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Went on shore as soon as the anchor was down in a canoe that came off. Had to go through heavy breakers and the niggers know how and when to go in. They watched till there had been three big seas and then put in, paddled like blue blazes and landed high and dry on the beach. Went and found my consignee, Mr. Grant, and took dinner with him. There are a number of white merchants here, but this is the place to see the nigger, as he is entirely naked or with a bit of cloth around his waist. When they wish to go in mourning for the dead they shave their heads, some leaving a little spot about as large as a cent on the top or back of their heads. Some of the wenches have their hair done so that it looks like horns.
The English have a big fort or castle and garrison stationed here. There is no harbor and we lie out about three-fourths of a mile from the beach.
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It is bad discharging as the vessel rolls so, but we have got part of the cargo out. There is no other American vessel here, and I arrived just in time to get clear of my cargo before the first of January, 1868, for after that date there is a duty levied on rum and tobacco. We shall lie here probably till the bark Albertina, Captain Towne, comes up, and then go down to Accra where I expect to discharge the remainder of the cargo. The Albertina will leave for home in about a week and belongs to the same parties who own the Ellen Barnard. I expect we shall be on the coast until the first of May, as it takes a long time to pick up a cargo of palm oil. I have a good crew with the exception of the cook. Gil is well and so is your humble servant. The weather is comfortably warm. It is the dry season now until the last of February-the warmest time of the year. June is the coolest month. I wish I could send you some of the oranges and pineapples they have here in exchange for one of your snowballs or a lump of ice.
Captain Blair commanded thirteen vessels, none of which he lost, in- cluding the Agnes, brig Long Reach, bark Gan-Eden, schs. George W. Jewett, S. P. Hitchcock, Thomas W. Hyde, Henry P. Mason and the May V. Neville, his last command. While in the Hitchcock at Aspinwall in 1885, one of the periodic revolutions broke out while he was en route to Panama on the train. With others he was detained there in a hotel over- looking the central plaza as a mimic battle was being staged. Meantime a report of his death gained credence at Aspinwall, consequently on return he was given a cordial welcome.
After a long sea-life the Captain retired in the 1890's, but even then acted as pilot of Boston-Kennebec steamers in their palmy days. He mar- ried Mary L. Dickinson; they lived until his death in a well-kept cottage near the family homestead and reared two boys. Frank, a promising son, died young; George K. is a successful Salem physician with whom she lived until her death in 1932.
BLAKE, WILLIAM (1799-1878) was the first master of pinky Only Son, for Levi Reed; and owner of sch. Restless (chap. xvii). Levi (b. 1831), son of William, had the Restless when seized, also the Only Son, John W. Brown and the Luther Dana.
Jeremiah (1801-1865), brother of William, was skipper of pinkies Alfred, Martha, and the Grove. John P. (b.1842) served in the navy during the Civil War, thereafter followed the sea for a quarter of a century. His schooners included the Cyrena Ann, Titmouse, Lettis S. Reed, and the Starlight in West Indian trade. Captain Blake, now (1935) ninety-three, lives at Richmond.
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Marston H. (1848-1927), grandson of Jeremiah, was an able and quiet- spoken master. Commands: Schs. Australia, Robert D. Rhodes, Douglass Hovey, Stephen G. Pinkham, Relief and the Maggie G. Hart (W'boro). On his first trip with the Hovey (Bath 1883), the three-master was lost on Frying Pan shoals. In summer time 1885 the Pinkham lay in B'bay; Mars- ton married Mrs. Helen F. Young, who accompanied him. In the fall, laden with cocoanuts and pineapples, the schooner was lost on Charles- ton bar. This misfortune was followed in December by the death of his wife there.
After a period of retirement, Captain Blake returned to service during the late war to take a valuable cargo to France in the Portland sch. Ruth E. Merrill, a Bath-built five-master of large tonnage and 310 feet in length. Warned of danger from submarines, Marston made a remark similar to Farragut's at Mobile Bay.
