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Captain Lamson remained in command 

 of the "Belvidere" from 1820 to Aug. 25, 

 1823, when the brig was condemned and 

 sold. In the latter part of 1820 he sailed 

 from New Orleans for Liverpool, thence to 

 Bordeaux, and returned to New Orleans. 1 

 The "Louisiana Gazette" of June 4, 1822, 

 advertises, "For Philadelphia. The sub- 

 stantial fast sailing brig 'Belvidere,' Z. G. 

 Lamson, master, will sail in the course of 

 the present week. For freight of the bulk 

 of fifty bales of cotton or passage, apply to 

 the master on board, opposite St. Louis 

 Street, or to Eben Fiske." He reached 

 Philadelphia 2 in August, and sailed for 

 New Orleans in November, but was obliged 

 to put in leaky at Charleston and repair 

 ship. The next year and a half he spent 

 most of his time trading between Port au 

 Prince and New Orleans. That he was 



1 " Brig * Belvidere,' Lamson, for Bordeaux from Liver- 

 pool, Feb. 19." Columbian Centinel, May 1, 1821. 



2 " Philadelphia, Aug. 2, brig * Belvidere,' Lamson, 

 thirty-nine days from New Orleans." New York 

 Evening Post, Aug. 3, 1822. * 



