Colonel Green rescued the last full masted whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan, had it totally restored, and berthed it in a specially built enclosed pier on his Round Hill Estate facing Buzzard's Bay at South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. A small whaling village was recreated alongside it.

The 105 foot long ship built in 1841, had at one time been owned by the Colonel's grandfather, "Blackhawk" Robinson, Hetty Green's father. The Colonel opened the ship to the public free of charge, and it drew about 100,000 visitors annually from1926 until he died in 1936. The ship eventually was put on display at Mystic, Connecticut, after his death, where it remains to this day. By the time the boat was towed to Mystic in December 1941, it was once again in serious need of repair.

ABOVE: A weekend crowd enjoys the beach at Col. Green's Round Hill Estate facing Buzzard's Bay. The Charles W. Morgan is at the far right next to the airplane hangar. Look for the tall mast and you will see the ship below it. The Colonel generously opened the beach to the public on summer weekends and hired a crew to clean up their litter during the week. His Round Hill Estate home is at the center on the horizon. The towers and other buildings were facilities built by him to facilitate research he sponsored through MIT on radio, radar and radioactivity, as well as a radio station he owned on the site. His airport was state of the art for the times, reportedly the best in New England.

ABOVE: Front lawn of the Colonel's Round Hill Estate on September 23, 1931, a photo taken by my uncle, John Klemann Jr., son of John A. Klemann of the Nassau Stamp Company in New York. The latter was in negotiation with the Colonel on the purchase of coins and stamps. The Colonel would set up huge speakers on the lawn, than invite everyone from New Bedford and surrounding communities to bring their families out, park their cars and spread out blankets on the ground to listen to big events such as sportscasts that were being broadcast from his on-site radio station.

See and read more at:

Bedell, Barbara Fortin, 2003, Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green and the world he created at Round Hill: Privately printed, 150 pages. (terrific collection of photos).

Huntoon, Peter, and Barbara Bedell, Jan-Feb 2009, Colonel Edward H. R. Green, collector extraordinaire and the story of the number 1 Series of 1929 sheets: Paper Money, v. 48, p. 34-56.

To read the complete Eric P. Newman story, see:THE ERIC P. NEWMAN STORY(urc.universityrarecoins.com/urccontent/wbd/M102_EricPNewman-Story.pdf)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:STEPPING THE MAST OF THE WHALING SHIP CHARLES W. MORGAN(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n43a25.html)