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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1890

Page

3

History of the Old South Church 1669 1884 review

Hamilton Andrews Hill prints two rich volumes on the Old South Church Boston tracing its origins in 1669, its quarrels with the First Church, and its later union and splits. The reviewer notes strong scholarship and extensive primary materials, but urges trimming digressions about Sewall and broader church politics while praising the appendix and index.

Old South Church Hamilton A. Fill Massachusetts Hill Judge Sewall The Times Judge Sewal New Haven Old South First Church Blagden Salem Street Gordon Greenwich Davenport New Laven Wisner First Bill Mer Fill Las Griffin Boston Public Library Boston Church of the Mathers Henry Ware, Jr John Davenport Connecticut Myr Iil Mars Church Heavenport Samuel Sewall Samuel Adams Samuel Willard Joseph Sewall Thomas Prince Lill Hamilton Andrews Hill Houghton, Mifflin & Co

Five Thousand Miles in a Sledge A Siberian Journey

Lionel Gow ing and C J Wren undertake a 5000 mile sledging voyage from Shanghai to Nizhni Novgorod across Siberia. The sketches focus on travel hardships and humorous incidents, with limited discussion of prison system or broader socio economic issues. The review finds the volume pleasant reading despite some superficial treatment.

Siberia Lionel Gowing Shanghai C. J. Wren Siberian Vladvostok Nizhni Novgorod Gowing George Kennan Lionel J. Gowing New York D. Appleton & Co Boston

Books Received See By Axvlo Bates

A catalog listing new books with authors and publishers including The Bagpipers by George Sand translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lape Poole and several others from Roberts Brothers Houghton Mifflin Little Brown and Company and G P Putnam's Sons The list covers biographies histories fiction science and poetry titles with multiple American and New York publishers.

George Sand Katharine Prescott Wormeley Boston Roberts Bros Muhlenberg William Wilberforce Newton D.D Houghton, Mittin & Co Melville M. Bigelow Little, Brown & Co United States Asa Gray New York Ivison, Blakeman & Co Joshua Georg Bers Mary J. Safford W. 8. Gottsberger & Co Stanley Lape Poole G. P. Putnam’s Sons Walter Howe Knickerbocker G. P. Putnam ’S Sons Albert K E. Winship D. Lothrop Company Frank Howard Howe Belford Company Lilian Leland the American News Company Grant Allen D. Appleton & Co Evangeline B. Blanchard Ink & Wagnalls Robert Thorne M.A A. L. Burt Mary Hartwell Catherwood Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co G. M. Steele Ll.d Leach, Shewell & Sanborn Wilfrid Scarven Blunt Scribner & Welford John M. Bonham

Shipping News Mini Almanac Page Fragment

Almanac style brief noting a Wednesday date and a moon phase. Includes a small table with lengths of day and night and a maritime angle. Specific places, numbers, and actions are unclear in the readable text.

Port of Boston Ship Arrivals and Clearances

Vessel movements include steamer Tremont from Portland and Geo A Chalice from Gloucester arriving. Clearances list multiple foreign and coastwise steamers with ports, agents, and destinations. A retraction notes the Gen Whitney’s reported sailing to New York was an error due to weather. Highland Light wind SE at sunset. Hull wind SE.

Venetian Parry Tiverool Thayer & Lincoln Yarmouth Stanwood Yalmouth J Gilall & Co Schoseph Souther Keen Port-au-Prince Green Knoebel & Co Tremont Donovan Portland F Williams Nettie Champion Collins Clark’s Cove Norfolk Fitz Bros & Co Jennie C May St John Same Centennial Terry Gloucester Gen Whitney New York Highland Light Hull

Freights and Charters Report from New York Port

Few sailings today with steady rates. Charters include Europe Bark Principio for 20,000 cases crude petroleum New York to an inside Spanish port. Bark Sarah Chambers for 800 barrels lubricating oil New York to Dunkirk. Bark Agnes Savannah to Cork for orders. Bark Camelia Wilmington to Cork for orders. Sir Charles J Willet coal Philadelphia to Fort de France Mart Haiti at $2 per ton.

