The Story of Thomas Duncan and His Six SonsT. A. Wright, Incorporated, 1928 - 174 страници |
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Agnes ancestor Ann Duncan Ann Fox April Arnold Duncan aunt Ellen brother Callender Campbell Captain Carlisle Carson Catherine Charles child Children of John Church Commodore County cousin Cumberland Daniel Duncan daughter David Duncan descendants died Duncan family Duncan of Natchez Duncan Oliphant Ellen and Mary Ellen Duncan emigrant EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS Fannie father Finley Fox Walker George grand-father Gustine Hannegan Henry Hughes Irvine Irwin Rose Jacob James Duncan Jesse D Jesse Duncan Elliott Jesse Elliott John Duncan John Duncan Mahon Joseph Duncan Joseph McElroy Judge Thomas Duncan July June lived Louisa Duncan Lucy Duncan March Margaret Duncan Maria married Martha Duncan Mary Ann Mary Duncan Matilda McCullough McElroy McLure Minor Miss Moir mother Ohio Patterson Penna Philadelphia Rebecca Rippey Robert Callender Robert Duncan Robert Elliott Samuel Duncan Sarah Duncan Scotland second wife Seth Shippensburg sister Smith Snyder Spangler Stephen Duncan Thomas Duncan unmarried widow William Duncan
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Страница 145 - Eight knots and a half, sir." "How bears the light?" " Nearly abeam, sir." " Keep her away half a point." " How fast does she go ?" "Nine knots, sir." " Steady, so !" returned the captain. " Steady," answered the helmsman, and all was the silence of the grave upon that crowded deck — except the howling of the storm — for a space of time that seemed to my imagination almost an age. It was a trying hour with us : unless we could carry sail so as to go at...
Страница 145 - ... sheets, the sky was one black curtain, illumined only by the faint light which was to mark our deliverance, or stand a monument of our destruction. The wind had got above whistling, it came in puffs, that flattened the waves, and made our old frigate settle to her bearings, while every thing on board seemed cracking into pieces.
Страница 145 - She will not bear it," said the officer of the deck. " Board the main tack,
Страница 143 - Minister at the Court of France, and his family, and manned by nearly five hundred souls— drew near to " the chops " of the English Channel. For four days she had been beating down from Plymouth, and on the fifth, at evening, she made her last tack from the French coast. The watch was set at eight PM— The Captain came on deck soon after, and having ascertained the bearing of Scilly, gave orders to keep the ship
Страница 144 - Ledge replied in hoarser notes behind us. To go ahead seemed to be death, and to attempt to go about was sure destruction. The first thing that caught the eye of the captain was the furled mainsail, which he had ordered to be carried throughout the evening — the hauling up of which contrary to the last order that he had given on leaving the deck, had caused the ship to fall off to leeward two points, and had thus led her into a position on
Страница 144 - ... a heavy swell from the Bay of Biscay ; the gale, which had been blowing several days, had increased to a severity that was not to be made light of. The breakers, where Sir Cloudesley Shovel and his fleet were destroyed, in the days of Queen Anne, sang their song of death be fore, and the Dead-Man's Ledge replied in hoarser notes behind us.
Страница 144 - Three points on the lee-bow," replied the look-out man — which the unprofessional reader will readily understand to mean very nearly straight ahead. At this moment the Captain appeared and took the trumpet. "Call all hands,
Страница 143 - IT was at the close of a stormy day in the year 1835, when the gallant frigate Constitution, under the command of Captain Elliott — having on board the late Edward Livingston, late Minister at the Court of France, and his family, and manned by nearly five hundred souls— drew near to " the chops
Страница 146 - ... on board. With but a bare possibility of saving the ship and those on board, he placed his reliance upon his nautical skill and courage, and by carrying the mainsail when in any other situation it would have been considered a suicidal act, he weathered the lee shore, and saved the Constitution.
Страница 146 - At length the light bore upon our quarter, and the broad Atlantic rolled its white caps before us. During this time all were silent ; each officer and man was at his post, and the bearing and countenance of the captain seemed to give encouragement to every person on board. With but a bare possibility of saving the ship and those on board, he placed his reliance upon his nautical skill and courage, and by carrying the...
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