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1740
John Kendrick is born in Harwich Massachusetts.
1750
Washington is presumed to have been built.
1755 May 10
Robert Gray is born in Rhode Island.
1770
Washington is renamed Lady Washington.
1787
Joseph Barrell and five other Boston merchants organize a Northwest expedition.
1788
The vessels sailed in company until separated in a gale off Cape Horn.
Lady Washington reached Nootka where she spent the winter.
1788/9
Kendrick takes over Lady Washington.
1790
Captain Kendrick on board Lady Washington came to Macao where he refitted her as a brig.
1790 March
Kendrick arrived in Japan's Oshima Island.
1791 September
The natives of Queen Charlotte Island briefly take Lady Washington.
1794 December
Kendrick was killed in Honolulu when a British ship saluted him with a loaded gun.
Lady Washington then sailed to China under John Howel.
1795 July
Lady Washington left Canton under a new captain where she proceeded to Hawaii.
1796
The Lady spends the season in Nootka Sound.
1798
The end of Lady Washington.
1801
Haswell disappears while captain of the Louisa.
1806
Robert Gray dies in poverty
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 Photo of Northwest coast by Alexa Chipman
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