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Jeremiah Stoddard, Jr., had two small vessels of sixteen 

 and of twelve tons. 



The largest vessel of all was an "eighty tonner," owned 

 by Thomas Humphrey, who lived at North Cohasset and 

 was taxed in the second precinct. 



David Bates, of King Street, known as " King David," 

 whose cellar can still be traced in a field near Lily Pond, 

 was taxed for a vessel of seven tons in the year 1737. 



These fishermen were the supporters of a large share 

 of Cohasset prosperity, and their method of gaining a liv- 

 ing is worthy of some attention ; but a better time for it 

 will be in a later chapter when the palmiest days of our 

 fishing industry will be treated. 



Not only fishing, but all sorts of merchandising engaged 

 some Cohasset mariners before the year 1750. Such bits 

 of records as have come to light tell of voyages to the 

 ports along our Atlantic seaboard, to the Bermudas, to 

 Barbadoes, and other West Indies, and even to the Euro- 

 pean shore. 



These bits are from old notebooks* kept by the men 



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From Nathaniel Nichols' Notebook on Navigation. 

 ♦Loaned by Captain Henry Snow, of Hull. 



