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ill his crew ^ ehavec ^ only inoffensively , but with a conciliating propriety . In a few days die inimical Association vanished- and the inhabitants treated himself and his crew with re ^ pecr and even kindness Many of the most re pe table people visited his
vessel and in con equerice of the pre -sing . invitation of one of them , Paul ctii .-ed with hi family in the town . Instead of enmity he received cares e ; such is the consequence of J ^ ood sen se , candour ai > d good conduct , they frequently convert enemies into friends . In three weeks Paul sold his car ^ o
and received into his s hooner 3 CC 0 fttKhels of Indian corn . With this corn he returned to West-port ; that articV being in great demand ; hi < cargo old rapidly , and yielded him a pro-fit of 1000 dollars . He reloaded his re . el , sailed
for Norfolk , sold his cargo and took in another , which , on his return ^ proved as profitable as his first vo age , The home market was row amply supplied with corn , and it bee : me necessary to seek a different emp oyment for his ires . se ] . He sa led to Passamaquoddy in search cf a cargo . When he arrived at the river , Janie ^ B ian , a merchant of Wilmington ( Delaware State ) made him a liberal offer hir his vessel to carry a load of plaister . Paul thought the proposed price for the freig ht would equal the profits of any other business he should be likely to do there , and embraced bis teims . £ ome time in the year 1797 , he took on board the load of Gyp -urn . and
proceeded ** to Wilmington , ( Delawaie . ) Since that peiiod one or other of the , ves els in whLh Paul is concerned has . annually made one or two voyages to the same port , During the year r 797 , after his return home , Paul purchased th - shoetifnaker ' s "hop , and the adjoining firm , in which Tie had planted his little fa-/ mily , where he commenced the hus-i-, He s of merchant sailor . For the farm and its improvements he paid ^ ,, 500 tlollars , and placed it imder the muiua . cment of his brother , who is a iurmcr . By judicious pJan , and di'igence in 4 & af ^ Kccujt io il , Paul has gradvKilW in-
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creased 1 fils prope rty , und * hy ttpriglit * ness of conduct he has gained th « esteem and re . ard of his fel ow-citizens . In the year i 8 do he was concened in one half the expenses of erecting- and equipping a'brig of 162 ton burthen , which portion he still holds- * -To his brother belongs onefourth , and he other fourth is owned
by persons not related to his fami . y . ' 1 he ship Alpha , of 268 tons carpenter ' s measure , of which Pau own 3 three-fourths , va , bulk in 1806 . Of thi * vessel he is the comniande ; the crew of whirh conr . ists of seven men of colour , all of whom are related by blood to thtir Captain . The mate ,
Thomas Wainer , a nephew of Paul Cuifee , ha been int usted as captain with a br ^ ' g during two voyages to Europe—his talents are fully adequate to his present station , and his character renders him worthy of it . The shi p is now under charter from Wilmington , Delaware , to Savannah in
Georgi , and from thence to .. Liverpool in England , On his arrival in England , Paul had the offer of a freight by William Rotch , jun . of New Bedford , ( Massachusets ) from Liverpool to Russia , and irom thence to some part of the United States .
Wilha . 11 Retch , jun . is a very re- > spectable member of the Society of Friends , and a me ; chant whose unimpeachable character is well known ill the United States , and in many of the inercantiic cities of Europe . He has known Paul CufTee for many years , and the confidence which he reposes in him is a very strong testimony in favour of Paul s abilities and
hones-There are two circum tances of sonrve importance in the I fc of Paul Cuffee which should not be passed over h \ sileiKC . The time when they took p lace is unknown to the writer of this . * nem 01 r , but he has correct knowledge of thc . r particular facts .
laul and ' his brother John GufFee were- called on by the co lector of tl > G ci-istrict in which they . reside , for payment , of a personal tax . It appea c ' d to them that , by the laws of the constitution ot Mabaaxhusctrf , taxation m&
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1807, page 336, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2381/page/48/
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