New York Europe Principio Barcelona lStycc Sarah Chambers Dunkirk Agnes Savannah Cork Camelia Wilmington WsTr Sir Charles J Willet Philadelphia Fort Au France

Foreign Ports Update from C Ity Cable to the Post

Shipping notices list vessels arriving and sailing at multiple ports including Buenos Ayres, New York, London, Hong Kong, and Sydney. Entries note ship names, owners, nationalities, and destinations with dates ranging Feb and Jan across the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, reflecting bustling maritime activity and cargo movements.

Buenos Ayres Scott Nor Olsen Boston Cette Bremerhaven Ger Barenberg New York Caernarvon Tark Harmonie Andersen Klifax Holyhead Eddystone Baltimore Freeze London Gilbaltar Strathairly Philadelphia Aciba Galle James S Stone Samarang LIS Padosa Marinovich Sir G F Seymour Penixton Bermuda Eurasia Parkes San Francisco Senledi Messna Amalia Garginlo Ital Jaccurino Madras Alexander Lawrence Crowley vpoRr Amor Cosulich Palermo Edwin Crusader Hutchinson Savannah ST Helena George Skofield Dunning Hong Kong Caeedmore Kennedy Chittagons Ingomar Sinclair Calcutta Cuthona Portchburr Josephus Rovers Forest King Doyle Hakeedadi Barksst Julien King Amoy Australia Harris Iong Kong James L Harway Grant Manila Celina Aim Mountford Singapore Mabel Snow Kong Kong

Transatlantic and Caribbean Specially Addressed Mails

A listing of specially addressed mail parcels and routes from New York and Baltimore to various destinations including Fortune Island Haytt Savamiila via steamships Alene Cienfuegos Orineco Rotterdam Mendez Nunez Wileysike Anchoria Finance Grizaba La Champagne Ems Bothnia Otert Fox bail and others. The notices outline destinations in the Bahama Islands Santiago Cuba Mermudas Jamaica La Plata Brazil and Europe with dates Feb 23 to Mar 1 and times.

Fortune Island Haytt Savamiila Alene New York Bahama Islands Santiago, Cuba Cienfuegos Mermudas Orineco The Netherlands Rotterdam Mendez Nunez Jahta Rio de Janero Santos la Plata Rio de Janeiro Wileysike Baltimore Santiago Cuba Carcthagena Scotland Brazil St. Thomas St. Croix St. ‘Bhonas Martinique Gaudauloupe Garpados Trinidad Demerara Bacbados Windward Islands Steamship Finance Newport News Miquelon Halifax Boston Yucatan Campeche Tabasco Chiapas Grizaba France la Champagne Great Britain Southampton Germany Tvanish Bremen European Ems Ireland Great Hiritain Austria Denmmark Sweden Norway Belgium Russia Turkey Bothnia Truxillo Ruatan Otert New Orleans Costa Rica Port Limon

Zealandia Steamship Mails to Boston Deadlines Various Regions

For Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan and Hawaiian Islands the Zealandia steamship from San Francisco on March 8 mails close at the Boston office March 3 at 5 p.m. For Saipan Shanghai Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports and East Indies excluding British India and related routes from San Francisco on March 11 mails close at the Boston office March 6 at 5 p.m. Letters for the Vaccife steamers should be deposited in Boston Post Office eight or nine days before sailing.

Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan Hawaiian Islands Zealandia San Francisco Boston Saipan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India, Straits, Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies China Malls

Maritime Shipping Notices From Various Ports

Ship Caravan Daggett sails New Orleans for Mal apa February 18 locating at 27 20 with jon 7085. Bark Nehemiah Gibson Kisley leaves Savannah January 8 bound for Montevideo February 14 with no lat and dc. Bark Thornhill Tozer departs Laguna for Falmouth E February 14 at 10am near Alligator Lighthouse NW by N 10 wires. Bark Liguri Tasso leaves New York for Genoa February 19 near Villefranche. Bark Victoria Wilson sails from Johns NF for Europe February 20 with lat 45 lon a0. Sch Sarah Dell departs Apalachicola for New York February 19 at lat 38 42 lon 79 43. Sch Annie S Conant Bowmen leaves Vera Cruz for Chester February 12 at lat 24 16 lon 84 00 7.

