Photograph by Edwin H. Li 



THEIR EAST PORT : NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 



Whalers Rousseau and Dcsdemona Rousseau, built in 1802 by Stephen Girard, of Phila- 

 delphia, and used at one time as packets between Liverpool and Philadelphia. The fortunes 

 of most of New Bedford's leading families were founded on whale oil and "bone," and every 

 tradition of the town has a whaling background. 



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