COPYRIGHTED 1915 * \\)J 



BY THE J V 



STATE STREET TRUST COMPANY 



The vignette on 

 the title-page is repro- 

 duced from a print of the 

 ship "Maria" of New Bedford, 

 which in 1853 was the oldest whaleship 

 owned in the United States. Her registry 

 was dated 1782. She was built in Pembroke, now 

 called Hanson, for a privateer during the Revolutionary 

 War, and was bought in the year 1783 by William Rotch of Nan- 

 tucket, afterwards of New Bedford. At one time she was owned 

 by Samuel Rodman, and also by the Russells. In construction 

 she was the typical whaleship of her time. It is said 

 that she earned for her owners $250,000 and made 

 twenty-five voyages, bringing back a full 

 cargo each time. The tailpiece is from 

 a very old print which repre- 

 sents whaling in the seven- 

 teenth century. 



Compiled, arranged and printed 



under the direction of the 



Walton Advertising and Printing Company 



Boston, Mass. 



