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Goelct's description in 1750, 67 8hepard's Election Sermon of 1838, 361
Sherman, Gen., his services, 100 Ship Building, by Josiah Barker, 297
Squamscott Patent, 264 Towns ^TM Charlestown, Mass., 7. 131 ; Durham, N. H.,
27 ; Lyme, Conn., ...
Goelct's description in 1750, 67 8hepard's Election Sermon of 1838, 361
Sherman, Gen., his services, 100 Ship Building, by Josiah Barker, 297
Squamscott Patent, 264 Towns ^TM Charlestown, Mass., 7. 131 ; Durham, N. H.,
27 ; Lyme, Conn., ...
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He received, however, little training from his father, who was a ship master in
European and India trade, and who died on Martha's Vineyard, August 23, 1802,
aged 38 years, after a long and trying passage from India; leaving little property
to ...
He received, however, little training from his father, who was a ship master in
European and India trade, and who died on Martha's Vineyard, August 23, 1802,
aged 38 years, after a long and trying passage from India; leaving little property
to ...
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Vitrnm. Amicorum. The MS. is handsomely written, and is illustrated with colored
drawings, viz. : — " The Ship Antilope Among The Rocks of Silley ; " " The ship
Tartar Galley In A Storm at Sea y° 9,h of September, 1750, Latt. 39d. 10m. N.:
Long.
Vitrnm. Amicorum. The MS. is handsomely written, and is illustrated with colored
drawings, viz. : — " The Ship Antilope Among The Rocks of Silley ; " " The ship
Tartar Galley In A Storm at Sea y° 9,h of September, 1750, Latt. 39d. 10m. N.:
Long.
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The Heaths are Pretty Level, Coverd all with a Pricklie Brush Used much for
Dunnage" Ships. A Great Part of the road, at Least One half from Portsmouth to
London is all Chalk, as is all the Land ah* for many Miles, where the Chalk is the
Land ...
The Heaths are Pretty Level, Coverd all with a Pricklie Brush Used much for
Dunnage" Ships. A Great Part of the road, at Least One half from Portsmouth to
London is all Chalk, as is all the Land ah* for many Miles, where the Chalk is the
Land ...
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Mast-Ships. At Sea. Sept 18th & 19th [17.50]. Light Breeses of Wind at WSWat
times Calm and Pleasant weather, have a ... Saw a Ship to windward but Could
not Speak to her ab' 10 A.M. Saw a Large Ship under our Lee, we Bore Downo
and ...
Mast-Ships. At Sea. Sept 18th & 19th [17.50]. Light Breeses of Wind at WSWat
times Calm and Pleasant weather, have a ... Saw a Ship to windward but Could
not Speak to her ab' 10 A.M. Saw a Large Ship under our Lee, we Bore Downo
and ...
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