Daggett New Orleans Malapa Jon Nehemiah Gibson Kisley Savannah Montevideo Thornhill Tozer Laguna Falmouth Alligator Lighthouse Liguri Tasso New York Genoa Villefranche Victoria Wilson

Beacon at Pridgeport Harbor Carried Away

Wrecking steamer Win E Chapman reports the buoys on the bar out of position at Pridgeport Harbor. The tower beacon has been carried away and requires water depth checks at the edge of the channel about 15 feet southeast of the foundation near Beaufort North Carolina.

Pridgeport Harbor Founda Beaufort Win E Chapman Plymouth Bartlett's Rock Brandt Point Gurnet Beach

1865 Essex built schooner sale and tragedy at sea

The Midnight, a sixty six ton vessel built at Essex in 1865 and owned by Frank Blanwood, was sold to I Langwsford & Son on private terms. Marion Grimes arrived from Georges with 8000 tbs codfish and 6000 ys halibut, and three crewmen were lost after washing from the bowsprit in a February blow. The ship’s colors were at half mast for Timothy O Connell of Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

Gloucester Georges Marton Grimes Frank Blanwood Essex I Langwsford & Son Marion Grimes

Three-masted schooner Bertha Louise to launch this week

In Bath Maine on February 25 the three masted schooner Bertha Louise built for AA Bstnner of Fall River by Kelley and Spear is expected to be launched this Thursday. Two keels are to be laid at the New England yard this week.

Bath Fall River Kelley & Spear New England Willis A. Kingsbury Framingham Middlesex John M. Batchelder Lowell Boston Grorace M. Jrooks Esquire J. H. Tyler Register Elijah George Dedham Boston Lost GuoxGk Waite Jonathan Cobl Charles A. Welch Janes’. Henshaw Suffolk Peoioneer Boston Post Joan W. McKim Hollis R. Bailey Mount Vernon Ghreed Sumner Street Ioston Maren Gai i John W. McKist Elijal George William Minot Mary Ann P. Weld Hoston Jenny W. McKim Psquire Massachussetts Catherine Finn Michael J. Finn Joan W. MecKim Bertha Jung Clork Poston Joan W. MeKr William Devenny Bridget Sheehan Sufolk Sane Massachusett's Supfolk Joln Johnson Saud County Frances 8. Johnson John W. McKua

Whalers Reported Cleared From San Francisco February 24

San Francisco reports the bark Mars cleared on February 24 bound crulaé to whaling grounds. The voyage proceeds under standard port records with crew and cargo details awaiting updates.

San Francisco Mars Crulaé

Marine Notes Bark Schiller Arrives Bermuda En Route

Bark Schiller from Brunswick Georgia bound for Buenos Ayres put into Bermuda some time ago due to dla conditions. No further details provided on the vessel or voyage status.

Bark Schiller Fromm Brunswick Buenos Ayres Bermuda Dla

Steamers and ships update from various ports at sea

On Feb 25 the steamer Algiers ashore near Sandy Hook remains under risk while Charley Bucks new owners from Jonesport plan lumber trade with Captain George Jenkins. Kew Bedford reports Charley Bucks sale, and Aquila ashore at Digby with light damage. Martha Ahrenkiel afloat after grounding at Finkenwaerder, Inua damaged by ice. La Bretagne reports Ardangarm sighting and Greetland arrives Kingston with propeller loss.

Digby Aquinla Annapolis West Indies Goat Island London Martha Ahrenkiel Baltimore Hamburg Finkenwaerder Libe

Ice loading and coastal sailings from Boston and ports

Shipping notices list multiple schooners and steamers sailing Feb 23 24 from Boston Eastport New York and other ports with ice loading duties. Vessels include Josiah R Smith Tryon Nellie Paine Ella and Jennie Kent and J H Butler and others heading to New York or Eastport and various Atlantic ports. multiple ships arrive clear or load with weather fog noted and several vessels from Brunswick Charleston Newport News and Philadelphia reported.

