Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners . Wilderness, of Admiral Porterssquadron, and was with him at Fort Fisher. When the fort wastaken Captain Arey towed the powder boat in with the Wilder-ness, and assisted in firing her cargo of 215 tons of powder, inthe attempt to blow up the fort. Some other early captains from Barnstable were John , Thomas Percival, Ezekiel Gorham, Nathaniel Percival,Oliver Chase, Kimball R. Smith, Allen Howes, Thomas J. Smith,Otis Hinckley, David Anderson, Nelson Scudder, Reuben Sea-bury, Joseph Huckins, James Otis and William Lewis. I amnot abl

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Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners . Wilderness, of Admiral Porterssquadron, and was with him at Fort Fisher. When the fort wastaken Captain Arey towed the powder boat in with the Wilder-ness, and assisted in firing her cargo of 215 tons of powder, inthe attempt to blow up the fort. Some other early captains from Barnstable were John , Thomas Percival, Ezekiel Gorham, Nathaniel Percival,Oliver Chase, Kimball R. Smith, Allen Howes, Thomas J. Smith,Otis Hinckley, David Anderson, Nelson Scudder, Reuben Sea-bury, Joseph Huckins, James Otis and William Lewis. I amnot able to find the names of their ships. Many of the captains mentioned in these notes were personallyknown to me, some having been my schoolmates. Most of themare gone now, and so is the merchant marine. During my month in Liverpool in 1863, the American flagpredominated from one end of the docks to the other. Sincethen, as a traveller, I have visited many foreign ports, but havenever seen the American flag except on our warships, or on agentlemans

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