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Tales of an Old Sea Port / A General Sketch of the History of Bristol, Rhode Island, Including, Incidentally, an Account of the Voyages of the Norsemen, So Far as They May Have Been Connected with Narragansett Bay: and Personal Narratives of Some Notable Voyages Accomplished by Sailors from the Mount Hope Lands cover

Tales of an Old Sea Port / A General Sketch of the History of Bristol, Rhode Island, Including, Incidentally, an Account of the Voyages of the Norsemen, So Far as They May Have Been Connected with Narragansett Bay: and Personal Narratives of Some Notable Voyages Accomplished by Sailors from the Mount Hope Lands

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A regional history and collection of maritime narratives centered on a Rhode Island seaport and its Mount Hope peninsula, combining local legend about Norse voyages with archival research. It offers biographical sketches of notable townsmen, detailed accounts of specific commercial and privateering voyages, and personal journals that illustrate coastal trade, seafaring practices, and the town's social and maritime identity from early settlement onward.

INDEX

Adam of Bremen, 8
Alaska houses and customs, 146

Allen, Amos A., 231
Allen, Anson A., 244
Ancastra, Governor General, 240
Andrews, Zep, 269
Angell, James, 228, 230, 231, 234, 235, 237, 241, 244
Annals of Iceland, 9
Anthony, James, 270
Anthony, Joseph, 238, 269
Antonio, Capt. Francis, 277
Antonio, King of Lahore, 256
Archangel settlement, 126
Ariadne of Boston, 229
Athawalpa, 116
Atwood, Preserved, 240

Babcock, W. H., 2
Bafts, 246
Baidarkas, 114
Baker, Lemuel, 241
Balance, brig, 278
Bander, Supt., 144
Baranoff, Baron, 114 et seq., 120
Barracks moved, 25
Barton, Samuel, 219, 220, 278
Barton, Seth, 228, 245, 251, 257, 274, 275, 288
Belfour, Ellah & Co., 198
Biarni, Heriulfson, 3
Blockade, privateer, 212
Booldakoff, Mr., 195
“Boston Men,” 111
Bosworth, Nathaniel, 15
Boyish sports, 30
Boynton, Samuel, 233, 234, 235, 237, 244
Bradford, Gov. William, 23, 25
Bradford house, 25
Briggs, John, 227, 230, 231, 234, 235, 241, 244
Bristol, name 14,
bombarded 22,
burned 23
Brown, Captain, 113
Brown, Daniel, 44
Brown, John, 19, 206
Brown, Peleg, 44
Bruce, George A., 219
Bucharin, Capt., 163
Bucklin, D., 102
Bucklin, E., 102
Burgas, Capt. Miguel, 233
Burt, Rev. John, 22
Burt, “Marm,” 25
Burton, Stephen, 13, 14
Butman, Joseph, 244
Byfield, Nathaniel, 13, 18
Byfield house, 15
Byrum, Ebenezer, 231

Cammett, Richard, 102
Caroline of Boston, 111
Carr, Capt. Caleb, 212, 214
Carr, Mr., 252
Carter, John, 253, 260, 263, 264, 266
Charanville, Madam, 89
Child, William, 253
Chippewa, sloop of war, 212
Church, Benjamin, 12, 14
Churchill, Capt. Benj. K., 221, 222
Cockroach, Cuffee, 219, 221
Coddington Jr., Nathaniel, 44
Coit, Richard M., 272
Colt, Samuel Pomeroy, 224
Columbia of Boston, 111
Commerce, 31
Cook, J. D., 102
Courtney, brig, 220
Cramer, Benedict, 195
Cramer, Smith & Co., 195
Crawford, James, 235
Crowne, John, 12
Crowley, Capt. Edward, 246, 285
Cuffee Cockroach, 219, 221
Cunha Matos, Governor, 262

Davidoff, John, 121, 128, 153, 201
D’Antillac, Father, 92
D’Huberlant, Father, 92
D’Orvilliers, Commandant, 85
DeVilleconte, Father, 92
DeWolf, Charles, 101
DeWolf, George, 101
DeWolf, James, 32, 101, 200 et seq.
DeWolf, John, 97 et seq.
DeWolf, Mark Antony, 44, 205
DeWolf family, 97
Dichaetin, Chief, 131
Distilleries, 26
Dogs, 152, 154, 157
Downing, Mrs., 97
Duddington, Thomas, 19
Duffel, 114
Duro, 187

