230 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



days passage home where we arrived safe 

 in October, 1811, and discharged the ves- 

 sel. 1 As Mr. Grey still was willing, I took 

 charge of the Sally 2 belonging to the same 

 owners, and proceeded to Corunna. 3 I 

 had a cargo of pepper, fish and sundries. 

 I sold about $10,000 worth at Corunna and 

 proceeded to Gibraltar, where I could not 

 sell. I proceeded next to Palma on the 

 Island of Majorica. There after a long 

 time, say ten days, I sold the cargo to 

 a Swedish house who likewise employed 

 my vessel to take it to Alicante. I loaded 

 my vessel with wine and fruit, and took my 

 pepper on deck to Alicante and obtained 

 about $1500 for the job, which was no in- 

 convenience to my voyage. I sailed from 



1 "Yesterday arrived in Beverly, schooner 'Angler/ 

 Lamson. Long passage from 'Archangle.'" Salem 

 Gazette, Oct. 25, 1811. 



2 Schooner "Sally," 73 tons, built in 1798, registered in 

 1811 as owned by Thomas Stevens, Nicholas Thorndike, 

 William Leach and Abraham Kilham. 



3 " Cleared ' Sally/ Lamson, for Corunna." Salem 

 Gazette, Dec. 13, 1811. 



