Caption: "Josiah Cleveland with 50,000 Herring"

Signs: He is known all over the Island as the hardest working man in the country. He owns a small vessel and freights clay, brick, sand, etc., from the Island to Providence, New Bedford, Boston, etc., making eel pots during his spare moments and curing ...*

* ... "herring in the spring." Where is he?

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Date: *
Location: Vineyard Haven - * - *
People: Cleveland, Josiah
Keywords: fishing; fishermen