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World War, 1914-1918–Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1914-1918–Humor.; Submarine warfare.
Maggie, of the suicide fleet - as written from the log of Raymond D. Borden, lieutenant, U.S.N.R., by Prosper Buranelli ; illustrated with line drawings by Herb Roth
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Letter on mat: Ship MAGGIE V. HUGG, Capn G.W. Hugg, Junr. NOTES: Museum buyer J. W. Jenkins purchased this flag (NF 51), a drawing (QW 52) by Prevost and a logbook (logbook 28) for the ship Margaret Hugg, which was an earlier vessel that was in service between 1840 and 1854.
BALTIMORE - MARYLAND - UNITED STATES - Related Place
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Rectangular flag with eleven alternating red and white stripes; six red and five white. In the upper left corner is a blue canton, 31" long x 28" wide, with thirteen randomly placed, five-pointed stars. NOTES: Composite flag of 13 stars and 11 stripes, definitely not of the 1850 period. (Such a flag is prior to 1818). NOTES: Museum buyer J. W. Jenkins purchased this flag (NF 51), a drawing (QW 52) by Prevost and a logbook (logbook 28) for the ship Margaret Hugg, which was an earlier vessel that was in service between 1840 and 1854. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: MAGGIE V. HUGG VESSEL TYPE: bark SERVICE DATE: 1862-ca 1881 VESSEL HISTORY: This vessel last appeared in the 1881 issue of the American Register. Her signal letters were H.M.P.G. VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 494.58 tons REGISTRY NUMBER: 16081 HOME PORT: Maryland, Baltimore
NOTES: LP 200- LP 225 are part of a set of lithographs in colors on wove paper by Frederic Schiller Cozzens (American, 1846-1928). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See Kelley, J.D.Jerrold, "American Yachts", Chapter l and pg. 422. See also "The Old Print Shop Portfolio", Vol. I, No. 9, May 1942.
Steamboats–United States.; Tugboats–United States.; Shipwrecks–United States.
In the foreground shows a wrecked tugboat with just its pilothouse and stack above the waterline. In the background a steam lighter is seen from the port side. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Sept 1, 1898"
William Orr - (tug) - see - D.F. Skinner - (tug); 372
Steamboats–New York (State)–Albany.; Tugboats–New York (State)–Albany.; Bridges–New York (State)–Albany.
Shows four tugboats moored together with a fifth tugboat making way in the background. A truss bridge can be seen in the background. This might be the old Hudson River Bridge at Albany, New York, which was replaced by the Livingston Avenue Bridge in 1901. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "May 3, 1894"
O-5891-View showing processing of vehicles at Warehouse 29. 1-8-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va.
Women and the military–Virginia–Newport News.; Women automobile industry workers–Virginia–Newport News.; Women–Employment.
Shows two women in coveralls, one with a kercheif and the other with saddle shoes, adjusting tires on a truck.Inscription on 8 x 10 reads "Processing vehicle for overseas service. Ramp Operations Station No. 6, in Vehicle Overseas Processing Plant, HRPE. The Plant has 23 Operation stations for successive processing of vehicles. Checking tires, front, Maggie I. Gaddy, Griffin, Geoigia; rear, Mary Gardner, Kinston, North Carolilna; draining transmission, Pfc. Ray Sweeny, 31187192; draining differential, Pvt Edward Ciampa, 31258427, Bronx, New York. During 1944, a total of 17,856 wheeled vehicles were processed at the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation for overseas shipment."
In the foreground shows a port side view of the bows of two steamboats moored together. In the background the bow of an additional steamboat moored behind the first two can be seen. This negative has some cracking in the emulsion that partially obscures some details. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "May 21 1897"
Business enterprises–Virginia–Hampton Roads (Region).
Hampton Roads, gateway to America's east coast - by Frank Callaham ; editorial coordinator, Arthur G. Polizos/the Meridian Group ; corporate profiles by Maggie Brydges ; featuring the photography of Mark Edward Atkinson and Keith Lanpher
SHORT DESCRIPTION: (Morzer Bruyns, 1995) Paper covered wooden diptych sundial, signed F N (English or German) on the compass for David Friedrich Negelein (fl. 1825-1850) of Nuremburg, Germany. For latitudes between 34° and 56°. The compass is divided in 8 points. Hours 4/VI[sic!] a.m. to 8/VI[sic!] p.m. According to the collection file this sundial was used by Captain Basle Burgess of the schooner MAGGIE BARTON, who sailed on the Great Lakes. (Lisa Royse, 1990) Unstained wood rectangular diptych sundial with scalloped edge on lid. On vertical leaf-tinted engraved plate with vertical string gnomon dial with gnomon positions for latitudes and hour dial in Roman numerals. On horizon, leaf-tinted engraved paper plate with horizon string gnomon dial with 3-concentric hour scales. Inset compass with paper card with 8 cardinal points. Metal ring holds compass glass. Brass fittings. TIME-SPACE: 1750-1800.
