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Gloucester Receives Record Cod Cargo From Faroe Islands
A Danish four master schooner Dronning Margrethe arrived from the Faroe Islands at Gloucester Massachusetts with a large cod cargo. The ship carried about 1 350 000 pounds of cod to New Castle. The Gloucester firm received 1 850 000 pounds from the Faroe Islands due to unsettled Mediterranean ports. The cargo is described as the largest single landing ever at Gloucester and the duty paid was about 117 000.
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