, who was born in St. David, New Brunswick, 1818, and died in Portland, 1893. Children : I. Nancy Jane, married Roderick Mckenzie, of Boston. 2. Thomas S., mentioned below. 3. Hannah R., married Frank C. White, of Portland, and had two children, Lester L. and Ernest M. 4. Arthur W., married Gertrude Knowlton and has three children : Ethel, James K. and Thomas Earl. 5. Clara F., resides at Boston, Massachusetts. 6. Helen C., lives at Boston.
(III) Thomas S., eldest son of Thomas (2) and Mary (Murphy) Laughlin, was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, April 13, 1842, and died in Portland, Maine, February 15, 1908. When he was a small boy his parents settled in Pembroke, Maine, and there he re- ceived his early school-training. He worked with his father in the blacksmith-shop at Pem- broke and learned the blacksmith trade, 1856- 57. He then came to Portland and started a small shop of his own, which was burned in 1866. His father came to Portland and went into partnership with him in 1870. Later the firm had a shop at 18-20 Center street. Still later salesrooms were occupied on Commercial street. In 1890 the buildings on the present site on Fore street were purchased and the manufacturing plant moved there. Upon the death of the father the firm was incorporated and became the Thomas. Laughlin Company. The works have been enlarged from time to time, and the business steadily increased until it has become one of the principal industries of the city. Within six months previous to his death, two fires had broken out in the Laugh- lin factory, and following these Mr. Laugh- lin had considered the installation of an auto- matic sprinkling system. On the day of his death he made an inspection of his plant, in company with his foreman, whom he left about 5:30 p. m., and was never seen alive again. His body was found in a tank of water into
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which it is supposed he accidentally fell and was drowned. Thomas S. Laughlin was pres- ident of the shipsmith and ship-chandlery business which he founded, a director of the Associated Charities, a member of the board of trustees of the Portland Public Library, prominent in Masonry, an Odd Fellow, in- terested in, though not a member of, the Chest- nut Street and St. Lawrence churches, a val- ued friend of the Pearson Gospel Mission, as he was the friend and associate of the founder of that institution, an authority on political economy, was often chosen to represent Maine at public gatherings in other states, and in general was a public-spirited, broad-gauged man of affairs, who was a leader, though de- clining again and again to accept political honors.
Mr. Laughlin was a firm believer in total abstinence and lent a helping hand to any victim of the drink-habit who was in lowly circumstances through that agency, securing him work whenever opportunity offered. His stand on the temperance question is too well known to require comment, and during his long period of active life in Portland he has shown no shadow of turning. He was one of the bulwarks of prohibition in Cumberland county, and gave his firm support to Rev. Samuel F. Pearson in his crusade against the saloons, and gave his time and money to aid in the work of maintaining the Pearson Mem- orial Mission. He also supported Sheriff Pearson in his campaign and afterward dur- ing his administration, and may be said to have been one of the most active leaders in the temperance cause in the state of Maine. As a student of political economy, Mr. Laughlin had no peer in Maine, if he had in New Eng- land. He had one of the most extensive and best-selected libraries on this subject extant, and knew that library from beginning to end. He was often called upon to speak as a re- sult of his well-known researches in this di- rection, and when once into the subject his hearers were held spellbound by his grasp of the essential properties of this tremendous problem. While he was best known as a deep student of political economy in all its branches, he also became a master of the tariff question, especially as applied to American conditions, as well as in the abstract. His library called forth expressions of admiration from all who were privileged to enter it. It embraced every subject of general interest, well selected as to quantity and pertinence to the great whole and containing just those books neces- sary to the man who was its master mind. It
