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INSCRIPTION: The Patriot exalted. (bottom center); MARKS: JS f (under image at left), Published 15th March 1792 by Thos. Cornell Bruton Street (bottom right corner);
ETCHING, PATRIOT EXALTED, WAR, RUSSIA, TURKEY, CARTOON, CARICATURE, JOHN PAUL JONES, CATHERINE THE GREAT, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA, POLITICAL CARTOON, SATIRE, SATIRICAL,
NOTES: The image shows Catherine II, the Empress of Russia, aided by a Russian bear placing a bust of Charles James Fox in a niche in the palace wall. A bust of Captal John Paul Jones is still on the floor. Affronted, statues of Demosthenes and Cicero leave their places. In August 1791 Catherine II of Russia ordered a bust of Charles James Fox to place in her gallery between statues of Demosthenes and Cicero. The Empress later removed Fox's bust due to his support of the French Revolution. At the time Turkey was at war with Russia and Fox was opposing aid to the Turks. American John Paul Jones was serving as a Russian admiral. NOTES: Text from Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England, vol. 29, (London, 1817) p.998: In "1788, Jones agreed to join the Russian side in Catherine's new war against the sultan, which had come about after an Ottoman ultimatum to quit Crimea and return it to its previous independent status. The inducement was that Jones would be given supreme command of the new Black Sea fleet, [then] wintering at Kherson and Sevastopol. Jones was part of a long line of foreign officers in the employ of the Russian navy and since the new United States had still not established a navy of its own, the opportunity for gaining a major command, even if under a foreign ensign, must have seemed an opportunity too good to miss" (King). Instead of the entire fleet, it turned out he was only given command of the Kherson squadron. Worse was to come, as he not only fell foul of Russian court politics, but in 1789 was arrested on an alleged rape charge. Catherine allowed him to leave for Paris in July that year, where he remained until his death not long after this print was published. The armament of Russia was a perplexing issue for England, although Prime Minister William Pitt's plan to invade Russia was met with fierce opposition by Charles Fox. Catherine II was extremely grateful to Fox for this, so much so that she actually placed a bust of Fox between those of Demosthenes and Cicero in the Russian royal residence, Tsarskoe Selo. In Pitt's speech to the Commons on 1 March, 1792 defending his government's actions over the arming of Russia, he responded to a question as to whether he might expect to receive an honours should he visit St. Petersburg, that "he scarcely imagined he should have the honour of being placed in a gallery between two of the greatest orators of Greece and Rome." Two weeks later, this image appeared. The bust of John Paul Jones on the lower left is a ominous reminder of his role in this current situation in addition to that of the Revolutionary War.
The trial of Alexander McLeod, for the murder of Amos Durfee, and as an accomplice in the burning of the steamer Caroline in the Niagara River during the Canadian Rebellion in 1837-8
INSCRIPTION: Private Signals of the Whaling Ships of New Bedford Gideon Allen, Agent 1845-50 Ships: Coral, James Allen, Francis 1845-50 Barks: Bramin, Millwood, Octavia Gideon Allen & Son, Agents 1857 Ships: Congress 2nd, Coral, James Allen, Nautilus, Bark, Millwood 1869 Bark: Edward Everett, George, James Allen, Millwood, Nautilus Philip Anthony, Agent 1845 Ship: Menkar 1850 Ship: Menkar, Ship Phoenix James Arnold, Agent 1850 Ships: Cambria & Francis Abraham Ashley, Agent 1857 Ship: Saratoga 1857 Bark: Cachalot 1857 Bark: Endeavor Abraham Barker, Agent 1845-50 Ships: Ashland, Liverpool, Roman 2nd, St. George; Bark Washington George F. Barker, Agent 1857 Ship: Empire, James Edward, Liverpool J.H. Bartlett, Agent 1845 Bark: Canton Packet Jonathan Bourne Jr., Agent 1857 Ships: Hibernia, Hunter, Kingfisher, Lagoda, Marengo, Stephenia, Washington 1857 Barks: Draco, Newton, Roscoa 2nd 1869 Barks: Adeline Gibbs, Alaska, Ansel Gibbs, Draco, Eliza, Hunter, Lagoda, Northern Light, Sea Breeze William O. Brownell, Agent 1869 Ships: Daniel Webster & Marengo Barks: John Wells, Midas, Progress Haskell & Randall, Agents 1845-48 Wm O. Brownell, Agent 1850 Ship: America; Bark Envoy 1857 Ship: Caravan, Ontario, South America 1857 Bark: Envoy James Beetle, Agent 1857 