because I thought some of you might find this as fun as I did...
The will of Captain Obed Gardner, 1841. (Yes, it's an actual will, though he wrote it long enough before he died that almost all of it was negated. Belindy's husband died by overturning his dory - the Captain was right, he really was a lubber, who overturns a dory?? And Ezra returned, having made his fortune, and patched things up with his father.)
ETA: It was mainly how very Jack-like Captain Gardner sounded which made me think of posting it here, even though it's much later than M&C time.
ETA: It was mainly how very Jack-like Captain Gardner sounded which made me think of posting it here, even though it's much later than M&C time.