Frances

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1		9/7/1895	Frances (Side wheel steamer : 1864).; Taurus (Side wheel steamer : 1881).			Fraincis; 1531	Steamboats–New York (State)–New York.; Paddle steamers–New York (State)–New York.; Sailboats–New York (State)–New York.	Shows a port side view of a side wheel steamer making way. In the background two steamboats and a sailboat can be seen. Stanton took this photograph at the ninth America's Cup. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Sept 7 '95"	MS0094/01-#1531
	2		9/22/1893	Frances (Side wheel steamer : 1864).			Francis; 144	Steamboats–United States.; Paddle steamers–United States.	Shows a port side view of the stern of a side wheel steamer moored at a wharf. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Sep 22, 1893"	MS0094/01-#0144
	3		4/17/1938	Frances Anne (Steamship : 1927).			"Frances Anne" 1901, ex "Marion"; Green Line going to pieces at Phila. (April 17, 1938)		Dismantled remains of the steamer Frances Anne.	MS0091/03.01-21#068
	4		7/4/1937	Frances Anne (Steamship : 1927).			"Frances Anne" 1901, ex "Marion"; Chesapeake & Delaware Steamboat Co. (Del.), (July 4, 1937)		Steamer Frances Anne tied down at dock.	MS0091/03.01-21#067
	5		1883-1931	Frances Skiddy (Side wheel steamer : 1851).			Frances Skiddy		Copy negative of an illustration of the steamer Frances Skiddy.	MS0091/03.01-21#069
	6		7/4/1937	Frances Anne (Steamship : 1927).; Betterton (Steamship : 1926).			"Frances Anne" 1901, ex "Marion"; Chesapeake & Delaware Steamboat Co. (Del.), (July 4, 1937)		Steamer Frances Anne tied down at dock, inboard of the steamer Betterton.	MS0091/03.01-21#066
	7		1883-1931	Frances (Side wheel schooner : 1864).			"Frances" 1864; Copy part stereo		Copy negative of half of a sterogram of the steamer Frances docked at the pier. Original stereogram says on the back "Camp Meeting Landing from Sea View House, Oak Bluffs, MA" The landing itself is on Martha's Vinyard at the Weslyan Grove Methodist campground.	MS0091/03.01-21#072
	8		1883-1931	Frances (Side wheel schooner : 1864).			"Frances"; Copy part stereo		Copy negative of half of a sterogram of the side-wheel steamer Frances docked at the pier. Original stereogram says on the back: "Camp Meeting Landing from Sea View House, Oak Bluffs, MA" The landing itself is on Martha's Vinyard at the Weslyan Grove Methodist campground.	MS0091/03.01-21#073
	9								LABEL COPY: WHALE CREEK; John A. Noble (American, Contemporary); Lithograph on Paper NOTES: Limited edition of 50 prints. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: FRANCES J. ELKIN VESSEL TYPE: CANADIAN TERN SCHOONER SERVICE DATES: 1918-1936 SHIP BUILDER: MOSES BELLIVEAU BUILDER LOCATION: CHURCH POINT, NOVA SCOTIA SHIP OWNER: RICHARD C. ELKIN WRECKED DATE: 1936	CL10243
	10	No image URL.							VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: LENA M. COTTINGHAM VESSEL TYPE: Schooner OFFICIAL NO. 140089 SIGNAL LETTERS: JQVD VESSEL BUILT: 1875 BUILDER LOCATION: SEAFORD, DELAWARE SHIPOWNER: Thomas E. Cottingham VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 113.8 x 31.0 x 8.5, 2200.34 net tons, 210.26 gross tons FATE: Stranded about one and a half miles south-southwest of Harvey's Cedars Station on the coast of New Jersey. Vessel broke up where she lay. VESSEL HISTORY: Vessel seems to be regularly sailing from various ports on east and Gulf Coast to New York. *New York Daily Herald, August 30, 1875, arrives in Galveston on 28th from New York. *New York Daily Herald, January 12, 1876, arrives in New York from Virginia. *New York Daily Herald, July 8, 1876, (of Seaford, Delaware) arrives New York from Porto Cabello, 12 days, with coffee, &c, to Dallett, Bollou & Co; vessel to master. *Richmond Dispatch, August 14, 1876, in port August 12, loading for Philadelphia. *The Norfolk Virginian, November 18, 1876, arrived in Norfolk from Georgetown on 17th, with coal bound for Bridgeport, Connecticut. *Richmond Dispatch, July 2, 1877, sailed June 30th from port of Ricmond for Philadephia with granite for Curtis & Parker. *The Boston Globe, August 15, 1877, arrived on 13th in Providence from Richmond, Virginia. *The New York Times, January 13, 1878, cleared New York for Richmond. *Richmond Dispatch, February 1, 1878, arrived Richmond January 31st, hence with coal at Providence, January 29th. *Boston Post, April 29, 1879, sailed from Richmond on 25th. *The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1879, Arrived Boston on 29th. *Alexandria Gazette, February 17, 1881, sailed from New York for Richmond on 16th. *Boston Post, May 24, 1881, arrived in New York on 22nd from Jacksonville. *Savannah Morning News, June 14, 1881, 190,000 lumber from Jacksonville to Albany. *Savannah Morning News, June 22, 1881, in Savannah June 8. *Savannah Morning News, May 19, 1882, cleared New York May 16th for Palatka and Jacksonville. *The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 8, 1882, cleared Philadelphia *The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 8, 1883, arrived 7th, New York, in ballast to McCaulley & Goucher. *The Morning News, March 3, 1884, arrived Delaware Breakwater on 1st. *Savannah Morning News, June 1, 1885, Jacksonville via New York and Batimore, sailed May 16 *Savannah Morning News, June 29, 1885, Sailed June 5, 1885 from Savannah for New York and Baltimore. *The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19, 