has been called Mr. Laughlin's workshop, and no other expression tells the story quite as well. He worked in it whenever his other ex- tensive duties permitted him, and it was so selected and so arranged that, busy man as he was, a few moments with his books gave him ready access to the knowledge which he sought. These odd moments of study, snatched as they must have been from the life of a true captain of industry, gave to Mr. Laugh- lin a knowledge of affairs of the world en- joyed by few men, even students whose time was much less valuable and who had much more time for study and research. It has been said of Mr. Laughlin that no deserving man ever came to him and asked aid that he did not receive not only that which he asked, but oftentimes much more. Every charitable in- stitution was remembered by him at Christ- mastide and Thanksgiving. Few gave as liberally and none more cheerfully. The little children occupied a warm place in his heart, and he chose to show his regard for them in smaller charities throughout the year, but every summer a steamer from one of the har- bor lines was chartered, and the little ones were treated to a free excursion among the beautiful islands of Casco Bay which will re- main a sweet memory till they reach the years of manhood and womanhood. Few will mourn the death of Mr. Laughlin as will the children of Portland, to whom he has been so kind. Socially Mr. Laughlin was very popular. His friends believed in the quiet man, the head of a great and growing business, and no man in private life was more respected than he. He came of good stock, and the name of Thomas Laughlin stood for many years here for honesty in business matters and for ster- ling independence of character. The son had all his life followed in the footsteps of his father, and no more was asked of him. His home was beautiful. His house was like the man. No outside show and no ostentation, but his life was a home life, and he enjoyed being with his family.
Thomas S. Laughlin married, in Falmouth, May 6, 1880, Alice H. Sargent, who was born in Portland, March 29, 1856, daughter of Fitz-Edward and Clarissa Jane (Hood) Sar- gent. (See Hood VIII.) There was born of this union one daughter, Clarissa Mary, Sep- tember 12, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin adopted Walter J., his nephew, son of William J. Laughlin, when a child. He grew up to a thorough knowledge of the business of which he was superintendent and conducted it with signal success.
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Hood is the name of one of the
HOOD pioneer families of Massachusetts which came from England, and is probably of the same stock as Thomas Hood, the distinguished poet, and Admiral Hood, of the British navy, for the latter of whom Mount Hood. Oregon, is named.
(I) John Hood, of Halstead, Essex county, England, was a weaver by trade. His will was dated November 6, 1662, and proved No- vember 20, 1662. He died at Halstead, leav- ing his real estate to his son John, and his wife Anne was executrix of the will. She married (second) Thomas Beard. John Hood's children: John, mentioned below ; Anne, James, Averse, Catherine, Grace, Mary and Rose.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) and Anne Hood, was born in England about 1600, and came to America about 1638. He was a weaver and planter; settled at Cambridge as early as October 20, 1638, and leased his prop- erty at Halstead. He then removed to Lynn, where he was living in 1650. While there he took an apprentice named Abraham Tilton, son of Widow Tilton, of Lynn, December 6, 1653. He returned to England and sent word to his wife, Elizabeth, to deliver the appren- tice to his mother, who had married a second time to Roger Shaw, of Hampton, Massachu- setts, and had died. Accordingly, the boy was sent to his brother, Peter Tilton, of Connec- ticut, but Mrs. Hood revoked this act on learning that the Hampton court had assigned the lad to his stepfather, Shaw. (Norfolk Deeds, I. 103.) Hood leased his property at Halstead in possession of his mother Anne, and her second husband, Thomas Beard. Hood was living in Kittery, Maine, about 1652. On August 14, 1654, he sold to William Crofts, of Lynn, yoeman, three tenements in Halstead, forty shillings to be paid each of John Hood's sisters, according to the will of their father. Mary Truesdale in her will in 1672 mentions John Hood's two children. One of them, according to all evidence in hand, was Rich- ard, mentioned below.
