Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2.
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It uemed a. though everybod,y we Imew vied with one BnC)ther in
Bympatb¥ •
I find
that
I oODBtantl¥ forget thing.
that
oUght to be mentioned
an..:.
II:;.
all
tl:.e
time having to go back and piok
up
thread. dropped long
ago .
What
now occurs to me
h
fIJiI
talte for boat. - the water _ When I first
cawe frO<ll China I boU(::ht II ",.·aH centre board boat called the Scud,
whicl:. I kept at Ip.wich . She we. ten tOUI, and a very
-.
rt
craft .
In her, I \lIed to
crune
all about
the
Qome
waten,
and,go occ8Bionall¥
to Beverly and Salam. I
;
Upt
one man to take care of her.
but
a "I\S II
great drawback
that
I could only go out "hen
the
tide Was , at lea.t,
half
UP. and I alwa;,rl
~d
to get back by the "me
.
~ate
of
the
next tlde ,
So I IOU her an.!. bou,ght
II.
boat called the Annie . whicb had
the
reputa–
tion of
being
the
falteat in the United Stlltea. I don't know
.
hether
IIbe '11'81 or not, but .he 111<$ never beaten while I oWlled
her .
O.u-
tiea
to Ipswich being a good deal weakened after Uncle's
death , we
had
taken a
~ll
cottage on Ober's point on the Beverly
Shore, where .. had spent th, "=era dnce 1869 and thh offered a
!1
ne cbenca for yachtill&. I kapt tile A.."ln1e a year and a half, and then
sold her for the
.1
UIoe
"
rlce I pal;;. for her , thereby provine: that it 18
al11183s good econoqy to bW a good thing. The Annh was everyth1:l£" that
could be dealred. a.
r~ga.rds
ulleed, bu.t Ihe .as not very safe or CO/l1-
lortable
~·or
cruiling.
J.
sort
0:'
aesoclation had been fonned on the
aho:"e , calling itself t"e Beverq Yacht Squadron , .hlch uaed to get
u;l
inI;Iromptu yacht rac.. 'aVery
O/ee~,
and this I,,&::elted to me the ilea of
iOettiI16 up a regula:" yacht club. T:lere .a. one
a1rea~,
t;::e BOlton Yecht
Cl-.l,b, bllt
ti.e
IlleL:.bers of Utis .ere not exactly congenial . I t .eretore
invitfld a dozen or mure men
who
were more or le.s interested in yachting ,
to dine with:ne in Boston . From
thi.,
the Eastern Tacht Club took
it.
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