Chittick wrote that Rolph was killed working in a mill when some timbers worked loose, and a ship’s knee struck him. In Chittick’s words, (Rolph) “had only worked three days when a ship’s ...

upon boarding the ship, "about four hundred and fifty native Africans, in a state of entire nudity, in a sitting or squatting posture, the most of them having their knees elevated so as to form a ...

and the firm are the largest specialists in ship knees (hackme- tack), spruce, etc., in the Eastern markets. During the war the firm shipped much lumber to the Government yards, particularly at ...