Bark: Fortune Chapman & Bonney, Agents 1857 Ship: Lewis John Coggshall [sic], Agents 1845 Ship: Midas, Stephania, Wm Rotch Cook & Snow, Agents 1857 Barks: Active, Huntress, Helen Snow, Ohio, Stella Cornell & Penniman, Agents 1857 Bark: Eliza Oliver & Geo. O. Crocker, Agents 1845 Ship: Massachusetts 1850 Ship: Courier O. & Geo. O. Crocker, Agents Elisah Dunbar & Co., Agents 1840-45-48-50-69 Edward C. Jones John P. Knowles, 2nd Agent 1869 Bark: Avola, Cornelia, Laconia, Sarah, Seine Jos Dunbar & Co., Agents 1840, 1845, 1848, 1850-54 F. H. Thomas Rodney French, Agent 1845 Ship: Seine 1850 Ship: Garland, Margaret Scott 1850 Bark: Emma, Peri Rodney French, Agent 1845 Bark: Peri Alexander Gibbs, Agent 1840, 1845, 1848, 1850-57 T.N. Gifford, Agent 1869 Bark: Albion, Catalpa, Pioneer William Gifford, Agent 1840, 1845, 1848, 1850-69, 1869 C.H. Gifford David R. Green & Co, Agents 1840-45 Ship: Hercules 2nd, Junior, Mt. Vernon, Sally Anne, Two Brothers 1857 Ship: Junior, Orozimbo Lawrence Grinnell, Agent 1857 Bark: Wavelet T. Knowles & Co., Agents 1845-50 Jacob B. Hadley, Agent Bark: Osceola 3rd Haskell & Randall 1845-48 John Hicks, Agent Bark: Thomas Winslow Hathaway & Luce, Agent 1845 Ships: Niger, Nile, Julian, Statira, Virginia; Barks: Cherokee, Valparisio 1850 Ships: Julian, Niger, Nile, Statira, Virginia; Barks: Cherokee, Valparisio Gilbert Hathaway, Agent 1845 Ship: Henry Kneeland 1845 Bark: Fortune William Hathaway Jr., Agent Ship: Niger Bark: Cherokee Thomas Hathaway, Agent 1840-45 Ships: Leonidas & Swift 1850 Ship: Swift 1857 Ships: Swift, Oneida T.S. & F.S. Hathaway, Agents 1857 Merchantman-Ship: Horatio 1857 Ship: John Jay, Independence T. Knowles & Co., Agent 1857 Charles Hitch, Agent 1845 Bark: Geo. Washington, James Andrews 1845 John A. Standish, Agent Bark: Equator John Hitch & Son, Agent Barks: Java 2nd, Morning Star, Cleora, Orlando, Stamboul, Cossack, Vernon, Geo. Washington, Newark, James Andrews Azel Howard, Agent 1857 Ships: Chili, Morea 1840 Walter Spooner, Agent 1845 B.B. Howard, Agent Ships: Chili, Cowper, Fenelon, Israel, Morca, Parachute 1850 Ships: Chili, Cowper, Henry Kneeland, Morea, Parachute; Bark: Bevis 1857 Ships: Cowper, HY Kneeland, Parachute, William Badger; Bark: Malta A.H. Howland, Agent 1845 - 8 Vessels 1850 - 6 Vessels 1857 Ship: Uncas; Bark: Susan 1857 Charles Taber, Agent Ship: India B.F. Howland, Agent 1857 Ship: Mary Frazier Barks: Courser, Eben Dodge, Millinoket Edward W. Howland, Agent 1845 Ships: Golconda 2nd, Lafayette, Lucas, Marcia, Ohio 1850 Ships: Archer, Euphrates, Herald, Lafayette, Marcia, Ohio, Levi Starbuck 1857 Ships: Cornelius Howland, Euphrates, Herald, Marcia, Ohio, Levi Starbuck, Onward, Reindeer, William Rotch; Bark: Alpha Geo. & Matthew Howland, Agents 1845 Ships: Ann Alexander, Corinthian, Golconda, Hope, Cortes, George & Susan, George Howland, Java-Rosseau 1850 Ships: Ann Alexander, Corinthian, Cortes, George & Susan, Golconda, Java, Roussuea 1857 Ships: Corinthian, Cortes, Geo. Howland, Geo. & Susan, Golconda, Java, Rousseau 1869 Ships: Geo. Howland, Thos. Dickason, Concordia, Java, Rousseau, Geo. & Susan, Desdemona 1869 Bark: Corinthian Lemuel Killock [sic] & Son, Agent 1845 Ship: Cicero, Copia; Bark: Cornelia, Persia 1850 Ship: Charles, Cicero, Copia; Bark: Cornelia, Ohio 1857 Ship: Cicero; Bark: Alice Frazier, Cornelia, Helen Mar, Richmond Issac [sic] Howland, Jr. & Co., Agents 1840, 1845, 1848, 1850 1857 Ships: Bartholomew Gosnold, California, Charles W. Morgan, Contest, Eliza F. Mason, Gideon Howland, Gladiator, Hebernia 2nd, America, Isaac Howland, Minerva Smith, Mart, Rapid, Triton, Gipsy, Joseph Butler, Mercury; Bark: Catalpa James H. Howland, Agent 1845 Ship: Isabella 1845 Bark: Drymo John & James Howland, Agents 1845 Ships: Balaena, Robert Edwards 1850 Ships: Balaena, John Howland, Robert Edwards Lawrence Grinnell, Agent Ship: Euphrates James M. Howland, Agent 1857 Ships: Balaena, John Howland, Robert Edwards 1869 Bark: John Howland Weston Howland, Agent 1857 Bark: Dominga, Dartmouth, Manuel Ortez William P. Howland, Agent 1845 Bark: Roscius 1850 Ship: Roscius, Franklin 1850 Bark: Andrews 1857 Ships: Roscius, Franklin, Young Hector, Tropic Bird 1857 Barks: Andrews, Marion S.H.