William G. (b.1858) is a nephew of Capt. Gardner Tibbetts. When six- teen William made his first trip in a three-master, the Waterline; later shipped as cook with Capt. Adelbert Montgomery in bark Woodside; and commanded schs. Rosie E., Frances Ellen, Sarah Jane and the C. A. Sproul, all managed by William Sawyer. Other commands: schs. Magnolia, Mary J. Elliot, Freddie A. Higgins, Fred A. Emerson, the three-masters Collins C. Baker, Allen Green, Samuel Hubbard and the E. C. Allen (Bath 1879). The last named he lost near the Delaware breakwater in a hurricane.
BLOSSOM, T. JEFFERSON (1852-1931). In youth he ran away from home, made his way to California and served on coastwise vessels. Always known as 'Jeff,' he returned home and became mate of fruiting vessels, a forceful one when necessary. In fact his ability to preserve order won him an ap- pointment as teacher of an unruly school on Barter's Island. From his viewpoint Jeff finished the term with distinguished success, as did his father before him at Southport, and for the same reason. Jeff was also mate of the Norman, sailing master of the Pemaquid for Captain Wheeler, on a voyage to Jamaica; and temporarily commanded schs. Benjamin Haskell, Franklin Woodruff, Leon Swift and the Carrie Bonnell. His principal service was on the Victor Puig. A familiar figure on the streets and wharves of B'bay Harbor, Captain Jeff lived and died alone on the meadow road to the Centre.
BOYNTON, FREEMAN (1837-1920). He followed the sea and was master, in southern fruit trade, of the Annie Freeman and the Geo. Washington. In
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1870 the Freeman was run down and sunk by a steamer; she was raised, but later the ill-fated schooner was lost with all hands.
BREWER, CHARLES. He was a skipper of pinky Leader, and the banker Foaming Billow was constructed for his command. His son Gillis was mate of deep-water ships and skipper of slp. Southern Cross. Alvin Brewer had the May Queen. Ferdinand Brewer commanded brig Australia.
Mitchell (1815-1895), brother of Charles, had a long, varied and event- ful career as master of a Key West wrecker, a Portland brig in West Indian trade, and in the navy. On one occasion, caught in Tumbler Island pas- sage with insufficient headway to go out, he skilfully backed his brig and rounded the islet westerly. In the 1880's he was harbor pilot to B'bay. Captain Brewer, a typical sea-dog, died on Christmas Day.
BROWN, DANIEL M. (1842-1884). Commands: Schs. D. M. Brown and the new Cyrus Mckown. It is said he had the brig Hiram Abif when lost in the West Indies. In the fall of 1880 he sailed from New York for Spain in another brig and grounded her on Block Island, but skilfully floated her off and repaired at New London.
BRYER, WILLIAM S. (1799-1860). His early vessels were pinkies Allen, Echo and the new Marshall; in the 1840's he was master of the old Alert in brick coasting and nearly, if not totally, lost her at Edgartown. Later he sailed with Capt. Wm. Emerson, brig Olive Branch. In 1835 Jacob S. Bryer was master of the new sch. Brilliant. During the Civil War Cushman Bryer served on the sloop of war Brooklyn. He died 1874.
CAMPBELL, JAMES P. Commands: Schs. Geo. Washington, Mary S. Wonson and others. Joseph Campbell died on ship Georges, off coast of Sumatra, 1844.
CARLISLE, JOSEPH JR. (b.1782). He commanded slp. Industry, the New Packet (N'castle 1808), a Wisc. and Boston packet slp. with good accommo- dations, and, in 1813, sch. America. His brother, William (1797-1893), owned in and commanded topsail schs. Shipwright and the Dart. A grand- son, George A., was a prominent shipmaster.
George A. (1864-1936) sailed before the mast and as mate, for Capt. Ben- jamin Pinkham, on the R. D. Bibber; then commanded the George H. Holden and the Maggie G. Hart, later a derelict. Another command was the Bath-built four-masted Marie Palmer, with which George made a fast run from Cape Henry to Cienfuegos in seven days. On one occasion six of
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the largest coasters sailed from Baltimore with coal and out to sea raced to Boston. With a fresh wind it was 'set and Devil take the hindmost.' A big six-master was the favorite, but the Marie Palmer was the first to drop an- chor. The fourth vessel arrived four hours only behind the leader. In 1909 the Marie was lost on Frying Pan shoals.
