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HISTORIC NANTUCKET
2. The Pollard papers state that Henrietta actually died of typhus on September 14,1845. 3. Joseph Warren Phinney was born on March 25,1845. We were always told he had been born on George Washington's birthday, February 22,1848. (There was a notable inclination amongst the Phinney family to take several years off their age.) The "Goliath," also referred to as the "Golath," Goliah," and "Golinth" was built at St. Clair, Michigan, in 1846 and actually lost at Thunder Bay, Michigan, (Lake Huron) November, 1851. The builder was Wesley Truesdale, derided as a visionary in maritime circles. 4. Miriam Smith, born 1797. 5. Saleratus - aerated salt, which is baking soda. 6. calash - a light low-wheeled carriage, with a top or hood. 7. calash - also a woman's folding bonnet.
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