Copernicus Trowbridge

From Plastic Tub

1740-1814.

Ancestor of Cappy Trowbridge.

Copernicus is a shadowy figure said to have been a comrade of A.W. Slippers in the Albert Kook gang. In any event he accompanied Slippers on many of his more celebrated voyages. The pair were frequent guests of Guvernor Morris at Morrisania before the gang had a falling out with their host that led to bitter feelings on all sides.

Copernicus is also famous for having been a friend of Crispus Attucks. Attucks may have been a part of the gang. Certainly, Morris took a keen interest in the man's death in Boston and was seen to be unusually melancholy after hearing news of the man's death.

Copernicus was killed at sea north of Tripoli in 1814.