Ebbetts, Capt., 111
Eddy, George, 219, 266
Ellery, William, 285
Elliott, Francis, 220
Eustis, William, 214

Fauque, Father, 45, 48 et seq.
Fernald, Professor, 5
Ferry boats, 190
Foy, William, 102
Francis, prize ship, 218
Freydis, 8

Gaspee, schooner, burned, 19
General Jackson, prize ship, 32, 220
General Wellesley, prize ship, 222
Gibsheet, Jack, 241
Goff, seaman, 248
Gorea, 18, 241
Grafton, Samuel, 221
Grand Sisters Islands, 255
Grant, Sueton, 44
Grapes, 5
Gray, Capt. David, 199
Gray, Capt. Robert, 111
Greene, Governor William, 49
Griswold, Bishop, 26
Gullifer, Sampson, 219
Gunnerson, George. 241, 244
Gunpowder Plot, 66
Guy Fawkes Day, 66

Hampden, John, 11
Hanson, J., 102
Hardiman, Lieutenant, 225
Harris, L., 196
Hayman, Nathan, 14
Hetherington, A. B., 221
Hitchcock, 102
Holden, Andrew, 259, 260, 288
Holden, James, 260, 263, 264
Holmes, Capt. Bartlett, 229
Hooper, Joseph, 102
“Hop,” 7
Hopkins, Stephen, 10
Horsford, E. N., 2
Hunt, Thomas, 102

Iceland Annals, 9
Image worship, 61
Ingraham, Ned, 228, 233, 237, 241
Inman, Capt. John, 272
Irkutsk, 181
Ivanah, Major Antony, 151

Jack Jibsheet, 219, 221, 241
Jackson, Mate, 281, 284
James, Edward, 242
Japanese on Kurile Islands, 153
Jenckes, Capt. Wm. C., 221
Jenkins, Capt., 231
Jones, Abraham, 115
Jones, Edward, 248
Jones, John, 102
Jones, Noah, 225, 288
Jones, Thomas, 219, 220, 288
Juno, ship 101,
crew 102

Kaluschians, 132
Kendall, Capt. Anthony Y., 251
Kendall, Capt. Robert, 278
Kip, Bishop W. I., 44
Kipp, William, 44
Koscheleff, Gov. General, 155
Korükin, 121
Koster, John, 234 235, 243
Krusenstern, Capt., 124
Kurile Islands, 153
Kutsnetsoff, 164, 192

Lafayette, 24
Lage de la Landerie, 54
Langsdorff, Dr. George, 121, 127 et seq., 182, 201
Lariwanoff, Madame, 147
Leif Ericson, 3
Lewis, Joseph, 230, 234, 241
Lindegard, J. C., 263, 264
Lisiansky, Capt., 124, 125

Macdonough, privateer, 212, 213, 214
Madina, Dr., 239
Mahoney, J., 102
Mary of Boston, 104, 105, 116, 120
Marshall, J., 102
Maschin, Andrew W., 121, 128
Mason, Aaron, 237
Massasoit, 9, 10, 11
Meades, Joseph, 288
Midget, Abner, 244
Miller, Dr. Caleb, 270, 288
Milton, Thomas, 219, 259
Mitchell, Henry, 238
Monthaup or Montop, 2
Moorfield, James, 102, 115, 123, 195
Morris, Watson, 237
Moscow, 192 et seq.
Mount Hope Lands, 2, 13
Munro, Benjamin, 44
Murphy, T., 102

Nantucket, 3
Narragansett pacers, 78
Nautical terms, 213
Newell, Samuel G., 102
Newettee, 109
Norseman’s Rock, 9
Norsemen, 2

O’Connor, Mr., 253
Officers of the Yankee, 288
Oliver, Nathaniel, 13, 14
Oyapoc, 45 et seq.,
Fort 92