Boothbay Specifl Tag Confidence Josiah R Smith Oakland Boston Tryon New York Nellie Paine Ella and Jennie Kent Eastport May Queen McCaulder J H Butler Brown Portland Camarigcotta Charles H. Jeffrey Bassett North Boothbay Continence Waldoboro Baltimore Louise Hastings Kemp Navarino Cole Heston Alcides Glasgow Halifax Haldon Lemiait Decature Miller Guy Colin Genoa Porman Resolven Mazzaron Sir Francis Drake Rotterdam Wim Crane Savannah Dorchester W Eibailey Lane New Bedford Maude Sherwood Kelley Providence Brunswick Isabelita Mayaguez Chester Penn Mary Gibbs Moore Vort de Vaix Delaware Charleston Rogers Jonesport Marion Manson Dow Peter C Schultz G Uart Smith Fernandina Darlen William Hidrary Bond Samuel G Harbard Mchally Willis S Sheppard Reeves Dutch Island Harbor Helen Thompson Averill Andrew Burnham Burnham Salem Maggie Cummings March East Machias Minot Hathaway Rockland Green & Son Baker Falmouth Mass Joshua Baker All River Clark’s Core Fall River John Crockford Farnham S L Crocker Deming Taunton Fortress Monroe Jessie McGregor Havana Galves Jon Jonathan Ronnie Berry Rebecca Afaulane Macomber Green’s Landing Neponset Calais Greenwich Sallie Barton Sidney EJ Beatty Terris Gloucester Outer Harbor Frank Seavey Lalley’s Fla Umuri Key West Bele Hooper Gilkey Philadelphia Mobile Golden Rule Pinkey Montevideo Mark Antoinette Robertson Rio Janeiro Sallie On West Cardenas Ngrpole James D Deweil Clark’s Cove Schs Index New Uavon Hatella Mediterranean City of Chester Liverpool Red Ruth Amsterdam Moruca Port of Spain Willkommen Marburg Ichs Lida Fowler Higgins St Johns HJ Cottrell Haskell Kingston Jain Henry Crosby Stubbs Montana Lindiey Hamilton Hell Gate Schs Maricellus Renwick Hivanniag Eos Higes Blake Arizona Bothnia Servia Suevia Racia Hamburg Saxon Norman Arleville Hileary Leary James Y Smith Burt Wyman Rachael Seaman Sea Millville Brannin Galveston Nordkap Fort de France A Hartman Isaracon Maryland London de Mari Marcello Lisbon Edwin Morrison Julia Fowler Jecobs Bridgeport Herald Matanzas J F Merry Bradley REM Amboy Mabel Thomas Robinson Jackson Cuba Springer Stettin Hloward Sreith Howes Minnie C Taylor Whelpley Morris Portsmouth Ames Davia Viking Church Newport News Jlm City Crawford A P Emerson Day St Jolen Hattie i King Collis Barren Island Janes A Brown Simons Elizabethport Alien Green Nixon Rockport Hodgdon James Boyce, Jr Duncan Richmond Leona San Francisco Maria Teresa Matarazzo Inchape Rock Queenstown Lord Kagina Sablne Pass Sdis

Boston Bound Vessels Sail On Various Routes

Shipping list records numerous vessels bound for Boston with origins including Chittagong Singapore Rosario Turks Island Manila Calcutta Cebu Kingston Jamaica and Melbourne. Entries show dates from December through February and include ships barks brigs ships and schooners with several noted via Anjer St Helena and Nantucket lightship.

Boston Asta Hilton Chittagong Antioch Am. Bark Singapore Arlington Rosario Point India Aydenernig Calcutta Charles AG. Rice Aim. Bark West South America Cellua Anjer St. Helena Creechmore Ahip Phariet Loring Turks Island C. Emile Nor. Bark St. Thomas Jilla M. Storer Aim. Sch.jtrom Mantanzas T. Eirlea Kingston Donnville Corbett Manila Via & Anion George B. Doane Bars Borbados Sposen Nantucket Harrison G. Dohnson Aim Cebu Wasged Anjer Hattie N. Banga Buenos Ayres Herald Sch Matanzas Delaware Breakwater Isaau L. Sheffield Dea John KE. Noyes Managua Martha Davis Aianila Auler Mabel Howard Br. Sel Rudolph Josephy Wellington N. Z Sechein Btar of Melbourne St. Nicholas Hiogo Uranus Ponce PF. R William W. Crapo Gig Harbor Paget Port Townsend San Francisco

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