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.
Mss:766 1754-1898. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.
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I. theHfore, .... lIIOre of
tiwl
na.,-
than
lIlY compatriOt..
Amoq;
the
otn_
can
tbat _
were
IIOst
int1lData
with ...
Kr.
Howell. II ..1d.h!pa'A
aboard
the Brand.Yw1n•• Jack Xo.all,
at
he ..... then called by
.
U17bo4¥.
UteI'
thi.
crul,e .a. over
he •••
'
Ppolnted naval ,torekeeper at
~.o.
aDd,
a. tueh,
p••••
d two or three year. there , After
thi.,
he came II third time
to China •• II Haut.nant of
the
Watoe•• I ea'll' hilll II lear
-
Co
in •••h_
lq:toll, II retired Admiral, and could hardlJr belin,
it ....
the ._
~
I
had. mown when TOIlII,&:.
He
probabl¥ thau,ght
tbe
lame
ot
_.
capt-in, afterward. 'd""ral,
Gold.borou&b.
wa.
in China tor II
ahort
tiM.
but
nClt
ottlclall1. He
had
takeD
acme
nUal
n ...l to
the
Pacif_
1
c coalt and .at on hh
'111.1'
h....
H.
wa.
II ' ' '17 pl.asant .an and diltin_
cutthed
h1.a:I••
U
in
the
war
at ..
latar date.
I think I have a.d:ranced
rq
narraUve now to about 1850 or 1851,
and there raalq don Dot ••_ alI¥th1!\1 worth
tdUne
in
tbe
whole
of
it.
'
I.
hid
,
ot in
the
habit
of
hal'lq:
br..,
boats tban to1"merlJ' _ indud
.
e
m.1c
h
t
el_.t
cUpit,.
thelia wah
tlw title of I&chh.
hoe
the
lCy.terz
that I had .h,n .b:I¥U.tin. arrhsd, I "lIt to the Ra:Ull that I bOllCht trOlll
Paul
'
orb.s, and then I bullt OIlS .asicned b;y lIIl'ult • • ith
the ...
istance
ot the boat builder,
11%'.
J'raur. She .as call.d
tr..
Dr-gon, and "s
.
bout 40 tOil' .....II'Ill"KlIIllt. I should eXplain that these craft _rs 1I0t
sllUrel,y for plsuure. We had felt the ned at haTill& spme mean. at quick
ca.runlc.tion With
Bon,g-Ioll,g
and Wacao, both
tor
letter. and tor ou.r.elTe••
China f.st boat! were unufe, and with our boats. which" c01Jld etart
oft
at a m'
~nt's
notice, ...sre lllMp'udellt.
Of
cour.s, ba,.lDC tbe
boah, •• cot
up
race. trom time to time. and on. that I elpeelalq
fII_
~er
took place in
Jul¥,
1851.
It ...
a fine
da¥
and there were e1cht
entrl.. - the boats being fr(llll 20 to 40 ton•• T11ft7 were
the
'
l'hhU.,
Al&rlll, Gipsy.
Fain,
'
ctU'
and Egbp, beslde the Rayen, 1117 boat,
.
t i,
C l' •••
oyer
be ...
I
atl4 nlY&l
.
r~.p.r
at
and,
t
i l al • lieute t r
"
be
S!r. 9la. I law
~
a ;r aco 1 I.ah_
ta hi ,
t.~
""'
ral,
ol a\: r~.
_.
ill
'
i_
r.
c 1l e4 hi.clel! 1n
t e
ar
t •
l tn
ti,
o
1
blri1t
l'll
4'9'
uc14
IV u th 08
IN
-.
tI4
n
eal17
o••
n t
n,ytbJ.Q&
b ell1l1C
1
toM .h h
H
II
No
c
10.
b, <t' DC wp'boa .
'!:
l zl
r_rlT
I ',4 .
b
e £DC .l- l
l4 D
a
YID
'
bo'ac \
frc.
hul
1
oThe, IUl.d tb 1
i on. ct..lm" liT
qr..
l .
wit
t
llu.
abo t
t Ol
.
ur~t.
1.
b.cr lc1
u: la.1a
tb t
t e,.
lt ..re
DOt
In relT t r
l~.
I Ad
ti
U:a
of ,.l '!C 11*11 "aJl.l of
i
eMn'
t ••
t
liGan
ere 1lI1u.t., and 1th OW'
at. ,
ich
we
coul . u
l!
t ..
7
eDt 'I
lIot1 l, . .r. Inlkplu.nt .
f
CO'W"', b 't'11\C
tb,
b te, .1
,
t
1.1
p
rae..
fTa.
U_ to
\
t. ,
M4
emil
tbat
I
'
~Klalb'
re-
"7
bar 1.0011: pl.. l 1n
Jul¥.
18&1.
It ..
tine
d-.r
and
t~
1
Mre 1&:ht
I t 1 . _ t bl boat. belll(
troa
20
to 40
ton••
!
he-,_ re
the
t
"
Dr..
OI1, Alum, ipll,
i"a,
JOSp' a "'sbe , betid, the
Bonn, ..,
boat,