In January 1902 the Prescott Palmer was launched at Bath for her manag- ing owner, William F. Palmer, of Boston. With a length of 238 feet, she was the largest five-masted schooner then afloat, and cost $75,000. On her first trip she was blown off her course, and put in at Cape Fear River with her master injured. Captain Carlisle relieved him in coal carrying trade. Soon after, at anchor in President Roads, the big schooner was damaged by steamship Aggi, and later another steamer with dynamite aboard crashed into the Palmer while aground in the river Delaware. Fortunately no explosion followed.
In 1914 came a momentous incident in the life of the Captain, culminat- ing in the loss of the Prescott Palmer, then owned by J. S. Winslow of Portland. While rounding Cape Cod in company with the inbound five- masters Grace A. Martin and Fuller Palmer, a terrific gale arose at night, during which the accompanying vessels foundered. George put his schooner before the wind and sea, running on a SSE. course until after midnight. It was a wild night in January, intensely cold and ice made rapidly on the vessel, sail was blown away like chaff and while furling the second mate was lost overboard. The wind moderated, new sails were bent and the schooner headed westward toward the Nantucket lightship; but another gale sprang up and she was driven to the southern edge of the Gulf Stream. Storm-tossed in continual gales, straining in heavy seas she leaked freely and as it gained rapidly on the pumps hope of sav- ing the vessel vanished. With boats washed away all faced a desperate situa- tion. To their great relief a British steamship hove in sight. The rescue of all was accomplished with difficulty in the dangerous running sea. A line was attached to each as he jumped from the fast sinking ship and was hauled to the small boat. Landed on Bermuda, the survivors were treated kindly by islanders, the Captain in particular by brother Freemasons.
Meantime revenue cutters had searched for the missing vessel, and were about to abandon the quest when the good news was flashed to Boothbay. On arrival home, the wharves were lined with cheering townsfolk, whistles blew and bells rang as the Winter Harbor landed her popular passenger, Captain Carlisle. He was visibly affected by this demonstration of welcome and friendship. Years after Capt. Lewis A. Carlisle met the
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rescuing master in Rio Janeiro, and was shown a beautiful gold watch presented by President Wilson for the rescue of Captain and crew of the Prescott Palmer.
Misfortune pursued Captain George the next year. On relieving the sick master of the Elizabeth Palmer, she was lost off Fenwick Island. The derelict five-master was blown up. Also on a first trip later in command of the Dorothy Palmer she was cut down and nearly sent to the bottom by steamship Limon. Having escaped more than his share of the dangers of the sea, the Captain opened and operated a general store until his death. He was a member of the Boston Marine Society.
CHAMBERS, CAPT. JOSEPH A., of B'bay. In the fall of 1873 he was knocked overboard from a schooner and drowned in Little Sheepscot River.
DONNELL, SAMUEL. During Civil War days he ran a Bath-B'bay passenger dory or wherry. A thrifty individual, he salvaged small articles, and at his death left a half-barrel of buttons, nails and so forth in the S. S. Wylie house which Samuel had purchased. On the other hand, he was magnani- mous enough to erect a monument in memory of those lost with the C. G. Matthews. Before the Wiwurna was launched Samuel, as a pioneer on the Bath route, was desirous that she be named after him, but was informed by officials of the line that it was customary to name their boats after Indian sachems, further, that on Samuel's death his request would be considered, but it was not. He is described as a spare man of medium height.
DUNTON, JAMES F., GEORGE B. and QUINCY. (Brothers b.1840's.) The first and the last were fishing skippers; James had the Highland Queen, and Quincy the Mystic Tie, and later the larger O. M. Marrett. George was skipper of the Oregon and the Mary Elizabeth. Frank B. Dunton was master of schs. Arctic and the Oregon. Bound to B'bay in 1868, the Arctic foundered off Gull Rock with no loss of life.
ELDRIDGE, SETH W. As fishing skipper he had the Equal of Chatham, came to B'bay, and commanded the Carlton Bell and the Magnolia. On Magnolia in 1885, in a dispute over wages, a seaman nearly bit off the skipper's ear.