NOTES: Sketchbook No. 27 of pencil drawings created by Antonio Jacobsen from 1878 to 1918 for his artworks. VESSELS LISTED IN SKETCHBOOK NO. 27, 1884-6 EMMA KATE ROSS (Screw Tug) (Vessel Built 1882) PIETER DE CONINCK (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1881-1904) NOTTING HILL (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1881-1884) NORMANDIE (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1882-1912) HEIMDAL (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1882) INICIADORA (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1883) OREGON (Screw Steamship) RHODE ISLAND (Steam Paddle Wheel) MAGGIE MORAN (Screw Tug) (Vessel Built 1881) MAASDAM (Screw Steamship) ANNA A. HOLTON (Schooner, 2) (Vessel Built 1866) FRANCISCA (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1883) SERRA (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1879) LAKE SUPERIOR (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1884) WELLS CITY (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1890-1933) BUFFALO (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1885-1904) AMERICA (Screw Tug) (Vessel Built 1871) STEPHEN WOOLSEY (Schooner) (Service Dates 1884-1906) BONAVISTA (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1884) GARTH (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1884) ELSA (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1882-1890) RELIANCE (Barkentine, 4) (Vessel Built 1884) NEPTUNE
"L3176 - Group of army nurses waiting to board ship for duty overseas at pier 6, HRPE, Newport News, Va. 7-13-43 Official photograph U.S.Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va."; stamped in red "Secret"
WILLIAM BLOUNT (STEAMSHIP: 1942) - QUEEN MARY (SCREW STEAMSHIP: 1936-1967)
Tec. 4 Harold L. Deichert, 13048573, Summerhill, Pa., a member of the 437th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion, is shown on Pier 8, HRPE, Newport News, Va., with his dog, "Maggie", a rat terrier, after debarking from the SS WILLIAM BLOUNT, which left Naples, Italy, 20 August 1945, transporting 732 troops. Tec. 4 Deichert received "Maggie" as a gift from a French family in Tunis, Tunisia, 1 August 1943. Tec. 4 Deichert sailed overseas from NYPE on the HMS QUEEN MARY in September 1942. His travels have taken him through Sicily, Corsica, Southern France, and Italy. He has accumulated 107 points and after discharge from the Army plans to continue his education at Springfield College, Pa. Photo taken for Historical purposes.
Shows a company of men carrying their own luggage as they move past a troop train. One many is carrying a small dog whose head is sticking out of his bag.
E-11127 - A group of Camp Hill soldiers at the altar of the altar of the Camp Hill Chapel, HRPE, after the Holy Communion Service, with the officers shown standing near Chaplain John Wesley Downs, 0-518588, 1st Lt., home, Atlanta, Ga. Photo taken at Camp Hill, HRPE, Newport News, Va. 12-3-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "SECRET Authority WD Cir 346 October 15, 1942 Initials WCS Date 13 JAN 1944" stamped in red ink.
World War, 1939-1945.; Merchant mariners.; Harbors–Security measures.; Ships–Inspection.; Maritime law.; Marine terminals–Law and legislation.; Ships–Safety regulations.; Steamboats–Law and legislation–History–19th century. United States
NOTES: This model is possibly of the centerboard schooner IDLER. Model is painted, starboard side, mounted, with repairs in the lower stern. NOTES: From The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, West Virginia) June 20 1868: [On June 19] The annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club was concluded today. The schooner Maggie, 11 tons, won the schooner cup by allowance of time, her actual time being four hours and twenty-three minutes; the schooner Idler, 133 tons, being second, and her time four hours and twenty and a half minutes... On August 8, 1870, the IDLER was one of a fleet of American yachts which defended