A Salem shipmaster and merchant; the autobiography of George Nichols . t nearly one-half of all my property, notwithstanding I had agreat deal of insurance. Every vessel in whichI was concerned was captured. Among themwas the Rambler, a beautiful vessel, owned bymy brother Peirce and myself. She was makinga fine voyage, but she was taken by the British,off the Cape of Good Hope. Privateering wasvery common in that war, as in all wars, but Icould not feel it to be right and therefore did notengage in it. At the close of the war in 1815, Iengaged again in commerce with Benjamin Peirceand others,
A Salem shipmaster and merchant; the autobiography of George Nichols . t nearly one-half of all my property, notwithstanding I had agreat deal of insurance. Every vessel in whichI was concerned was captured. Among themwas the Rambler, a beautiful vessel, owned bymy brother Peirce and myself. She was makinga fine voyage, but she was taken by the British,off the Cape of Good Hope. Privateering wasvery common in that war, as in all wars, but Icould not feel it to be right and therefore did notengage in it. At the close of the war in 1815, Iengaged again in commerce with Benjamin Peirceand others, and for several years affairs went onsomewhat prosperously. Then came on a longseries of disasters, ruinous voyages were made,the effect of bad management, and in 1826 I foundmyself bankrupt, as were also my father Peirce, i Lydia Ropes Nichols, born in Portsmouth, N. H., , 1781, married her cousin, Benjamin Peirce, Dec. 11, the time of his death, in 1831, he was librarian ofHarvard College and author of the Catalogue of theLibrary.—Peirce Drawing room door opening into the hall. Noted for thewonderful delicacy of its carving and purity of style. WATCH STORY 95 and his two sons. No sooner had I discoveredthe state of my pecuniary affairs, than I deter-mined to stop payment (notwithstanding theearnest solicitation of some of my friends to thecontrary) and divided my property equally amongmy creditors. And now I must begin life again,with nothing to look to but my own situation, I felt, was a sad one, reduced as Ihad been in a few years from affluence to com-plete destitution. Still, I kept up a good heartand felt confident that if my life and health werespared I should still be able to support my familycomfortably. When my minister, Mr. Colman,came to sympathize with me he inquired of mewhat I intended doing for a support. I neverfelt less anxiety in my life, was my reply to Being who gave me my children will assur-edly take care
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