(III) Richard, son of John (2) and Eliza- beth Hood, came from Lynn, Regis, in the county of Norfolk, England, and, settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1650. He was a freeman in 1691, and died September 12, 1695. In the deed of Lynn and Read- ing and the two Nahants September 4, 1686, by the Indians, David Kunkshamoo- shaw and Abigail, his wife, and Cicely alias Su George, and James Quonopohit and Mary his wife, mention is made of the place "where
Richard Hood now dwelleth." He lived in what is called "Nahant Street." In his age he he enjoyed special privileges in the church, which indicate he was a person of respecta- bility and influence. In '1692 the following was entered in the church record: "It is voted that Thomas Farrar, senior; Crispus Brewer ; Allen Breed, senior; Clement Caldam, Robert Rand, senior; Jonathan Hudson, Richard Hood, senior and Sergeant Haven should sit in the pulpit." Previous to 1700 there were three houses on Nahant, and they were owned by Breed, Hood and Johnson. Descendants of Richard Hood remain on the estate of their ancestor on Nahant to this day. "In those early days, a young man, who was inclined to indulge in the laudable custom of courting, went to visit a young lady of this family named Agnes. As he was returning, late one evening, he was overheard saying to himself, 'Well, so far proceeded towards courting Ag- nes'. This phrase became common, and has been introduced into an English comedy." There is no mention of Richard Hood's wife. His children were: Richard, Sarah, Rebecca, John, Hannah, Samuel, Ann, Joseph and Ben- jamin.
(IV) Richard (2), eldest child of Richard (I) Hood, was born November 18, 1655, in Lynn, where he died before May 20, 1718. He is referred to in the records of Lynn as a hus- bandman, but these records make no mention of his wife. About the only reference to him is found in the mention of his son.
(V) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Hood, was born March 30, 1692, in Lynn, and died in that town, October 4, 1762. It is presum- able that he was like his father, a husband- man. He was married May 20, 1718, in Lynn, to Theodate Collins, daughter of Sam- uel Collins, the gunsmith, and his wife Re- becca. She was born July 5, 1700, but her death is not recorded. They were the par- ents of Theodate, Jedediah, Content, Rebeka, Hannah, Patience, Abner and Abigail.
(VI) Abner, younger of the two sons of Richard (3) and Theodate (Collins) Hood, was born September 20, 1733, in Nahant, and died there March 1I, 1818. He was married there June II, 1783, to Keziah, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Allen) Breed, of Lynn. She was born August 14, 1750, and died No- vember 4, 1825. They were the parents of six children, namely: Abner, Richard, Theo- date, Benjamin and Ebenezer (twins) and Content.
(VII) Richard (4), son of Abner and Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born March 13,
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1786, in Nahant, and passed his life in that town. The vital records of Lynn do not give his death, but it is a matter of family knowl- edge that he continued in his native town through life. He was a shoemaker by trade, became a master mariner, and was proprietor of the Hood cottage, whose hospitality was widely known. He was married (intentions published November 1, 1812) to Clarissa Her- ick, of Reading, who was born about 1791, in that town, daughter of Dr. Martyn and Sarah (Wright) Herick. They were the parents of five children : Martin, Elmira, Sarah Maria, Clarissa Jane and Susan Charlotte.
(VIII) Martin, eldest child of Richard (4) and Clarissa (Herick) Hood, was born Sep- tember 15, 1813, in Nahant, and resided in Lynn, where he acquired wealth in the sole- leather trade and was a prominent citizen, participating in the city government. He mar- ried Sarah Goodhue Hay and had a son Oliver, who died at the age of twenty-one years.
(VIII) Elmira, eldest daughter of Richard (4) and Clarissa (Herick) Hood, became the wife of Eli Sargeant and had children: El- vira, Abby, Martin, Clara, Eli, Alice, died young ; and Charlotta. The first of these be- came the wife of John F. Randall, of Port- land, Maine, and had seven children (See Randall). The second daughter married Jo- seph Randall, a brother of her sister's husband, and they were the parents of Alice, Martin and Ernest. Clara, third daughter of Eli Sar- geant, married Albert Morgan and had three children: Fred, Arthur and Charles. Car- lotta, youngest daughter, married Porter Ham- ilton and was the mother of five children: Fred T., Richard, Guy, Porter and Carlotta. Eli Sargeant died in the army at or near Sa- vannah, Georgia.
