Excerpt from Brief Sketch of Commodore Samuel Tucker Of the boyhood and education of Samuel, we only know that at an early period he was sent to 'school, and was well grounded in reading, writing and arithmetic. His father seeing that he was a bright boy and apt to learn, wished to send him to college, but the youth had no taste for the groves of the academy: his element was the sea, and to so great a degree was his soul kindled by the songs and stories of the Marblehead mariners, who seemed like descendants of the ancient ...
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Excerpt from Brief Sketch of Commodore Samuel Tucker Of the boyhood and education of Samuel, we only know that at an early period he was sent to 'school, and was well grounded in reading, writing and arithmetic. His father seeing that he was a bright boy and apt to learn, wished to send him to college, but the youth had no taste for the groves of the academy: his element was the sea, and to so great a degree was his soul kindled by the songs and stories of the Marblehead mariners, who seemed like descendants of the ancient sea-kings, that at eleven years of age he ran away and embarked on board of the Royal George, an English sloop-of-war, which was bound on a cruise to Louisbourg. He was afterward apprenticed to the captain by his forgiving and prudent father. It was there he acquired much nautical knowledge, and became acquainted with British signals, - a source of great value to him in his future career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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