&W. Ingalls, Agent 1845 Ship: Margaret Scott 1845 Bark: Dimon Kelley & Swift, Agents Ship: Joseph Meigs Zeno Kelley, Agent Bark: Hope Allen Lucas, Agent 1857 Bark: Globe, Array Taft J.A. Macomber, Agent 1857 Bark: Bevis Edmund Maxwell, Agent 1857 Ship: Wm. Wirt, Harrison; Bark: Cleons Edmund Maxfield, Agent 1869 Barks: Annawan, Cleonr, Iona, Lydia, President 2nd Russell Maxfield, Agent 1850 Ship: Leonidas 1857 Ship: Leonidas; Bark: Silver Cloud Charles W. Morgan, Agent 1845 Ship: Abigail, Charles W. Morgan, Condor, Emily Morgan, Hector, Magnolia, Rodman Edward Munro, Agent 1845 Bark: Russell T. & A.R. Nye, Agents 1845 Ships: Desdemona, Elizabeth, Herald 2nd, Janus, Nye, Lancaster, Maria Theresa, Ploughboy 1850 Ships: Elizabeth, Janus, Lancaster, Louisiana, Maria Theresa, Nye; Bark: Desdemona 1857 Ships: Gazelle, Elizabeth, Desdemona, Harold 2nd, Hiawatha, Janus, Lancaster, Maria Theresa, Othello, Thomas Nye; Bark: Stafford Henry F. Thomas, Agent 1850-57 Ship: Drapper, Emerald, Kutusoff 1857 Bark: John A. Darker Frederick Parker, Agent 1845 Ship: John 1850 Ship: John Jireh Perry, Agent 1845 Ships: Canton, Eagle, Hercules, John Adams, Nasseau, Pacific, Wm. (William) Thompson E. Perry & P. Tillinghast, Agents Ships: Canton, Eagle, Hercules, Nasseau, Pacific, Wm. Thompson Lorenzo Peirce, Agents 1848 Bark: Harvest 1850 Bark: Le Baron Wm. Philips [sic] & Son, Agent 1857 Ships: China, Olympia, Twilight, Young Phoenix; Bark: Thomas Pope, San Francisco 1867 Ship: Young Phoenix, Mercury; Bark: China; Merchantman Bark: Sacramento Wm. Philips [sic] & Ashley, Agents 1845 Ships: Olympia, China, Harrison Pope & Morgan, Agents 1845 Ships: Braganza, Chandler Price, Edwards; Bark: Clarice Wm. G.E. Pope, Agent 1850-1857 Ships: Abigail, Braganza, Chandler Price, Condor, Edward, Magnolia, Rodman; Schooner: Alfred Andrew H. Potter, Agent 1869 Bark: Black Eagle, Glacier, Hadley, Orray Taft Chas. S. Randle [sic], Agent 1857 Bark: Oresla 1869 Bark: Live Oak, Norman, Osmanli, Starlight Randall & Haskell, Agents 1845 Ship: Courier, Bark George & Morton 1840 J.C. Haskell, Agent Ship: Mayflower Wm. H. Reynard, Agent Bark: Winslow, Sarah Sheaf, Damelia Thomas Riddell, Agent 1840 Kiddell [sic] & Dix 1845 Ships: Emerald, George Porter J.B. Richmond, Agent Barton Ricketson, Agent 1845 Ships: Brunswick, Canada, Nimrod, Orozimbo; Barks: America, Chase, Smyrna 1850 Ships: Brunswick, Nimrod, Orozimbo Richmond & Wood 1845 Bark: Alto 1850 Bark: Alto, Smyrna 1857 Bark: Alto, Smyrna; Ship: Lancer, President 1869 Joshea Richmond & Son, Agents; Bark: Lancer J.B. Richmond, Agents Isaac B. Richmond 1845 Ships: Addison, Jeannette 1850-57 Ships: Addison, Jeannette; Barks: Anaconda, Dunbarton Andrew Robeson, Agent 1840-45 Ships: Milo, Pacific, Roscoe, Samuel Robinson; Bark: Junius 1850 Ship: Roscoe 1857 Ship: Roscoe E.M. Robinson, Agent 1850 Merchantman Ships: Sea Nymph, Mary Robinson, John Milton Samuel Rodman, Agent 1845-48 Samuel W. Rodman, Agent 1845-48 1850 with R. on flag Thomas R. Rodman, Agent, 1857 William R. Rodman, Agent 1845-48 Ship: Rebecca Sims 1850-57 Ship: Rebecca Sims William R. Rodman, Agent 1840, 45, 48, 50 Bark: Columbus William R. Rodman, Agent 1840-45 Ship: Moss William R. Rodman, Agent 1840-50 Brig: Sarah Louise Wm. J. Rotch, Agent 1845 Ship: Emily Morgan, Hector 1850-57 Ship: Emily Morgan, Hector O. & E.W. Seabury, Agents 1850 Ship: Monongahela; Bark: Sappho 1857 with red S on flag 1857 Ship: Scotland, Sappho, Sea Breeze Otis Seabury, Agent 1869 Bark: Mt. Washington, Sappho A.H. Seabury & Bros. - 1840 Pardon G. Seabury, Agent 1845 Ship: Caroline 1845 Brig: Zoraster James H. Slocum, Agent 1850 Bark: Montezuma, Ingalls & Lucas; Brig Inga James. H. Slocum, Agent 1857 Bark: Montezuma C.A. Church, Agent Keoka Loum Snow & Son, Agents 1840 Barks: Active, Cicero, Helen Snow, Ohio, Roscoe, Seneca Swift & Allan [sic], Agents 1845 Ships: Gratitude, Taxitus 1845 Bark: Tuscaloosa 1850 Ship: Gratitude; Barks: Harvest, J.E. Donnell, Martha, Paulina 1857 Ship: Jireh Smith; Barks: Gratitude, Elizabeth Swift, Eugenia, Fanny, J.E. Donnell, Louise, Martha, Massachusetts, Montgomery, Ospray, Paulinaa 1869 Barks: Aurora, Camilla, E. Swift, Eugenia, Fanny, Helen Marr, Louisa, Massachusetts, Martha, Ospray W.C.N. Swift & Eben Perry, Agents 1857 Ship: Alexander; Barks: Eagle, Hercules, Jireh Perry, Joesphine, Nassau, Pacific, William Thompson 1869 Ships: Commodore Morris, Contest, Janus, Jireh Perry, Josephine, Bald Eagle, E. Corning, Hercules, Pacific, Trident Oben [sic] N. Swift & Co., Agents 1845 Ship: Formosa Taber Reid & Co., Agents 1869 Ships: Robert Edwards, St. George 1869 Barks: Joseph Maxwell, President F. & G.R. Taber, Agents 1857 Ship: Betsy Williams, Rambler; Bark: Laetitia, Afton Henry Taber & Co., Agents 1840-1845 Ships: Barclay, Callav, Good