![[William R. Rodman]](../images/u/us~cmwrr.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
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The restored "Charles W. Morgan" was enshrined on 21 July 1926. For the
ongoing season, a different flag was hoisted every day at the mainmast of the
ship, as described by press reports published in "The New Bedford Standard".
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2019
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"No shipping agent listed in the old signal books of New Bedford had a
greater variety of signals that William R. Rodman. Perhaps, it would be more
accurate to say that Rodman had no house flag, but a flag for every ship. The
rules of the revival of the old house flags by Colonel E. H. R. Green at Rounds
Hill, however, call for the flying of but one flag for each agent, the Rodman
flag chosen for today is the one that was used on the bark "Columbus", white
bordered on three sides with dark blue."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/20/
The William R.
Rodman Mansion at 388 County Street, New Bedford, was constructed in 1833 as the
home of bank president and whaling merchant, William Rotch Rodman. The architect
of the granite mansion was Russell Warren, the Rhode Island designer who created
the Greek Revival style in Southern New England. During the 1830s Warren
designed for New Bedford's whaling elite over a dozen private homes and public
buildings, which were seminal in the development of Greek Revival architecture.
The house remains on its original site and has received minimal alteration.
After the death of William R. Rodman in 1855, the house was purchased by Abraham
Howland, New Bedford's first mayor. It became the political center of the city
for two generations since Abraham Howland, Jr., also held the mayor's office.
After his death in 1887, the mansion was owned briefly by members of the
Grinnell and Howland families who wished to insure the safety of the house.
http://www.perryhicks.net/william-rodman-mansion/
Perry Hicks, LLC
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Andrew Robeson]](../images/u/us~cmaro.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"Four ships and the bark "Juniper" flew the house flag of Andrew Robeson, New
Bedford shipping agent, in 1845 [...] showing a blue triangle on a white ground.
The Robeson ships were the "Milo", "Pacific", "Roscoe" and "Samuel Robertson"."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/20/
Andrew Robeson
was born in Pennsylvania and moved to New Bedford around 1817. He married Anna
Rodman and they built their beautiful mansion in 1821. In its heyday the mansion
sported an atrium and extensive gardens. Andrew owned the dory mother ship, the
"Pacific 2" which was a massive 331 ton whaling vessel. He also owned a whale
oil refinery, built mills and a wharf in Fall River and helped to start the
Merchant's Mechanic's Banks, and was also a founder of the New Bedford
Institution for Savings. Andrew was also an active abolitionist in the city and
helped many slaves.
https://www.whalingcityghosts.org/portfolio
Whaling City Ghosts
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Ship Globe]](../images/u/us~cmglo.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"Memories of the ship "Globe", agent George Hussey [...] This pennant,
reproduced from the official 1845 signal book, is red, bordered and lettered in
white."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/20/
George Hussey
(1791-1868) belonged to that galaxy of men who in the first half of the
nineteenth century made names and places for themselves in the history of New
Bedford and made the city famous, who as ship merchants, whalers and in
occupations connected with that great industry accumulated large fortunes. He
came to New Bedford from New York in about 1842, and in New Bedford was largely
engaged in the merchant marine service as owner and captain. From 1849 to 1866
Mr. Hussey was one of the directors of the old Bedford Commercial Bank, which
was organized in 1816, and reorganized as the National Bank of Commerce in 1864
with a capital of a million dollars. His death occurred Jan. 18, 1868, at his
home on County street, when he was aged seventy-seven years.
https://www.accessgenealogy.com/genealogy/hussey-morgan-family-new-bedford-ma.htm
Access Genealogy
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Philip Anthony]](../images/u/us~cmpan.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"Ship "Mankar" sailed, in 1845, under the colors of Philip Anthony, New
Bedford shipping agent. Her flag was white with a red star and a red border all
around except on the flagstaff side."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/21/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Asa Swift]](../images/u/us~cmasw.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"The red, white and red vertical bars of Asa Swift's house flag used to fly
over ships in Fairhaven harbor [...]. Mr. Swift was a Fairhaven shipping agent.
His ships, in 1845, were the "Baltic" and "Mount Wollaston", and the bark
"Pacific"."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/21/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[O. and G. O. Crocker]](../images/u/us~cmocr.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"O. and G. O. Crocker, New Bedford shipping agents, had charge in 1845 of the
comings and goings of the ship "Massachusetes". Their flag [was] red, blue and
red, in vertical stripes [...]."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/21/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Lemuel C. Tripp]](../images/u/us~cmlct.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"Lemuel C. Tripp and Lemual Tripp were shipping agents in Fairhaven in 1845,
each with a distinctive house flag. [...] The circle on the white square nearest
the flag staff is blue, the stripes are blue above and red below."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/21/
Mrs. Mary Ann
Tripp (1810-1906) was born in New York and met her husband, Captain Lemuel C. Tripp,
while on a visit to Fairhaven. They were married soon after, in December, 1828.
