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...crew of the Essex zigzagging across open ocean for three months in three 23-ft. whaleboats. Eventually they resorted to cannibalism to survive. For more than 100 years the only known account was that of the first mate, Owen Chase. But this spring 100 pages written by Thomas Nickerson, who shipped on the Essex as a boy of 16, were found in an attic in Connecticut and sent to Edouard Stackpole, whaling expert and curator of the Peter Foulger Museum in Nantucket. Here are excerpts from Nickerson 's chronicle...
...wanted to find a school that professes a liberal theology, and by that I mean one that respects all religions," Nickerson said. "We thought Harvard would be more fundamental than it was, but we found out the School was ahead of us," Nickerson added...
Under the terms of the agreement--described by one University official as "very, very complex,"--half the estate will be turned over to the University on the death of either Mr. or Mrs. Nickerson, and the other half will revert to Harvard when the other dies...
...trust represents a sophisticated estate plan combining provision for Nickerson's family members with major support for Harvard divnity, school and other charitable institutions." Divinity School development officer Alex Stewart said yesterday, adding that the estate will provide "current support and permanent stability" for the scholarship fund and the business ethics chair...
...Nickerson, whose real estate philosophy centered on finding prospects that could be improved and sold at a high return said that half the income from the estate would go to his direct heirs while they remained alive, and on their deaths the principal would revert entirely to the Divinity School...