EMERSON, COLONEL EDWARD, died at Edgecomb in 1794. Of his sons, James (1759-1780) died in the West Indies; William (1777-1850), according to the family Bible, was born at B'bay; also Joseph (1780-1868), whose im-
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pressment has been related. Later they lived at Edgecomb, in which section (iv.) others of the family appear. Edward Sawyer Emerson (1800-1874) was skipper of pinky Isabella (Edge.), owned in B'bay. A native of B'bay and grandson of Col. Edward, the skipper married Dorothy Stover, of Barter's Island. They moved to Pittston.
William Shillaber (b. 1804), son of William, was a native of Edgecomb, but lived in B'bay. He married Sarah Ann, daughter of Capt. Alexander Reed, and they reared a family of two girls and five boys. In person Wil- liam was full height with brown hair and blue eyes.
Mr. Wilm S. Emerson
Rio Grande [S. A.] 28 May 1831
Sir you now being Master of the Brig Holly in my Stide you wile pro- cede acording to your letor of instructions and much must depend on your manegement in this voyage- you must at all times considor your Self as master of the vessel and alwase bee a wake to your duty .. . and by perform- ing this voyage with dispatch and cair you wile ever have my asistance in your favor. Nathal. Hamlin
The note attests the Captain's first known command; others were brig Olive Branch, topsail schs. Texas, Globe, and the Extio of Thomaston. In his last vessel, brig Rainbow, he made fifty odd voyages, principally in foreign trade. His son John, the mate, recorded: 'Wm. S. Emerson died at sea in Lat. 28° 50 N', Long. 70° W, at 3 o'clock Sunday Morning July 9, 1854, on the passage from Turks Islands to Boston.'
John B. (1835-1887) was a son of Wm. S. Emerson. Captain John has told, in part, the story of his early life; later he successively commanded the Thomaston ships L. B. Gillchrest, John T. Berry, Kendrick Fish and Eliza McNeil, all described in American Merchant Ships by the accurate marine historian, Mr. Frederick C. Matthews. In 1876, after four years in the Gillchrest, the Berry was constructed for his command by his father-in- law, Capt. Samuel Watts. After making six round trans-Atlantic voyages in cotton trade, he sold his $10,000 interest. His last voyage began in Jan- uary 1882, New York to San Francisco in 132 days; thence to Lizard Point in 109 days, and a bit later he sold the Eliza McNeil in Antwerp.
During his sea-life of thirty-five years Captain Emerson made, in addi- tion to numerous coasting and W. I. voyages, forty-eight trans-Atlantic passages, all but two as master, rounded Cape Horn five times and Cape of Good Hope once. In person John could have been taken for an English- man, for in English ports he acquired several traits of that nation. His well-rounded figure of medium height was clothed in English suits, gen-
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erally brown to match his hair and complexion. At sea he was taciturn and aloof; ashore inclined to serious reading and sociable with intimates. . At the time of his death, in his native town of B'bay, he was a prominent and respected seafarer, of whom Capt. Charles M. Nichols, of Searsport, later wrote: 'I have always heard him spoken of very highly and as being an able shipmaster.'
Ralph W. (1853-1889). After his first voyage, related elsewhere, he sailed before the mast on a bark, coaster Agnes, Capt. Wm. Johnson, and in the P. G. Maddocks; later as second and first mate of ship L. B. Gillchrest, under his brother John, also with him as chief officer of ship John T. Berry. During seven years' service as mate his ships met with no serious damage, and he was considered a careful and competent first officer. Later Ralph was a sailmaker at Poole's sail loft.
The first voyage of the John T. Berry was trying and remarkable. In the fall of 1876 she crossed from Savannah to Liverpool; on leaving the ship was blown off her course to sixty degrees North, forty days out, unable to make any westing and farther from destination than on sailing. It was decided to round the British Isles via the North Sea. She touched at the Downs, and proceeded via the English Channel. At sea an incipient mutiny was quelled by the very powerful first officer, Ralph W. Emerson, who wrote in the log: 'Seaman George Hall struck 2d mate Collins on forehead with Rigging Mallet, said Hall confined in Lazaret in Irons. Two men and 2d mate laid up.' Short handed, a week later, 'Capt. pardoned prisoner Hall on condition that he would behave himself and Keep the Peace.' Ship arrived at Tybee Roads in 1877, eighty-eight sailing days out of Liverpool. Ordered to Baltimore, an April gale was encountered, 'Wind increased in great violence blowing a Hurricane.'