(VIII) Sarah Maria, second daughter of Richard (4) and Clarissa (Herick) Hood, was born May 26, 1818, became the wife of Thom- as Swain, and had three children : Annie, Henry and Elmira.
(VIII) Clarissa Jane, third daughter of Richard (4) and Clarissa ( Herick) Hood, was born January 22, 1821. She was married November 24, 1842, to Fitz-Edward Sargent, who was born April 13, 1817, and died in Fal- mouth, January 18, 1903. He was probably a native of Cape Ann, as he removed from that place to Portland, and after serving some time as a clerk, became a partner with Mr. Loveitt, and under the firm name of Sargent & Love- itt they dealt in fish for many years. He had five children: 1. Edward Henry, born March
20, 1844, married Mary Goding and had a daughter Jenny. 2. George D., born August 18, 1846, married Olive F. Titcomb, and had four children : Oliver F. H., Fred B., Horace E. and Marian. The eldest of these married Mabel Brooks and had a daughter Bernice and son Caroll, the latter of whom was drowned. The second, Fred B., married Lena Cook, and had three children: R. Clifton, Eleanor and Ruth. 3. Horace II., born February 17, 1857, married Joanna Sweat and had four children : Fitz-Edward, Margaret, Helen and Grace. 4. Susan Jane, born April 19, 1853, married Stephen B. Locke (See Locke). 5. Alice H., born March 29, 1856, married Thomas S. Laughlin (See Laughlin III).
(VII) Benjamin, third son of Abner and Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born April 7, 1790, in Nahant, and married Sarah Phillips. They had four children : namely, Louisa, who married Albert Wyer; Anna Amelia, died . young ; Julia and Ann. The last named mar- ried Dexter Stetson and had a daughter Helen.
(VII) Ebenezer, fourth son of Abner and Keziah ( Breed) Hood, and twin of Benjamin, had a wife whose baptismal name was Abbie. They were the parents of a son and a daugh- ter, Elbridge and Katharine Emery. The son married Nancy Tarbox, and they had two sons : Elbridge and John Henry. The daugh- ter married a Mr. Tibbetts and had seven children: Henry, Elbridge, William, George, Kate, Mary and Abbie.
(VII) Theodate, elder daughter of Abner and Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born May 23, 1787, married Jabez Breed, and had five daughters: 1. Abigail, married Hiram Clif- ford; children: Ann Augusta, Emily and George Clifford. 2. Augusta Maria, married a Mr. Haskill. 3. Sarah, married a Mr. Briggs. 4. Lucinda, married a Mr. Hudson. 5. Cynthia, married a Mr. Warren.
(VII) Content, younger daughter of Abner and Keziah (Breed) Hood, was born Decem- ber 21, 1792, and became the wife of Gideon Phillips. They had two daughters and a son : Annie, Lucy and Charles.
This name appears in the BOSWORTH very early days of Massa- chusetts Bay Colony. Zacheus or Zachariah Bosworth was of Bos- ton in 1630, probably having come over in the fleet with Winthrop. Benjamin Bosworth was of Hingham in 1635. John Bosworth, of Hull, was a freeman in 1634. Hananiel Bos-
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worth was a citizen of Ipswich in 1648. From these and others came the Bosworths of to-day in New England.
(I) Robert Bosworth came from Connecti- cut and settled in Bath, Maine, and was com- mander of many ships and vessels owned and sailing from that port in the foreign trade. He married Sarah Peterson, who was born in Bath. They had five children: Robert, Na- thaniel, John, Sarah and Elizabeth.
(II) Robert (2), eldest son of Captain Robert and Sarah (Peterson) Bosworth, was born in Bath, March 17, 1800, died there July, 1852. He was captain of many ships sailing from that port in the foreign trade, retiring as captain in 1851. He was a Whig in politics and a Baptist in religious views. He married, about 1828, Mary A., born in Rox- bury, Massachusetts, about 1805, daughter of Captain Jacob McDonald. They had six chil- dren : Ann; Adriana, Frederic Stead, Mary, Eleanor and Robert.