Return, Milton, William & Eliza 1850-57 Ships: Barclay, Callav, Good Return, Hillman, James Arnold, Milton, William & Eliza 1850-57 Barks: Henry Taber, Ocean Wave Taber Gordon & Co., Agents 1869 Ships: Eliza Adams, James Adams, Milton 1869 Barks: B. Cummings, Callav, Coral, Florida, Henry Taber Chas Thacker & Co., Agents 1869 Schooner: Petral Thomas & Dow, Agents 1845 Ship: Magestic; Bark: Dayade 1850 Sylvanus Thomas, Agent 1850 Ship: Magestic S. Thomas & Co., Agents 1848 Ship: Caroline, DanL [Daniel] Webster, Magestic, Morning Star 1848 Bark: Morning Light; Merchantman Bark: RobT [Robert] Pennell Henry F. Thomas, Agent 1850 Ships: Draper, Emerald, Kutusoff 1857 Ships: " " " Bark: John A. Parker James A. Thompson, Agent 1845 Ships: Lewis, Champion with a C [on flag], So. Carolina with S.C. 1845 Barks: Garland with G, Emma with E, Pioneer with P 1850 Ships: So. Carolina, Champion, Brighton 1857 Ships: Champion; Bark: Cavalier, Pioneer West & Paine, Agents 1845 Ship: Montezuma; Bark: Franklin 1850, John P. West, Agent Ship Montezuma; Bark: Franklin Simeon N. West, Agent 1857 Ship: Moctezuma 1857 Bark: John West W. & G.D. Watkins, Agents 1857 Ship: Plover; Bark: Elisha Dunbar, Merlin, Vigilant 1845 William Watkins, Agent, Bark: Hope 1850-69 William Watkins, Agent, Bark: Hope Ship: Swallow; Bark: Merlin, Roman, Vigilant Chas. R. Tucker & Co., Agents 1845 Ships: Benjamin Tucker, Brighton, Fabius, Factor, James Maury 1845 Barks: Canton, Endeavor, Mars, Marcella, Minerva 1850 Ships: Arabella, Benjamin Tucker, Canton 2nd, Fabius, James Maury, Mexican, Montreal, Triton 2nd 1850 Barks: America, Endeavor, Mars, Marcella Daniel Wood, Agent Toby & Ricketson, Agent 1840-45 Ships: Archer, Herald Bark: Dragon Tucker & Cummings, Agents 1857 Ships: Brunswick, E.C. Cowdin Barks: A.R. Tucker, Benjamin A. Cumming, Brighton, Nye Wood & Nye, Agents 1850 Thomas & Wilcox, Agent 1845, 50, 57 Wilcox & Richmond, Agent
OIL PAINTING, SIGNAL FLAGS, WHALING SHIPS OF NEW BEDFORD, SIGNAL BOARD, WHALER, PRIVATE SIGNALS, PRIVATE SIGNAL FLAGS, HOUSE FLAGS, WHALING, SIGNALS AND SIGNALING, VISUAL COMMUNICATION, FLAG CHART,
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Oil painting on canvas by C. Newton titled 'Private Signals of the Whaling Ships of New Bedford.' There are many company/merchant flags shown with the names of their vessels and dates of operation underneath each flag. Looking at the dates of the vessels the painting appears to have been created sometime in the 1840s and received modifications as new ship's were added to each. There do not appear to be any entries made after 1869. NOTES: For information, see New Bedford Whaling Museum finding aids. Newspaper and other references found in object file. Gideon Allen and his brother, William, were whaling agents and investors from 1830 to 1887. Philip Anthony worked as a ship chandler and sold hardware at 91 Union in the 1841 New Bedford City Directory. He owned ship Menkar from at least 1845 to 1854. James Arnold was a merchant at Rotch's square. He owned the ship Cambria, which transported Frederick Douglass in 1847. George F. Barker and Abraham Barker were merchants at 117 Union in the early 1840s, also sold provisions and groceries from that address. Chapman & Bonney existed in at least the 1850s. In 1854 they purchased the schooner Union to be rigged as a brig and used in the North Atlantic whale trade. In 1859 their sail lofts burned in a fire. Coggshall should be spelled Coggeshall Cook & Snow was a partnership between Thomas Cook (1801-1890) and Loum Snow that began in 1828. They were wholesale and retail dealers in dry goods, merchant tailors, and outfitters, but also became involved in whaling trade. Snow left the partnership in 1859 and started his own company; his son joined him in 1867 to create Loum Snow & Son. Cornell & Penniman are listed in this painting as agents for bark Eliza in 1857, they were still agents for her in 1860. Oliver & George O. Crocker were brothers. In 1841 the firm of George O. Crocker & Co. had George T. Baker and Oliver Crocker as partners, and David Crocker as a laborer. They were merchants operating from 7 Commercial wharf. By 1843 the partnership between Baker, Crocker, & Co. of Boston and George O. Crocker & Co. of New Bedford had dissolved, leaving Baker to partner with Edmund Whitney to create Baker & Whitney selling sperm oil, candles, and other general commission business from their stores at 80 and 84 Water Street, which had been the address for Baker, Crocker, & Co. See The Boston Post, February 6, 1843. Elisha Dunbar & Co. was a partnership between Captain Elisha Dunbar and Edward C. Jones. Elisha Dunbar married Ann Howland in 1820, the daughter of John Howland Sr., who built them a house at 46 South Street. Edward Coffin Jones began his career as a stock boy, who worked his way up to being a ship owner and partner. When Dunbar died in 1839 Jones continued the firm alone. William Watkins worked for the company before starting his own (see below). John P. Knowles worked as a partner with T. & J.P. Knowles with Thomas. By 1887 The Boston Globe reported that John P. Knowles 2d was a ship merchant who was in debt. In 1890 the newspapers reported him as an insolvent debtor paying 40 per cent dividend. T. Knowles & Co.: Thomas Knowles worked with John P. Knowles and Joseph Knowles in th 1849 directory as dealers in groceries, provisions, dry goods, etc. at 24 Union. Jos Dunbar & Co. was Joseph Dunbar, a mercantile and whaling agent company. Henry F. Thomas (born 1824) worked for his father then joined Dunbar as a clerk and worked his way up to being a partner in 1845. He took control from 1850 to 1875. The company is listed in the 1836 and 1841 directories located at 9 Middle with Asa T. Lawton as a partner. Rodney French (1802-1886) was a quaker and merchant. He was an abolitionist who supported the Civil War. He won the 1853 mayoral election for New Bedford and a street in New Bedford is named Rodney French Blvd in his honor. William Gifford was a whaling agent for the ships Charles Drew, Minerva, and bark William Gifford. His son, Charles H. Gifford, became a partner and the company name became William Gifford & Son. William died in 1866 and Charles continued the company for a few years. Lawrence Grinnell was a whaling agent who began his career in the counting room of Fish & Grinnell in New York (which later became Grinnell & Minturn, see QO 1030 and QO 1024). He returned to New Bedford to work as a whaling agent, sold sperm oil and candles, and worked with the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Hathaway & Luce was a partnership between William Hathaway Jr. (1798-1885) and Matthew Luce (circa 1802-1852) in 1838. Hathaway was a sailor who became master, and was well traveled. When he partnered with Luce they worked as agents and commission merchants until Luce died in 1852. Hathaway continued the company until the Civil War when he sold several ships and had a few captured by the Confederates. T.S. & F.S. Hathaway was Thomas Schuyler Hathaway (1796-1821) and Francis S. Hathaway (1803-1869). Their father, Humphrey Hathaway (1765-1821) was a ship builder and involved in the whale oil industry. A third brother, Nathaniel, was also a partner until his death in 1836; two of his sons became partners later in life. A.H. Howland was Abner Howland, whose family was very active in the New Bedford whaling industry and also very wealthy. He is a nephew of John Howland Sr., and Abner's home still stands at 22 South Sixth Street. Edward Wing Howland was a whaling agent, owner, and also outfitted whaling vessels in partnership with his brother, Cornelius, and his nephew, George Howland Barney. Edward died in 1879. George & Matthew Howland: George Howland Sr., was a whaling agent who eventually owned nine whaling vessels, a counting house, a wharf, a candle factory, stores, houses, and land. His daughter used his home at 245 Walnut Street to educate fugitive slaves. The home was built as a wedding gift in 1811, and on the wedding day George and his wife Susan watched the launch of the ship George & Susan from their front porch. Frederick Douglass worked for him as a young man. Lemuel Killock & Son should be spelled Lemuel Kollock. He was a ship chandler and grocer in the 1841 city directory, at 3 Whaleman's slip at the corner of Central wharf. Issac Howland Jr. & Co. should be Isaac Howland Jr. & Co. His father, Isaac Howland Sr., began a company where Jr. worked until it failed, but he managed to stay involved in the industry and start his own company. Isaac Jr.'s daughter, Abby Howland, married Edward Mott "Black Hawk" Robinson in 1833 and he took control of the company when Isaac Jr. died in 1834. Robinson was known for his ruthless business tactics and grew the company into a strong, successful venture that made them very wealthy. His daughter, Hetty Green, learned the finances from her father and became the wealthiest woman in America when she died in 