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Sebastian Hallum Clarke's avatar

Fascinating! Some highlights:

"An eccentric Connecticut whaling captain named Preserved Fish"… one wonders the backstory of this name?

"a Cow on Board to supply them with Milk" – how clever!

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Tal Roded's avatar

Preserved Fish is actually buried in the NYC Marble Cemetery, which is located on E 2nd St, which I pass by on my morning walks! There is a plaque near the entrance gate mentioning Preserved Fish as a prominent merchant.

I also found the name fascinating and looked him up, apparently he comes from the same Fish family as Hamilton Fish - who was governor of NY and who also has an East Village park named after him. The Fish have their fingerprints all over the city.

According to Wikipedia, "Preserved" is a reference to "being preserved from sin". I was hoping his parents gave him the name out of a magnificent sense of humor, but that makes more sense. Interesting powerful Dutch family from the city's 19th century!

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Daniel Golliher's avatar

Post pics!

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Tal Roded's avatar

The gates are often locked so I haven’t been inside to see Preserved’s grave, but here’s what I got!

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Daniel Golliher's avatar

Salute the good captain, Preserved Fish.

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