tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567298102578887922.post4207245220928627779..comments2024-03-28T21:17:52.587-04:00Comments on Notes from Halibut Point: Benjamin Butler and Yacht America, Part ThreeMartin Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09958645769556796984noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567298102578887922.post-40053272231427350802019-07-01T17:06:44.126-04:002019-07-01T17:06:44.126-04:00The cotton mill on Cape Ann was running. The Congr...The cotton mill on Cape Ann was running. The Congressional Committee stated that the “shameless and treasonable character of the trade” led to the “demoralization and corruption of the army and navy by exhibition of the vast rewards which have accrued from this trade and from the temptation and bribery with which they have been constantly assailed. It is believed to have led to the prolongation of the war, and to have cost the country thousands of lives and millions upon millions of treasure” (“Trade with Rebellious States, Report No. 24,” Reports of the Committees of the House of Representatives, Second Session Thirty-Eight Congress, 1864-65, p. 1-2).Lisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387407100551942748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567298102578887922.post-45744961680677502762017-01-11T20:40:17.656-05:002017-01-11T20:40:17.656-05:00Butler's Middlesex Company was a woolen manufa...Butler's Middlesex Company was a woolen manufacturer, not cotton. The Lowell cotton corporations, at the start of the civil war, sold off their cotton stocks and shut down production or switched to woolen or other production. If cotton was indeed smuggled, it didn't make it to Lowell since there were no mills open to accept it.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320364932093703442noreply@blogger.com