...do little else than meet together and bemoan their fate. Sorrow was depicted on every countenance ; every mind was overwhelmed with fearful anticipations,...depended for their subsistence and the comforts of life ; many were anxious on account of their property, both at home and at sea, on which their dependence...

...do little else than meet together and bemoan their fete. Sorrow was depicted on every countenance ; every mind was overwhelmed with fearful anticipations,...depended for their subsistence and the comforts of life ; many were anxious on account of their property, both at home and at sea, on which their dependence...

...and haul them up as fast, as they arrived, in hopes t*>at the impending storm might blow over witkout any serious consequences. But, alas, how frail is...wonted lines of business into a state of inactivity. Some of them joined the army, others engaged on board of privateers,* few of whom ever returned to...

...apprehensions. News of the battle of Lexington in the Spring of 1775 reached Nantuoket a few days after. or brothers, then at sea, on whom they depended for...lines of business into a state of inactivity. Somo of thorn joined tho army, others engaged on board of privateers,* few of whom ever returned to (he island....

...inhabitants could derive no protection from our own country." "Towards the close of 1774 there were 150 sail of vessels in the whaling service belonging to...brothers, then at sea, on whom, they depended for their subsistance and the comforts of life." ''The inhabitants were now driven from their wonted lines of...

...news of the battle in Lexington arrived on the Nantucket, "sorrow was depicted on every countenance; every mind was overwhelmed with fearful anticipations, all springing from one general cause — the war."1 The island was so wedded to whaling that to consider giving it up, even in the face of war,...