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SAMUEL MULFORD, ALONGSHORE 

 WHALER 



AT a meeting of the inhabitants of 

 Easthampton, Long Island, held on 

 November 6, 1651, "It was ordered 

 that Goodman Mulford shall call out ye town by 

 succession to loke for Whale." 



"Goodman," as the reader will remember, 

 was not a given name but a title that was applied 

 to citizens who were not of the aristocracy. 

 "Goodman" Mulford had been christened John. 

 He was of the peasantry, but the fact that he 

 was chosen to the office mentioned shows that he 

 was a man of influence in the community, and of 

 tried impartiality as well. 



Restless Englishmen from the settlements on 

 Massachusetts Bay had scattered themselves along 

 the coasts to the south and west, and crossing 

 Long Island Sound (the first purchasers numbered 



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