Parker, E. D., 102, 103, 165
Patterson, S., 102
Pearl of Boston, 111, 116
Peck, Lyman, 241
Perry, Rev. C. B., 97, 206
Perry, Com. M. C., 99
Perry, Com. O. H., 212
Pervoshka, 182
Petroff, Supt., 163
Philip, King 11,
monument 12
Phillips, Michael, 44
Phipps, W., 102
Pickens, Samuel, 257
Pitts, Thomas, 288
Plunder from Oyapoc, 46
Popes in Russia, 144
Popoff, 121
Porter, Capt., 116
Port Praya, 240
Potter, Jeffrey, 44, 46
Potter, Simeon, 19, 38, 206
Powers, J., 102
Prince Charles of Lorraine, wrecked, 43
Prizes of the Yankee, 286-7
Profits from privateering, 217

Ramansoff, 196
Redding, William, 231, 240, 241
Religious revivals, 26, 27
Resanoff, Baron, 100, 121, 125, 153, 163
Rhode Island privateers, 42
“Rodelan” described, 59
Robinson, Capt. Andrew, 98
Royal Bounty, ship, 217
Russell, Thomas P., 217
Russian baptismal service, 158
Russian leave-takings, 189
Russian trading voyage to San Francisco, 138

Sables at Irkutsk, 175
St. Michael’s Church, burned, 24
St. Michael’s Church, revivals in, 26
St. Thomas Island, 262
San Jose Indiano, prize, 220
Salsbury (or Salisberry), Daniel, 248, 264, 274
Schelikoff, pioneer, 125
Schitchachon, 132
Schooners, 98
Schoonerson, George, 238
Schwostoff, Nicholas, 121, 128, 153, 201
Settakroo, King, 254
Ship-building, 31
Simmons, Cyrus, 228, 230, 231, 234, 235, 237
Simonitch, Dementy, 186
Sitcha, habits, houses and fashions, 134,
climatic conditions, 137
Skraelings, 7
Slave trade, 16, 18, 206 et seq.
Slocum, N. A., 260
Slocum, N. M., 266
Small-pox, 179
Smith, Bishop B. B., 21
Smith, John, 215, 220
Snorri Thorfinnson, 6
Snow, Elisha, 219-21, 244, 252, 263, 274
Starruk (Starruke), 153
Stetson, George W., 106, 123
Sturgis, Capt., 113
Stokes, J., 102
Sutherland, Capt. Stewart, 243, 253
Swan, Capt. Thomas, 21
Sweet, Capt. Manly, 217
Switchell or Switcher, Asa, 241, 244, 263, 264

Tacking, 3
Tatton, D., 102
Tea drinking, 175
Thames, prize ship, 219
Thomas, James, 237, 241, 274, 275
Thomas, John A., 102
Thorfinn Karlsefni, 6
Thorvald Ericson, 5, 7
Tilley, Admiral B. F., 30
Tobacco benefits, 29
Tobolsk, 188
Tompenny, Capt. Robert, 253
Toole, Capt. Francis, 265
Trescott, Capt., 104
Tripp, W. H., 102
Turtles, 269
Tydeman, Capt. Jonathan, 258
Tyng, Rev. S. H., 28
Tyrker, 5
Usher, James 2d, 217
Usher, Sammy, 16

Vancouver of Boston, 113, 116
Viking ships, 2
Vinland, 2, 5, 8
Vinson, John H., 260, 263, 264, 266, 276, 288

Wallace, Capt. James, 21, 22
Walley, John, 13, 14
Wamsutta, 11
Wardwell, Henry, 221
Washington, George, 25
Water Witch, privateer, 212
Whales and whaling, 32, 143, 161
Wheeler, J., 102
Wheesner, J., 102
Whipple, Capt. Abraham, 20, 21
Whitehead, Charles B., 246
Whitmarsh, Jonathan, 243
Williams, Capt. Alfred, 239
Wilson, Capt. Oliver, 213, 217, 225 et seq.
Wilson, Tom, 255
Wilson, Capt. Thomas, 226
Winship, Capt. Jonathan, 140
Winslow, Edward, 10, 11
Winter climate of Vinland, 4, 7
Wiopock, 45

Yakutsk, 173
Yemshik, 184
Yermerk, 122

Zelinzoff, 187