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HISTORY OF coil ASSET. 



VESSELS REGISTERED AT THE PORT OF BOSTON DURING THE 



PERIOD NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION, FREIGHTING 



TO COAST AND TO FOREIGN PORTS. 



But to return to the fishing industry. It will be remem- 

 bered that we followed the shipbuilding up to the year 

 1819, after the War of 18 12 ; but the reason for stopping 

 at that date is only an accidental one. It happens that 

 for the year 18 19 there was made out a list of the vessels 

 engaged in the mackerel business which has been preserved 

 among the Doane papers. This list enables us to see just 

 how many vessels of all we saw building were actually en- 

 gaged in fishing for that one season. There were thirty- 

 nine of them. 



Of the seventy-five vessels that had been built from 

 1789 to 1819, thirty years, there were thirty-six that had 

 been lost or sold or engaged in other business than fishing. 



THIS OLD LIST WAS MADE OUT BY JAMES C. DOANE IN THE 



YEAR 1819. 



Vessel. 



Four Brothers. 

 Four Sisters. 

 Little Martha. 

 Cyrene. 

 Mary Jones. 

 Friendship. 



Captain. 



Leonard Litchfield. 

 Norton Litchfield. 

 E. Merritt. 

 Howard Vinal. 

 Caleb Bayley. 

 Martin Merritt. 



