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The Whaleboat That
Made History
An incredible adventure tale, it began with a whaleboat,
and ended with the capture of a British warship that was
enforcing the blockade of Boston, during the war of 1812.
Not only did it become a legend in its own time, the feat
is still being written about by historians to this very
day...
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Josiah
Knowles, The Greatest Captain of Them All!
The Old Manse Inn was home to great captains throughout the
Post-Colonial and Clipper Ship eras.
Each
of them added new layers of history and romance to the place.
But, of them all, few could surpass the legend of Josiah Knowles,
son of the estate’s first sea captain Winslow L. Knowles...
> Birth of A Legend
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The Legend Grows
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From a Ship Captain, to a "Captain
Of Industry"
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Men of Iron
Allen Knowles, eldest son of Winslow L. Knowles, was one
of the ''Men of Iron," who commanded the formidable
"Packet Ships" that were legendary for the ferocity
or there crews. As a member of this elite profession,
he shared in all the glamour and privileges this exhaled
position entailed. And as part owner of one of the great
Clipper/Packets of the time - the Chariot of Fame - he
somehow held these crews down during his fantastic voyages
to virtually every corner of the globe....
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A
Man of Mystery
''After following the seas'' for most of his teenage years,
Winslow Knowles Jr., began commanding ships that served American
East-Coast ports.
Then
he became "Man of Mystery". After the tragic death
of his wife, he first disappearded into the gold fields of
California, then disappeared into the fabulous and exotic
world of the East Indies. living a Rudyard Kipling lifestyle
on the high seas, he commanded ships until his death in Calcutta
in 1863.
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