CHAPTER VI 



/CAPTAIN LAMSON'S "Diary" leaves 

 ^J him trading on the Orinoco. Of his 

 life during the remainder of the war we 

 know nothing, but it is probable that he 

 traded for a time in Spanish waters and 

 then returned to the Continent. When 

 peace was declared he left England on the 

 "Isabella," ostensibly as a passenger, and 

 arrived in Boston in the spring of 1815. 1 

 How he passed the next four years is not 

 known, but some time in 1820 he took 

 command of the brig " Belvidere," 150 tons 

 burden, owned in Beverly, and sailed for 

 New Orleans. 2 



1 "Arrived in Boston Spanish brig * Isabella/ Peter A. 

 Argevola, master, forty days from Cowes and twenty days 

 from St. Michaels. Captain Z. G. Lamson of Beverly, 

 passenger." Salem Gazette, May 12, 1815. 



2 " Brig * Belvidere' of Beverly, Lamson, Master, re- 

 ported at the Balize." Salem Register, Sept. 13, 1820. 



