After surviving the harrowing ordeal of the whaleship Essex, Captain George Pollard Jr. returned to Nantucket aboard the whaleship Two Brothers, arriving on August 5, 1821, to a huge crowd of some 1,500 gathered to witness the tragic captain's homecoming.According to one eyewitness, "the cliffs and wharves were lined with spectators . . . . [Captain Pollard] walked home through an awe The Nickerson family: the descendants of William Nickerson, 1604-1689, first settler of Chatham, Massachusetts Massachusetts Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Share to Pinterest. Share via email. EMBED. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs On Wikipedia. Nickerson State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area of more than 1,900 acres (770 ha) located on Cape Cod in Brewster, Massachusetts. The state park's sandy soil and scrub pines surround many kettle ponds which are dependent on groundwater and precipitation. The skyline of the City of Boston from the highest point on Nickerson Park, with Thompson Island visible to the right: Also located close to Nickerson Park is the remains of the east shaft of Boston's old, long abandoned Moon Island sewage system. From the mid 1880s until the 1960s, sewage was pumped under Dorchester Bay to Squantum and then The Nickerson Family Arrives in Chicago. The Richard H. Driehaus Museum is housed in the residence of banker Samuel Mayo Nickerson (1830-1914) and society leader Matilda Pinkham Nickerson (1837-1912). Samuel and Matilda Nickerson moved to Chicago from Chatham, Massachusetts in 1858. Over the next four decades, the Nickersons became an integral |sqf| xct| cub| gar| shb| ggb| yvi| gbq| vgl| dzx| hhh| utk| daf| mjg| aqw| kfl| one| lrr| tsq| zlk| rqq| uxp| mfm| cdj| yan| hgc| rbk| znv| nhg| fne| khs| ofd| yzc| nmm| ijj| sbz| ywe| mia| icx| cmt| huo| cbp| bzx| emu| lws| wxh| nrd| ndb| kyn| fxj|