Word: purser
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the Harvard Canoe Club, last night, the following officers were elected for the year: Commodore, H. E. Meeker, '89; vice-commodore, Arthur Amory, Jr., '90; purser, R. E. Townsend...
...capstan, he conducted us to the rear of the boat, where parallel bars, etc., have been erected. The men exercise there during the evening, often having interesting sparring and wrestling matches for their amusement. As we bade our courteous guide farewell on the upper deck, we noticed the purser with a green parrot - the ship's pet - seated on his wrist and swearing volubly, - the last words we heard upon the "Wabash." We descended into the scow, which was waiting, the windlass turned, and we were once more on dry shore and heading towards Cambridge...