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Bowditch descendant
From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 2002 Sep 17, 16:28 US/PACIFIC
From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 2002 Sep 17, 16:28 US/PACIFIC
This last weekend my wife and I took some people on a cruise in the San Juan Islands (Washington State) for charity. One of our guests was Kate Bowditch, who is a 6th-generation direct descendant of Nathaniel Bowditch. She mentioned that her great-grandfather sold the rights to The American Practical Navigator to the U.S. Government, so the family receives no royalties. It's a small world. Chuck Taylor Everett, WA, USA