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Mr. Barney^s antislavery opinions brought him in 

 frequent contact with such men as Garrison, Wendell 

 Phillips, Quincy, and many others, equally conspicu- 

 ous as champions of human freedom. He died sin- 

 cerely mourned by all who knew him. 



Jacob Barker, 



Although Jacob Barker was not born at Nantucket, 

 he has always been considered a Kantucketer, from 

 the fact that his parents were natives of the island, 

 and he came here at a very early age and received his 

 education. 



Mr. Barker was born at Swan Island, in the Kenne- 

 bec River, Maine, Dec. 17, 1779, and died Dec. 26 

 1871, aged ninety-two. He gained a national reputa- 

 tion as one of the ablest financiers of his time. 



Reuben Chase. 



A volume might be filled with the deeds and exploits 

 of this remarkable man and his family, but the com- 

 piler must leave it for abler and better hands than his 

 own. Reuben Chase was the son of Stephen and 

 Dinah Chase; he was born at Nantucket, June 23, 1754, 

 and died here Feb. 15, 1824. 



Drake, in his " Nooks and Corners of New England," 

 says of Chase that he was midshipman on the " Bon 

 Homme Richard" in her fight with the " Serapis," 

 and became, under the magic pen of James Fenimore 

 Cooper, " Long Tom Collin " in the famous novel of 

 " The Pilot."* 



* The compiler is unable to ascertain where Cooper met 

 Chase ; it is to be presumed that they sailed in the same ship, 

 for it is well known that in early life the great novelist was a 

 middy in the United States Navy. 