1916. Green was known for her stingy financial practices, neglecting medical care for herself and her children to save money. Her son wound up with an amputated leg. John & James Howland were brothers. James started his career at sea but barely survived several dangerous voyages so he retired to life on shore to work with John. James built a house between 1808 and 1815 at 21 South Sixth Street that still stands, but at one time had an observation tower in the yard so that he could still watch the harbor. Charles Waln Morgan lived from 1796 to 1861. He partnered with William Rotch Sr. and Samuel Rodman Sr. as merchant shippers, then worked for himself from 1819 until his death. He owned all or part of numerous whaling vessels.. T. & A.R. Nye were Asa R. Nye and Thomas Nye, Jr. They were merchants at 8 Middle Street in the 1836 and 1841 city directories. Frederick Parker lived from 1806 to 1861, son and partner of prominent whaling merchant John Avery Parker. John hired William Phillips in 1825 and his son, George R. Phillips, in 1848. John died in 1853 and Frederick continued the company. When Frederick died William and George continued the company under the name of William Phillips & Son (incorrectly spelled twice in painting as Philips). Jireh Perry was a merchant with a counting room at 11 Middle Street in the 1841 directory. Ebenezer Perry appears in the record as his son, and Pardon Tillinghast was a partner. Lorenzo Peirce was a cooper who eventually owned 3/4 of the bark Addison from 1860-1867. Pope & Morgan: Samuel Griffitts Morgan was the nephew of Charles W. Morgan and worked as a clerk for his uncle until partnering with William G.E. Pope in about 1836. The 1841 city directory has Pope & Morgan as commission merchants and dealers in duck, iron, etc. in Rotch's Square. Andrew H. Potter was a clerk for the Register Office in 1841. By 1861 the New York Times reported that he worked for A.H. Potter & Co. and was arrested for his part in outfitting the ship Brutus for carrying slaves. Chas. S. Randle may be Charles S. Randall, who went on to be a politician. Thomas Riddell partnered with Thomas R. Dix as merchants with a counting room at 29 Rotch's Square. Barton Ricketson was partnered with Charles Wood, merchants at 31 Centre in 1841. Samuel W. Rodman was a leading manufacturer of cotton goods. The 1841 directory has his office at 3 Rodman, by 1842 he built a large house with a guest house at what is now 35 Seventh Street. The Rodman family had been involved in the whaling industry since 1798 when Samuel Rodman Sr. started working as a merchant, banker, an invested in textile mills. His sons were Samuel Rodman Jr. and Benjamin Rodman. Samuel Jr's son, Thomas Rotch Rodman, also worked for the company. Thomas worked in his father's whaling ventures, then fought in the Civil War before working for the Wamsutta Mill that his father and uncle funded. William Rotch Rodman lived at 388 County Street, built between 1833 and 1836. The Rotch family was another prominent, highly successful whaling family in New Bedford. It began with William Rotch Jr. in 1787, who had worked for his father's counting house in Nantucket. He taught his sons, William Rodman Rotch, Joseph Rotch, and Thomas Rotch, who all worked as whaling agents. Joseph's son, William James Rotch, attended Harvard, founded the New Bedford Cordage Company with his brother, and became mayor. William James married two of Charles W. Morgan's daughters. O. & E.W. Seabury were Otis and Edward W. Seabury, outfitters and agents for whaling ships. Several brothers were also involved in the whaling industry and occasionally contributed to the business. They were Humphrey W., Charles Pinkney, William Harrison, and Jason. Swift & Allan should be spelled Swift & Allen. They were ship chandlers, agents, and commission merchants from 1842 to 1891. Frederick Slocum Allen had worked with Thomas C. Lothrop from 1832 to 1836, then with Ireneus Gooding from 1836 to 1841. He then partnered with his brother-in-law, Jireh Swift, to create Swift & Allen. Their decline began with the Civil War and the company closed for good in 1891. W.C.N. Swift & Eben Perry were William Cole Nye Swift and Eben Perry. The partnership began in 1849, they hired William H. Aiken in 1865, and they hired Frederick Swift (W.C.N.'s son) in 1875. Aiken and Frederick Swift took over control in 1879 and the name became Aiken & Swift, which eventually moved operations to San Francisco by the 1880s. Aiken died in 