Excerpt from The John Carter Brown Library: A History One of Nicholas Brown's earliest possessions was a copy of The English Pilot. The, fourth Book. Describing The west-india Navigation, from hudson's-bay to the River Amazones, which was printed at London in 1 745. This useful volume had belonged to his seafaring brother, who carried it with him on his last voyage. On the final fly leaf is found the record: York in Virginy, Febery 15ye 1 750 - 1 Capt. James Brown Died half a Oure Past 6% at Nite. Captain James was the oldest son of James Brown of Providence, who had likewise followed the sea in his younger days. The elder Captain James Brown sailed on one of the little vessels with which a flourishing trade to the south ward was managed by Nicholas Power, whose daughter Hope he married in 1 722. Shortly there after he left the sea to enter the business of keep ing a general store. Four of the sons of James and Hope Brown grew up to become the famous Four Brothers of eighteenth-century Providence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.