1852, Schooner Ocean Bird, 118 tons. 1852, Bark Fruiter, 290 tons. 1853, Schooner Kingfisher, 116 tons. 1855, Bark Sicilian, 320 tons. 1855, Bark Abby, 178 tons. 1856, Bark Neapolitan, 320 tons. 1858, Brig Bird of the Wave, 178 tons. 1859, Bark Fruiterer, 320 tons. 1860, Bark Egypt, 547 tons. 1863, Bark Lemuel, 321 tons. Mr. Holmes was in many respects a remarkable man. He was born in Kingston in 1771, and died in that town in 1862. On the 27th of May, 1821, he went to Bridgewater and collected materials for building a vessel, hiring a yard near the Raynham line and laid the keel of the brig Two Pollies. After launching the brig Trident in 1806, she took all the spare materials in the yard, and carried them to Kingston, where all his vessels were built except the Two Pollies, Algol, Lucy, Alexander and Trident, which were built in Bridgewater. He stated in a letter written July 1, 1859, that he kept a vessel on the stocks nearly all the time, and sometimes two, and once built three in a year, all of which he built, fitted and sent to sea, except two, on his own account and risk. In that letter he said that at the age of 87 years and 7 months, he was about to lay the keel of a vessel of two hundred tons, and that he was writing the letter without spectacles. I knew him well, and often called at his house on the corner of Main street. He did his bank business in Boston, leaving only at the Plymouth Bank a deposit made up chiefly of his bank dividends, and I was a little amused by a incident which occurred somewhere between 1859 and 1862, for which I never saw an explanation, though I think it may have been intended as a personal compliment. One day while in the bank he said, “I don’t suppose you would lend me any money if I wanted it.” Knowing very well that he was never in want of money, I said, “Mr. Holmes, make out your note payable to your own order for such an amount and on such a time as may be agreeable to you, and endorse it, and you can have the money.” He signed a note for $5,000 on four months, and told me to place the money to his credit. I did so, and the money remained untouched until the note became due. The following vessels were built and owned by his son Edward Holmes of Kingston: 1864, Schooner Anna Eldredge, 139 tons. 1865, Schooner Fisher, 105 tons. 1866, Bark Solomon, 600 tons. 1867, Schooner Lucy Holmes, 137 tons. 1868, Bark Hornet, 330 tons. 1869, Schooner Mary Baker, 139 tons. 1874, Brig H. A. Holmes, 320 tons. Sloop Roxanna, 60 tons. Sloop Leo, 70 tons. Sloop Rosewood. Besides the above, the ship Matchless was built in Boston, and owned by James H. Dawes of Kingston, and the ship Brookline, with others, was owned by John and James N. Sever of Kingston. The following is a list of Kingston captains in the merchant service within my memory, for which I am indebted to Capt. John C. Dawes of Kingston: