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Around the Wharves of Old Gloucester Half a Century Ago

Fisherman’s Own Book

Procter Brothers 1882

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Funding for digitization provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Table of Contents
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Preface
Early Fisheries of Cape Ann
A Remarkable Escape on Board Schooner Codseeker
Gloucester Harbor in 1806
A Winter’s Trip to Georges
Table, Giving Prices of Mackerel for the Past 52 Years
Leaves from a Log Book. Remarkable Adventures, etc.
Notable Fishing Fares
The Old Time Fishery at ‘Squam
Homeward Bound
Products of the Gloucester Fisheries
Return of Dories
Quick Passages
Song of the Winter Fisherman
First Trips
Large Fish
Gloucester Harbor in 1830
U. S. Fish Commission. Summer Headquarters in Gloucester
Around Cape Ann
Sch. Sultana Towed by a Whale
Loss of Sch. Henrietta Greenleaf
Gill-Net Codfishing in Ipswich Bay
A Day at the Beach
In Memoriam. List of Lost Men and Vessels of the Port of Gloucester from 1874 to 1881, Inclusive
Table, giving the Losses for 52 years
Welcome Home. A Romance in a Fisherman’s Life
The Fisher-Boy in the Storm
Halibut Fishing among the Ice Floes
List of Vessels Belonging to the Port of Gloucester in 1850
The Phantom Boat
A Trawling Trip
Massachusetts Mackerel Catch for 74 Years
The Fortune Bay Riot
Importance of Fish Culture
The Fisheries of the Olden Time
Salmon Fishing at the Mouth of the Colombia River, Oregon
On the Beach In a Storm
Narrow Escape of Sch. David A. Story
Hammerhead Shark. The Shark’s Mouth. Shark Fishing
No More Sea
Fishermen’s Superstitions
The Old Fort and Gloucester Harbor in 1837
Foreign Commerce of Gloucester
Fishermen Coming into Port. From the Home of the Fish to the Table of the Consumer
The Regatta
A Night in Boston Bay
Truthful and Startlilng Accounts of Tough Times, etc.
The Frenchman’s Stew and the Disgusted Irishmen
Dory Voyages across the Atlantic
On Board a Mackerel Catcher
The Merry, Merry Mackerel Catchers
Saving the Cable
A Summer Trip to Georges
Rob’s First Cruise
Lost in the Fog
Crippled on the “Home Stretch”
The December Gales of 1876
Fearful Experienceon Board Sch. Howard
Thacher’s Island
Foundering of Sch. Almond Bird
The Harbor Bar
Ninty-three Voyages to Surinam
Recollections of a Veteran Fisherman
Making a Harbor in a Snow Storm
An Old Boat
Hand-Line Mackerel Fishing
“Setting Under Sail”
In a Fog on the Banks
Lines on the Loss of Sch. Guy Cunningham and in Memory of her Master, Capt. Daniel O’Brien
Around the Wharves of Old Gloucester Half a Century Ago
The Jolly Yachtsman
The Haddock Fisheries. Then and Now
A Mackerel Catcher Dressing Her Fare by Moonlight
Frightened by the Moon
Gloucester Harbor
Adventures of Capt.Richard Murphy
The Open Sea
Gloucester’s Exhibition at the Centennial
The Widow’s Appeal to the Winds and Sea
Picking the Nets and Trawls
A Fishing Party
“Not a Bene”
The Mackerel Pocket or “Spiller”
On the Loss of the “Royal George”
A Banker Discharging Her Fare
Loss of Life and Vessel Property from January 1 to April 1, 1882
List of Vessels Comprising the Gloucester Fishing Fleet, and their Owners or Fitters

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