Wealthy merchant and ship owner. Edward Sise's Portsmouth, NH businesses included crockery and glass imports, fire insurance and dealing in coal. He was among American merchants who issued "Hard Times" tokens in the financial panic of 1837. These tokens (catalogued as HT 195) can be purchased from coin collectors in varying degrees of condition.
His record-breaking sailing of 13 1/2 days (avg speed over 16 knots) to England on the "Typhoon" was documented in "Yankee Kingdom". His passport application for the trip, sent by letter to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, included such vital statistics as his build (thin), eye color (blue), hair (brown) and height (5 ft 7 in). He owned a number of ships including the "Arkwright" in 1852.
His record-breaking sailing of 13 1/2 days (avg speed over 16 knots) to England on the "Typhoon" was documented in "Yankee Kingdom". His passport application for the trip, sent by letter to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, included such vital statistics as his build (thin), eye color (blue), hair (brown) and height (5 ft 7 in). He owned a number of ships including the "Arkwright" in 1852.
Wealthy merchant and ship owner. Edward Sise's Portsmouth, NH businesses included crockery and glass imports, fire insurance and dealing in coal. He was among American merchants who issued "Hard Times" tokens in the financial panic of 1837. These tokens (catalogued as HT 195) can be purchased from coin collectors in varying degrees of condition.
His record-breaking sailing of 13 1/2 days (avg speed over 16 knots) to England on the "Typhoon" was documented in "Yankee Kingdom". His passport application for the trip, sent by letter to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, included such vital statistics as his build (thin), eye color (blue), hair (brown) and height (5 ft 7 in). He owned a number of ships including the "Arkwright" in 1852.
His record-breaking sailing of 13 1/2 days (avg speed over 16 knots) to England on the "Typhoon" was documented in "Yankee Kingdom". His passport application for the trip, sent by letter to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, included such vital statistics as his build (thin), eye color (blue), hair (brown) and height (5 ft 7 in). He owned a number of ships including the "Arkwright" in 1852.
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