[1] This brother was subsequently lost at sea while Mate of the ship
ARYAN.
[2] This letter is copied from an undated clipping from a Machias
newspaper, owned by Mr. F. L. Cates of Machias, the Leslie mentioned in
the letter.
[3] “To the River--An Offshore Schooner Trade”, W. J. Lewis Parker,
Capt. USCG (ret) _The American Neptune_, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, 1975.
[4] _The Great Coal Schooners of New England--1870-1909_, W. J. Lewis
Parker, Lieut., USCG, (The Marine Historical Association, Inc., 1948)
[5] op. cit.
[6] The HARWOOD PALMER was torpedoed by a U-boat, May 23, 1917, five
miles southwest of La Blancha Island, France. No lives lost.
[7] On July 21, 1918, the U-156 sank the sea-going tug PERTH AMBOY and
her tow of four barges off Orleans and then lobbed a few shells ashore.