The Day

23 Oct 1894, Tue ·Page 5

ENGLAND HONORED HIM

Death of Capt. Alex. S. Palmer of Stonington-An Interesting Career.

Capt. Alexander S. Palmer, for a quarter of a century connected with the merchant marine, died at his residence, Pine Point, Stonington, Monday morning, in the eighty-eighth year of his age.

Captain Palmer's first voyage was in the whaling brig Alabama Packet, Capt. W. A. Fanning, in 1819. After this he made seven voyages to the Spanish Main from New York in the brig Tampico, Capt. N. B. Palmer.

In 1831 he took command of the ship Charles Adams, on a whaling voyage from Stonington to Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands, returning to Stonington in 1833. He resigned his ship and took command of the packet Louisville, sailing on voyages between New York, New Orleans and Liverpool until 1838.

In 1838 he took the clipper ship Shakespeare of the Theatrical line (so called) between New York and Liverpool.

After several voyages upon this ship Captain Palmer became commander of the clipper ship Garrick, and while in command of this vessel rescued the crew of the British

ship Eugenia, in acknowledgment of which service he was presented with a gold

medal by the British government. Capt. Palmer's nest command was the clipper ship Hoqua, in 1845, when he made a voyage to China, being the second captain to enter the harbor of Shanghai after that port was opened by Commander Perry,

Captain Palmer's last voyage was in 1847, from New York to Liverpool and return, in the clipper ship Southerner.

Captain Palmer was always a stanch Democrat. He was elected a representative in the Conneeticut legislature from Stonington in 1857, 1858 and 1875 and state senator in 1876 and 1877. He was junior warden of Calvary church, Stonington, from 1868 to 1876 and senior warden from 1876 to the time of his death.

He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Richard F. Loper of Stonington.

The funeral services will be from his late residence Wednesday afternoon.