(III) Captain Frederic Stead, eldest son of Captain Robert (2) and Mary A. (McDon- ald) Bosworth, was born in Bath, Maine, 1835. Captain Bosworth's career as a seaman and shipmaster was remarkably active and the narrative is of deep interest. He left school at an early age, and shipped at Bath in the ship "Rockaway," loaded with a general car- go, and after a nine days' passage arrived at New Orleans. There a cotton cargo was taken aboard, and landed in Liverpool. From Liverpool the ship sailed with a general cargo to Philadelphia, then going to St. John, where it took aboard lumber and three hundred emi- grants, bound for Philadelphia. The next voyage was in the same ship, from St. John to Londonderry, with lumber, and thence to Philadelphia with a company of emigrants. Mr. Bosworth then engaged as second mate on the ship "Magnolia," one thousand tons, in which he made a voyage to Mobile, thence to Liverpool, and back to New Orleans, where the vessel became idle, and he came liome in the "Mary E. Whittier," bound for New York. He next voyaged in the new ship "Lawson," to New Orleans, Liverpool and Philadelphia. His next ship was the "Mes- sina," owned by Arnold & Curtis, of Bath, in which he made a voyage from Boston to St. John, thence to Liverpool, and then to Bos- ton. There he was made first officer, and sailed for Mobile, and thence to New Orleans. The vessel having changed hands, the new owners put their own captain in charge, but retained Mr. Bosworth and the other officers. After visiting various ports, the ship reached
New Orleans, where yellow fever was found raging, and Mr. Bosworth came home in a steamship. He next shipped in the "Vigilant," and voyaged to Nova Scotia ports and thence to Wales, where a cargo of railroad iron was taken aboard for New Orleans. The rebels had just begun the civil war by firing upon Fort Sumter, and "Yankees" in the Crescent City were in a dangerous predicament. At the beginning of this voyage Mr. Bosworth had been made commander, and it required great discretion for him to save his vessel from the insurgents. Loading with staves and cotton for Bordeaux, he left the port. The owner- ship of the cargo being New Orleans people probably saved his vessel to him, the rebel tugs helping him out of harbor, while at the same time northern vessels were being seized. Outside the bar, the "Vigilant" was brought to by a United States man-of-war, whose commander was disposed to seize her, but finally permitted her to proceed on her voyage. After unloading at Bordeaux, Captain Bos- worth brought his ship in ballast to New York, and there relinquished his command on account of sickness in his family. Shortly afterward the "Vigilant" was burned at sea by the Confederate cruiser "Sumter." This was a severe blow to Captain Bosworth, who had all his savings invested in the vessel. He next sailed in the "Valencia," from Cardiff, Wales, as commander, to Ceylon, loaded with coal; thence in ballast to Rangoon, where he took in a cargo of rice for London, where the ship lay some months, wanting a purchaser. Disappointed in this, he loaded in coal at Sunderland and sailed for Genoa, where he sold the ship and came home overland via Mont Cenis Pass to the French coast, thence to Liverpool, and by steamer to Boston. He was next placed in command of the "Free- man Clark," in which he sailed to England, China, Germany, New York, San Francisco, South America and Spain ; to Savannah, New Orleans, Havre, Wales, New Orleans, and at the last port left the ship, to visit his family, leaving in charge his brother Robert, who was first officer. Having returned to New Orleans and engaged a cargo, he received a telegram from the owners giving him leave, if he so desired, to place his brother Robert in com- mand, and come to Bath to take charge of the new ship "Carrollton," then nearing com- pletion. He accepted, and joined her before she was launched, and sailed her to New York, where she was loaded for San Fran- cisco. This was in the palmy days of deep- sea ships. The freights for the outward voy-
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