1893 but Frederick Swift continued working. Oben N. Swift should be spelled Obed N. Swift. He worked with W.C.N. Swift (see above) as live oak contractors at 56 Fifth Street in 1841, prior to W.C.N.'s partnership with Eben Perry. The Taber family is another with long connections to the New Bedford whaling industry. Henry Taber went to sea in 1809 and by 1832 was working as a ship chandler and grocer as Henry Taber & Co. He partnered with David Sherman, then with his son, William Gordon Taber, then with his son-in-law John Hunt. When Henry Taber retired in 1866, William G. Taber and William Gordon Jr. took over and changed the name to Taber, Gordon & Co. Other family members involved in the whaling industry include Henry Taber's cousins, Francis Taber and George Russell Taber, who operated as F. & G.R. Taber, as well as Francis' son, Robert Holloway Taber. Thomas & Dow was a partnership between Sylvanus Thomas and William F. Dow, which had financial difficulties in 1846. Dow also worked as principal of the William Street Boys' School, and Thomas worked with Zephaniah Eddy as Eddy & Thomas in at least 1841. Thomas later created Sylvanus Thomas & Co., and hired George S. Homer in 1859. Homer became a partner by 1867 and partnered with his brother, Frederick, after Thomas died. The company existed into the 1870s. West & Paine started in 1816 by John P. West. It became West & Paine when Samuel S. Paine joined, then S.S. Paine until 1861 when Paine's brother, George Paine, joined and the name changed to S.S. Paine & Bro. They were dealers in brick and lime at 12 Hazard's wharf. John P. West's son, Simeon N. West, was also a whaling agent. W. & G.D. Watkins started in 1840. William Watkins had worked for Elisha Dunbar until that company closed and he started his own. It became William & George D. Watkins from 1851 to 1862. In 1878 George bought the company and partnered with Jonathan Handy to create Watkins & Handy. Tucker & Cummings was a partnership between Charles Smith Cummings and his brother-in-law, Abner R. Tucker in 1853. When Tucker left the company in 1881 Benjamin Cummings joined and the name became C.S. & B. Cummings. Benjamin Cummings also worked with his brother-in-law, Charles H. Gifford, in Gifford & Cummings. Charles Smith Cummings had learned the business from his father and two uncles who were part of William Cummings & Co. Wood & Nye: Willard Nye (1811-1865) started his career with David R. Greene & Co. and was a partner with them by 1836 with Dennis Wood. By 1850 Wood and Nye created their own company as merchants and agents. Nye died in 1865 but Wood continued the company after that. Nye also served as a Representiative twice and Mayor of New Bedford. (See A Genaeology of the Nye Family)
Reprint of the first, 1570 edition of the Theatrum orbis terrarum of Abraham Ortelius, which is generally considered to be the first modern printed atlas. Colophon: Antverpiae, in officina Plantiniana, auctoris are & cura, 1592. Catalogus authorum includes 153 names. Engraved title page, within ornamental border. "Parergon, sive Veteris geographiae aliqvot tabvlae" and "Nomenclator Ptolemaivs", latter dated 1591. Includes map of the world; maps of the continents known to Europeans at the time; and more detailed country and regional maps, primarily within Europe, although also in North Africa and the Near East. Each map is preceded by descriptive text. Supplementary material includes De Mona druidum insula, an essay (sent to Ortelius in a 1568 letter) by Welsh historian and cartographer Humphrey Llwyd; a list of cartographers whose works Ortelius consulted or knew of; and a detailed index. Imprint from colophon./ Engraved title page, with printed epigram on verso./ The second issue of the first edition of the first modern atlas. Cf. Skelton./ The maps are numbered 1-108, indicated at the bottom of epigram, forming two conjugate leaves each; the front of the first leaf with printed text and plate number, the reverse of the second leaf always blank. Relief shown pictorially. All editions of the Theatrum have a common structure. The single-volume atlas opens with an allegorical title page depicting the five continents then known as native goddesses. There follows a dedication to Philip II, King of Spain and the Netherlands; a poem by Adolphus Mekerchus (Adolf van Meetkercke), on the title page; a portrait of Ortelius by Philip Galle (in editions of 1579 and later); an introduction by Ortelius himself; a letter of recommendation by Mercator; the list of sources ("Catalogus Auctorum"); an index of regions and place-names ("Index Tabularum"); the atlas proper, consisting of maps with accompanying text on the verso; a register of place-names in antiquity ("Nomenclator"); a treatise ("De Mona Druidum", by Humfred Lhuyd); and finally the privilege and a colophon. 