FARMER, WILLIAM JR. In the 1840's he was skipper of banker Wave; his son, William P., followed fishing, too, in the Only Son. Thomas B. (1822- 1851), a younger brother of Wm. jr., followed the sea in the Texas, brig Oriska, Capt. B. F. Smith, and was lost with the ill-fated Forest, Capt. Wylie.
Lyman (b. 1852), son of Wm. jr., was master of fishing and coasting schs. Commands: E. R. Nickerson, the new Ambrose H. Knight, Catalina and the three-master Wm. D. Marvel. On a mackerel cruise in 1884 the Knight, in a heavy squall, was struck and partially dismasted: the mainboom fell and knocked the skipper unconscious. The crippled vessel was worked to an anchorage near Block Island and later refitted. He d. 1936.
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Walter E. (b.1874) first followed the sea with his father, Lyman Farmer, in the Catalina. With ability, he advanced rapidly and commanded ten schooners; one of the first was the Flora J. Spears. Other commands were the fore-and-aft Marion Draper, the Wm. D. Marvel, Esther Ann, Lydia M. Baxter, Edward H. Cole and the Wm. H. Harriman. The last four were four-masters employed by Crowell and Thurlow in W. I. trade. Out of Port Tampa with phosphate, Capt. Farmer successfully navigated the Baxter through the centre of a hurricane. In the Cole, heavily loaded, he crossed from Cape Henry to'Santander, Spain, in twenty-one days-a good passage, since it is farther than from a northern port. Heavy Torrevieja salt formed the return cargo. Latterly Captain Farmer has commanded a number of steamships. In the winter of 1920-1921 he rounded the world westerly to the Orient in the Deer Lodge and arrived in New York from the Mediterranean. A native of B'bay, he now (1937) lives at S'port.
FARNHAM. Alexander (b. 1804; lived in Newcastle, 1828) captained schs. Duroc, Hannah and Jane; Joseph commanded topsail schs. Fellowship and Oraloo; Daniel, skipper of Aid in 1850, later had the General Grant; Frederick F. (b.1825). His first vessel was Grampus, later lost with his two brothers, then pinky Patriot, the L. O. Foster, and Arrival. He sailed her for many years, followed by his son, Wm. E. (b. 1861), when seventeen. Com- mands of Albion Farnham: Schs. Oliverean, Constitution, Theresa, Eunice McKown (cx Baracoa), E. A. de Hart, and E. A. Hurlburt. He lost two schooners; Adelbert in a 'pea-soup fog,' and the Cyrus Mckown, 'twas said on Isle of Pines.
FOSTER, NATHANIEL (a.1811-1882). He was a fishing skipper on Linekin's Neck; had sch. Arrival (sold to A. Farnham), pinkies Patriot and Polly, and the Lucy O. Foster. He supplied the fish firm of E. and E. Holbrook. Until lost, the Patriot was used to market dry fish for local firms. In 1867 a 'Nat' Foster built or had built the General Grant at Newcastle. At Shelburne in 1924, died Capt. Nathaniel Foster, aged forty-one, a grandson of the old- time skipper. Frederick Foster was master of fisherman Tiger and topsail sch. Lucinda of Bristol.
FULLER, CAPT. JASON (b. 1803). Commands unknown. He lived at B'bay until at least 1854; the next year a Jason Fuller was state commissioner of wrecks.
GILES, ELEAZER S. (1816-1865). In 1847 he was mate of brig Helen Maria of N. Yarmouth; commanded brigs Australia and Rainbow, and in 1864 a brig was launched at Wisc. for his command. The Captain was a Freemason, and
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the vessel received the name Hiram Abif. The following spring the brig ar- rived in New York with Captain Giles ailing, and he died there.
