And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, January 15, 2023
captain’s chest of drawers, owned by James Short 2nd Mate of a Black Ball packet Clipper, 1854
Beautiful. I'd like to know how it survived 150 years in that good condition.
ReplyDeleteI'ma go with James Raine being the actual owner, unless that was the name of the ship.
ReplyDeleteThe sextant drawer is self-explanatory, and the azimuth was likely what we would refer to as his compass.