Captain Tripp was engaged in the merchant service, sailing from New York to
nearly every port in the world.
Two years after the marriage, Mrs. Tripp
accompanied him and it was on this voyage that she first circumnavigated the
globe, visited China, and the Philippine Islands. She also accompanied her
husband on two successive voyages, and so has the added distinction of having
made a trip around the world three times and made an equal number of visits to
China.
Captain Tripp died April 24, 1864.
Mrs. Tripp was therefore the
first American woman to visit China and to circumnavigate globe.
http://millicentlibrary.org/mary-ann-tripp/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"Pemberton H. Nye, who has been abroad for nine weeks, returned to New
Bedford this morning just in comfortable time to see the blue and white Nye flag
flying in his honor today from the "Charles W. Morgan" in Round Hills. [He] is a
director of the New Bedford Whaleman's Club. His flag is a replica of that used
by T. and A. R. Nye, New Bedford shipping agents. [...]"
See 28 August for
the description of the flag.
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/22/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Alexander Gibbs]](../images/u/us~cmagi.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"A "G" for Gibbs, blue on a white ground, was the flag flown in 1845 by the
ships "Brandi", "Houqua" and "Zephyr" of New Bedford, and the bark "Jasper".
Alexander Gibbs was agent for them. [...]"
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/22/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Captain James F. Avery]](../images/u/us~cmjfa.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"Captain James Avery, Fairhaven, celebrates its 77th birthday today. At Round
Hills, South Dartmouth, a blue flag initialed "J. F. A." flying from the
whaleship "Morgan" today marks the anniversary and honors Captain Avery as one
of the donors of the "Morgan".
The flag was designed by Harry A. Neyland.
Captain Avery, who had no individual flag, although he was owner or part owner
of a number of whaling ships, among them the "Wanderer", the "Bertha", the "C.
Towner" and the "Margarett". Captain Avery pursued the whale for 30 years before
his retirement from the sea in 1899."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/22/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Sheffield Reeve]](../images/u/us~cmsre.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"A blue "L" in a white diamond, centered in the red pennant [...] identified
the ship "Lydia", for which Sheffield Reed, Fairhaven, was agent in 1845. [...]"
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/22/
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Lemuel Tripp]](../images/u/us~cmlet.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"Lemuel Tripp, who is not to be confused with Lemuel C. Tripp, old-time
Fairhaven shipping agent, used the flag [...] on the ship "Marcus", Fairhaven.
The ground color is red, the star white, and the initial "M" is blue, in the
design in the 1845 signal book which Colonel E. H. R. Green had reproduced
[...]"
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/23
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Warren Delano]](../images/u/us~cmwde.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"A copy of the flag flown by ship "William Wirt", of which, Warren Delano,
Fairhaven, was agent in 1845 [...] Initials and borders were blue, and the
central portion was white."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/23/
Captain Warren
Delano (1779-1866), the youngest son of Ephraim Delano, was a resident of
Fairhaven. He was a sea captain and ship owner. Warren was an active whaling
captain, serving as a merchant in the China Trade. In 1832, he built the Delano
Homestead, which would stay in the Delano family until 1942. Warren Delano died
in 1866. He was great-grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President
of the United States.
https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/finding-aids/mss134
New
Bedford Whaling Museum
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Jabez Delano Jr.]](../images/u/us~cmjde.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
"[...] The blue and white flag [...] bears the initial of the bark "Harvest".
Jabez Delano Jr. was ship agent for the "Harvest" in 1845, when it sailed from
Fairhaven, under such a house flag."
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/23/
Along with his
cousin Jabez Delano Jr. and Joseph Bates Jr., Warren Delano I oversaw the
building of the Washington Street Christian Meetinghouse, which evolved into the
Unitarian Church. The next year Warren Delano I, Jabez Delano Jr. and Samuel
Borden built a candleworks and whale oil refinery at Middle Street just north of
Washington Street.
http://fairhaventours.com/the-delano-family/
The Delano Family
Ivan Sache, 9 December 2019
![[Fish and Huttlestone]](../images/u/us~cmfhu.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 10 December 2019
"Fish and Huttlestone, shipping agents in Fairhaven in 1845, used a red
pennant with a white "G" for the special flag of their ship "George". A similar
pennant, with a white "E", designated the ship "Eagle", of which Reuben Fish was
agent [...]"
https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l030634/23/
Reuben Fish will
be remembered as a most successful ship builder, some of the finest ships owned
in New Bedford and Fairhaven were the products of his skill.
https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs-no-27
Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch, No. 27
Ivan Sache,
10 December 2019
Continued in Part 5