3 parts in one volume, folio (425 x 282mm.), Hand-colored engraved title page heightened in gold, hand-colored portrait of Ortelius, and 134 double-page maps, The present edition contains 108 hand-colored double-page maps in the Theatrum as well as the 26 maps and views of the Parergon, all in contemporary hand-coloring. The text provides detailed discussions of each map which cite both ancient and modern authorities, marrying the ancient geographers with the new eye-witness accounts of Coronado, Cartier, Thevet, and more. Notably, he gives credit generously to those whose data he uses; the first edition names 87 sources, with more added in each edition. This is one of the first editions of the Theatrum with a clear division into three parts: (1) the atlas itself, (2) the Parergon, and the Nomenclator. The Parergon had for the first time its own title page. For this title page Plantin made use of the woodblock he had used for the title page of Genesis in the Biblia Regia, printed in 1569-72. Printing started in July 1590 but because of a shortage of paper the printing lasted longer than expected. The Nomenclator was printed between February and May 1591 (the title page was dated 1591). The rest of the Theatrum was printed in the summer of 1591. The first copies were delivered on 6 August 1591. The colophon however has the date of 1592. The Plantin Press printed 525 copies of this edition. After this edition, only the fifth Additamentum would further enlarge the Theatrum. Relief shown pictorially.; "Ab. Ortelius describ. cum priuilegio decennali 1587."; The border of clouds found in earlier editions has been replaced by an intricate and elaborate border framing the title, three quotations from Cicero, and two from Seneca.; The oval world map used previously has been updated to more accurately portray South America and to add the Solomon Islands.; Includes (on half of verso under title Orbis terrarum and numbered "I") descriptive text and names of geographers, both ancient and contemporary, whose works were consulted in making the map. The first edition of the atlas was completed in the year 1569, and in May of 1570, the Theatrum was available for sale. When published, the word atlas was not in use yet. It was one of the most expensive books ever published. It contained seventy maps on fifty-three sheets.The maps were engraved by Franciscus Hogenberg. Later editions included Additamenta (additions) that later resulted in Ortelius' historical atlas, the Parergon, mostly bound together with the atlas. The Parergon can be called a truly original work of Ortelius, who drew the maps based on his own research. The importance of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum for geographical knowledge in the last quarter of the sixteenth century is difficult to overemphasize. There was nothing else like it until Mercator's atlas appeared twenty-five years later. Demand for the Theatrum was remarkable. Altogether some 24 editions appeared during Ortelius's lifetime and another 10 after his death in 1598. The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was so successful that it had to be reprinted four times in its first year of publication. Altogether the atlas was published in 42 editions from 1570 to 1612 and in 7 languages - Latin, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, English and Italian. The number of map sheets grew from 53 in 1570 to 167 in 1612, in the last edition. In 1577, engraver Philip Galle and poet-translator Pieter Heyns published the first pocket-sized edition of the Theatrum, the Epitome. Over thirty editions of this Epitome were published in different languages. The later editions after 1598 were published by Jan Baptiste Vrients. He had bought the publication rights from the heirs of Ortelius. Imprint from colophon. Colophon: Antverpiae, in officina Plantiniana, auctoris are & cura, no date/ Engraved title page, within ornamental border./ "Parergon, sive Veteris geographiae aliqvot tabvlae" and "Nomenclator Ptolemaivs", latter dated 1591, have special title pages; "De mona drvidvm insvla ... epistola", by H. Lhuyd [7] p. at end/ Imprint from colophon.
