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Page 35
... Captain John Wright , master of the schooner SPEEDWELL of Wethersfield , Conn . , wrote from New York to the vessel's owner , Mr. Samuel Boardman , as follows : " It is reported that a British man - of - warship is cruising off Block ...
... Captain John Wright , master of the schooner SPEEDWELL of Wethersfield , Conn . , wrote from New York to the vessel's owner , Mr. Samuel Boardman , as follows : " It is reported that a British man - of - warship is cruising off Block ...
Page 36
... Captain George Crane of Wethersfield , Conn . , succeeded in smuggling out his gold and sil- ver in a very clever manner . He was in the habit of making very large purchases of fruits and veg- etables , for use on shipboard , just ...
... Captain George Crane of Wethersfield , Conn . , succeeded in smuggling out his gold and sil- ver in a very clever manner . He was in the habit of making very large purchases of fruits and veg- etables , for use on shipboard , just ...
Page 37
... Captain Crane , hav- ing abandoned the seaman's life , related how he has secreted the coins in squashes and calabashes which went aboard his ship with the other vegetables . Even a better idea of the public's attitude to- wards ...
... Captain Crane , hav- ing abandoned the seaman's life , related how he has secreted the coins in squashes and calabashes which went aboard his ship with the other vegetables . Even a better idea of the public's attitude to- wards ...
Page 39
... Captain Wm . Nott of the state sloop - of - war Guilford on May 15 , 1799 , he was instructed to cruise on the Sound and " make himself a terror to enemy ships and smug- glers . " One can almost trace the rise and fall of smug- gling by ...
... Captain Wm . Nott of the state sloop - of - war Guilford on May 15 , 1799 , he was instructed to cruise on the Sound and " make himself a terror to enemy ships and smug- glers . " One can almost trace the rise and fall of smug- gling by ...
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... Captain Edmund Jackson , master of the smuggling schooner JANE of Baltimore , " had been placed on trial along with five members of the schooner's crew . In a Norfolk paper of January 24th , 1821 , the seizure of the schooner STARLIGHT ...
... Captain Edmund Jackson , master of the smuggling schooner JANE of Baltimore , " had been placed on trial along with five members of the schooner's crew . In a Norfolk paper of January 24th , 1821 , the seizure of the schooner STARLIGHT ...
Common terms and phrases
American ashore Baratarians Barhona boat brandy Brazil brigantine British captain captured cargo carried casks chance channel chase cigars coast guard confiscated contraband contrabandistas craft crew customs officers DANIEL CHATER daring deck declared despite diamonds dollars drugs dutiable duties England fact famous fellow fleet force Francis Bourgeois French gang gems glers gling Goudhurst hands Hawkhurst gang horse hundred islands Jabez Lafitte land lawless liquor smugglers Long Island Sound lugger matter ment Montmorillon mountain mystery never Owlers passed passengers picturesque pirate pistol ports possess pounds prison profits Pyrenees realize result revenue cutter revenue officers rum runners rum-runners safe sail schooner secret seized ship shore skipper slave smugglers sloop sloop-of-war smug smuggling Spanish stealing wool stones story suspicion tain thousand tion traband trade vessels watched West Indies whalemen whaling wool
Popular passages
Page 71 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
Page 82 - If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
Page 71 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...
Page 71 - Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride.
Page 31 - ... wood, of the growth, production, or manufacture of any English plantations in America, Asia, or Africa, shall be shipped, carried, conveyed, or transported from any of the said English plantations, to any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty...
Page 71 - Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man. Taxes on the sauce which pampers...
Page 31 - ... any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty, his...
Page 141 - A little tea, one leaf I did not steal. For guiltless bloodshed I to God appeal ; Put tea in one scale, human blood in t'other And think what 'tis to slay a harmless brother.
Page 142 - I am not dead, but sleepeth here, And when the Trumpet Sound I will appear. Four balls thro' me Pearced there way. Hard it was. I'd no time to pray. This stone that here you Do see My Comerades erected for the sake of me.