Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners . runaway abolitionists were kindly people, with strong convictions,never attending church because the sermons did not condemnslavery. Two near neighbors tell me that they used to seeWendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison go to Mr. Thatch-ers house, presumably on business connected with anti-slavery. The inscription on Mr. Obed Howes gravestone in Dennis, isas follows: Reason was his guiding star,Whatever is, is right. I am indebted to Mr. Frank H. Hinckley, of Barnstable, forsome of these notes. The first ship named South
Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners . runaway abolitionists were kindly people, with strong convictions,never attending church because the sermons did not condemnslavery. Two near neighbors tell me that they used to seeWendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison go to Mr. Thatch-ers house, presumably on business connected with anti-slavery. The inscription on Mr. Obed Howes gravestone in Dennis, isas follows: Reason was his guiding star,Whatever is, is right. I am indebted to Mr. Frank H. Hinckley, of Barnstable, forsome of these notes. The first ship named Southern Cross, was built in 1851 forBaker & Morrill, of Boston. She sailed from Boston for SanFrancisco, June 25, 1852, commanded by Captain Levi Stevens,of Truro. She arrived at Montevideo, August 24th, with cargoon fire in lower hold. About the middle of September she con-tinued her voyage and arrived at San Francisco, Nov. 28, was burned by the Florida, sixth of June, 1863. At thattime her captain was Benjamin P. Howes. His next voyage WaS. SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 33 in a brig to China. She was boarded by pirates, and he wasshot in his cabin in the presence of his wife. Captain AtkinsHughes, of North Truro, tells me that he was in China at thattime, and heard the story there. The second ship Southern Cross, was built for Baker & Mor-rill, and on her first voyage, October, 1868, she was commandedby Captain Atkins Hughes, and, with the exception of one year,he was in her until 1879, when he retired from the sea. CaptainHughes crossed the equator 88 times. He also commandedships Mary Glover and Aureola, both belonging to Baker &Morrill. He is now eighty-five years old, but his memory iso^ood. I am indebted to him for much information. His mateat one time in the Southern Cross, was Mr. Davis Annable, ofBarnstable, who brought home the picture of the ship which isrepresented here. Captain Nathaniel Matthews, of Yarmouth, Mass., at one timecommanded the ship Radiant, own
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