1886, arrived at Delaware Breakwater from New York for Richmond. *The Norfolk Virginian, July 15, 1887, Marine Disaster, The three-masted schooner Lena M. Cot tingham, Capt. Chas. A. Campbell, from New York to Suffolk, light, arrived in port at 7 A. M. yesterday morning, in tow of the tugboat Virginia, for repairs. Immediately upon arrival, Capt. Campbell noted protest with Mr. Geo. W Battley, in which he stated that he left New York on the 8th inst., anchoring in the bay afterwards until the 10th, at which time he sailed. At 3.20 P. M. on the 10th when about six miles south of Barnegat light house, while making about five knots an hour, he was run into by the schooner Frances E. Hallock, from New York to Virginia light, and had his jibboom, bowsprit and forward rigging carried away, besides sustaining other damage. After clearing away the wreck he made for this port, and arrived as stated above. *The Boston Globe, December 16, 1887, From Virginia for New York with wood, was assisted off the Cold Spring bar this morning. Information regarding the loss of vessel reported in the Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service, 1889: December 15, 16, 1888--the east patrol from Cold Spring Station, (Fourth District,) coast of New Jersey, at about 9 o'clock in the evening of the first of these dates, discovered a vessel ashore on Cold Spring Bar, about one and a half miles to the eastward of the station. He burned a Coston signal to inform the people on board that their position was known, then reported at the station. The life-saving crew boarded the vessel, using their surf-boat. She proved to be the schooner Lena M. Cottingham, of New York, from Suffolk, Virginia, laden with wood and bound to her home port. Her crew consisted of six men. When she struck the bar she was standing inshore preparatory to anchoring under the lee of the land, the wind at the time, being moderate from the north- west. The tide was falling and nothing could be done until the next high water. The station crew remained on board till half past 30'clock in the morning of the 16th, then, as the vessel was lying quietly, went ashore to wait for daylight and the tide. The captain accompanied them to the station. At 7 o'clock they returned to the vessel, and about a quarter of an hour later, the tide having floated the vessel, they took her off the shoal uninjured. She had been seen at day-break by the patrol from Turtle Gut Station, and the crew of that station arrived just before she was floated, but help was not required. December 17, 18, 1888--Shortly before 9 o'clock in the evening of the 17th, during a northeast gale and snow-storm, a stranded vessel was discovered about one and a half miles south-southwest from Harvey's Cedars Station, (Fourth District,) coast of New Jersey, by the patrol from that station. He immediately reported the fact to Keeper Gaskill, who sent for a team to haul the beach-apparatus, and telephoned to the neighboring stations for assistance. As soon as the team could be made ready the crew set out. Arriving at quarter past 10 o'clock at a place opposite the vessel, they found her lying at a distance of about fifty yards from the beach. The Lyle gun was placed in position and the shot-line sent across the vessel at the first trial. The crew on board secured the line and hauled off the whip. At this point Keeper Grimm, of Loveladies Island Station, and Keeper Truex, of Ship Bottom Station, with their respective crews, arrived and set to work. While preparations were making to send off the hawser, it was found that the whip-line, which had been sent on board double, had been made fast on the schooner in such a manner that it could not be worked. The mistake precluded the use of the breeches-buoy; but it was soon discovered that the men wanted to land by means of the whip line. Both parts of the line were therefore brought together and hauled taut by the men on the beach. One at a time the six men constituting the vessel's crew made their way hand over hand down the rope. As each one neared the beach the life-savers stood ready to receive him, and all reached the shore in safety. Their vessel was the Lena M. Cottingham, of and for New York, with a cargo of wood from Suffolk, Virginia. She had previously been assisted by the crew of Cold Spring Station (December 15 and 16). She had sprung a leak and become water logged, stranding about three quarters of an hour before she was observed by the patrol. One of the rescued sailors was thoroughly exhausted by the cold and fatigue of landing, but he was well cared for and soon recovered. As there was nothing further to do, the station crews returned home, arriving about an hour after midnight. Keeper Gaskill took back as much of the apparatus as could be secured at the time, the remainder being recovered the following day. He was accompanied by the shipwrecked men, who, as they were wet and chilled by the storm, were supplied with dry clothing from that sent by the Women's National Relief Association. They staid at the station until noon of the 18th, when they removed to other quarters which they had obtained for such time as they should remain to work on their schooner. During the next three days they were employed in stripping her. In addition to the articles so saved, a small portion of the cargo was recovered, but the vessel broke up where she lay.	CL3583