GOULD, THOMAS (1838-1900). His career began in fishing craft and he was skipper of Bonaventure. Other commands: Brig Torrent and the barks Annie Lewis, John F. Pearson, Sarmiento and the ship James McCarty. In Sarmiento he made the run from Portland to Buenos Ayres in forty-eight days, and soon after his death the Annie Lewis was lost at Turks Islands.
John (1840-1896). His early career was similar to that of his brother Thomas. For a time John was mate of deep-water ships, but returned to fishing and coasting. Commands: Alice M. Gould, Charter Oak of Wisc., H. S. Rowe, Willie G., Julia S. Bailey and the Telegraph. The Gould was a clipper-built fisherman, and in 1869 stranded at Shippegan Island, Bay Chaleur; crew and fish were saved and later she was floated off and repaired. Captain Gould was of medium build and complexion.
GREENLEAF. John D. (1812-1881) and William (1829-1918), brothers, fol- lowed fishing from Barter's Island. John had the Dove, and his son Oren- thall was skipper of Light of Home. William was master of the James R., and his son Irving (1855-1907) was lost with the Natalie B. Nickerson; as was Elwell Greenleaf (1846-1907). Payson S., a younger brother of Elwell, sailed for a Portland fishing firm as skipper of the H. S. Rowe, Fannie Spurling and the Abbie N. Deering, which grounded at Sandy Hook. A powerful tug appeared, a line was passed and a hawser swung around the Abbie. To an inquiry as to whether she could be got off, the towboat master replied: 'Hell, yes. Pull you off if you were up in the woods,' and he did. Edward T. commanded sch. J. Henry Edmunds (lost 1910); and George W. Greenleaf in youth followed bank fishing, and later ran steamer Pelican, attached to the local fish hatchery.
Austin P. (1859-1936) in boyhood worked in the family brickyard at Cross River, Edge., the ruins of which are still visible. Bricks used in the construction of Hendrick's Head lighthouse came from that yard. Skip- per Greenleaf had the yachts Velox and Norman I. Later Norman II was built for him, in which he voyaged to Florida. Latterly he operated the boat, in spring and fall, on the Bath-B'bay run. During the summer season his sturdy figure, hale and hearty to the last, was a familiar sight as Norman II plied among green-clad, rock-ribbed islands with care-free vacationists.
GRIMES. The homestead was at the head of a cove on Linekin's Neck, its shores now dotted with summer cottages. Here Joseph and son Joseph jr.
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(b.1805) followed fishing, and in 1827 the latter was skipper of pinky . Washington. That fall young Grimes, homeward bound with a cargo of fish, fell in with an abandoned lumber-laden ship under full sail yawing hither and thither. Thriftily he salvaged sails, hawsers and articles of value. In 1831 he was the first master of sch. Isabella (B'bay); and in 1852 constructed the Melodeon, a small vessel owned by Alden Grimes.
HARRIS, PAUL and JOSEPH (1820-1851). The fishing firm established by these two brothers became a prominent feature of local business life. In the early 1840's Joseph commanded schs. Caroline and the Sophronia; in April 1851 the C. G. Matthews was launched from the yard of Stephen Sargent for Joseph. Copper-fastened, this clipper-built fisherman of eighty tons cost the firm $4000 and was uninsured. He sailed from home with a crew of thirteen-all fine young men. Autumnal gales in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence blew with unusual severity that year, and toll of life among fishermen was heavy. Late in October the Ocean, skipper Reed, arrived home with dire news: the loss of the Hiram with six of crew and that the Matthews was missing. Off Prince Edward Island shores, the night before the gale, she had been spoken 'All well' by the Mary A. Wylie, but fears entertained for her safety became a sorrowful reality. Other vessels, in- cluding the Princeton, foundered in stormy seas; their violence, reported by Reed, was such that while the Ocean, a large seaworthy pinky, rode out the gale, a heavy sea swept everything, including an anchor, from deck and broke off the bowsprit with jib furled. Paul continued the business and the vessels included the Columbus, Mary Elinor, Nevada, Larooka, Ada L. Harris, Pamet, Annie Sargent and the Anna M. Nash.
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