the America Cup from the British challenger CAMBRIA From the New York Daily Herald (New York, New York) April 16, 1874: Mr. Henry Steers is also at work on the schooner Idler, the property of Mr. [Samuel] Colgate, one of the progressive yachtsmen of the New York Yacht Club. Mr. Colgate made his debut with the Gracie, and bought the Idler last year. He is satisfied with her hull, but is having her mastheads lengthened by cutting the hounds lower down. This experiment will not give her a greater spread of canvas in her mainsail, but it will make it peak more. She will be rigged this season with a forestaysail, and will be the most formidable antagonist that the second glass schooners will meet. From The New York Times, August 9, 1874: The Idler participated in the New York Yacht Club's Corinthian Race on August 10th and won the race. Henry Steers was one of her crew. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: IDLER VESSEL TYPE: Centerboard schooner yacht SERVICE DATES: 1865 SHIP BUILDER: Samuel H. Pook BUILDER LOCATION: Fairhaven, Massachusetts VESSEL HISTORY: This schooner is mentioned in Kelly's and Stephens' books on American yachting. Manning's Register of 1895 lists the same owner. CAPTAINS OR OTHER RELATED PEOPLE: W.N. Gressner SHIP OWNERS: A.J. Fisher VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 106'1" x 22'3" x 9'7"
NOTES: See object file for a detailed remarks and condition report of the individual book pages and illustrations. The book also includes an illustrated copy of the poem "The Ancient Mariner". NOTES: This sketchbook of Samuel Ward Stanton includes the following sketches and descriptions of vessels: p. 7 A.B. VALENTINE p. 8 ANGLER & AMERICA p. 9 ALABAMA & ALIDA p. 10 ALBANY p. 11 ALBANY, A.C. NICKERSON, AMERICA, ALFRED & EDWIN p. 12 ANSONIA, ARCHIE CORSMAN, ALERT, ARROW, ATLAS p. 13 AMOS C. BARSTOW, ANN JANE, LAUGLIN, A.C. CHENEY, ANNIE LAURIE & ALBERTINA p. 14 ALICE, ADMIRAL, A.R. GRAY, ALBERTA M., ALICE E. CREW, ASTORIA & ACADIA p. 15 ALBANY, ACTIVE, ADMIRAL, FARRAGUT, ATHLETE, A.J. HOOLE p. 16 ACCOMAC, AMERICAN EAGLE, ARMITABE BREARLY, ATLANTA 7 ALICE HEGARTY p. 17 AMERICA, AROMA MILLS, ARTISAN & ARIOSA p. 18 ANNEX, A.C. ROSE, ANNIE & MAGGIE, ANNA J. KIPP, AMBOY & A.C. SUMNER p. 19 AUSTIN, ATLANTIC, AMELIA, ANNEX Z p. 20 ANNA, ALICA A. WASHBURN p. 21 ADELAIDE, ABBIE, AMITE p. 22 ANNEX 3, ASSISTANCE, ATRATO & ARIES p. 23 AMERICA, AERONAUT, ALASKA, ARIZONA p. 24 BAY RIDGE, BRILLIANT & BAY RIDGE p. 25 BALTIMORE, BAY STATE p. 26 BATTLER, BURLINGTON, BOY, BORDER CITY, B.W. MORSE p. 27 BAY QUEEN AKA GENL. SEDGWICK p. 28 BELLE, BROOKLYN, BLUE STONE COMPANY & BALTIC p. 29 BRIDGEPORT, BEN, BLANCHE PAIGE & BRANDON p. 30 BELLEVUE & BALTIMORE p. 31 BLACK BIRD, BUFFALO, BLUE BONNET, BORDENTOWN p. 34 BEE, BELLE HORTON p. 35 BAYONNE, BS CRONIN, BLOCK ISLAND, BLUE STONE p. 36 BELT, BERGEN POINT, BELLE & HATTIE p. 37 CASTLETON, CYCLOPS, CEMENT ROCK, CORNELIUS VAN COTT' p. 38 CHESTER A. ARTHUR, CLIMAX, CITY OF YONKERS, CORNELIA p. 39 CITY OF TROY p. 40 CITY OF BRIDGETON, COLDEN, COL. E. B. GRUBB, C.H. STARBUCK, C.A. DICKEY p. 41 CANONIEUS, CHAUCEY M. DEPEW, CRYSTAL STREAM, C.L. MARCHAL p. 42 CONNECTICUT, CHAS. H. SENIFF p. 43 C. VANDERBILT p. 44 CHRYSTENAH, COMMONWEALTH, CLARA, CHAS. A. SILLIMAN p. 45 CETUS, COM. DURYEA, CYRENE p. 46 CHARLOTTE, VANDERBILT, CLARA, CHIEF, CLINTON p. 47 CITY POINT, COLORADO, CHARLES RUNYON p. 48 CITY OF LAWRENCE, CITY OF WORCESTER P. 49 CHAUNCEY VIBBARD, COMMUNIPAW, CITY OF MONTICELLO p. 50 CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, CHARLES C. COUTANT p. 51 CRYSTAL WAVE, CHAS. E. SOPER, CAROLINE A. PEENE, CHICAGO p. 52 CITY OF RICHMOND p. 53 CITY OF RINGSTON, COE F. YOUNG AND CHRISTIANA p. 54 CITY OF SPRINGFIELD p. 55 CAYUGA, CITY OF NORWALK, CAPTAIN JOHNM, CHAS ALLEN p. 56 COLUMBIA p. 57 CEPHEUS, CITY OF ALBANY p. 58 CONTINENTAL p. 59 CITY OF NORWICH, C.W. STANDART, CITY OF BRIDGEPORT p. 60 CHANCELLOR p. 61 CITY OF LONG BRANCH, CORA L. STAPLES, COM. BARNEY p. 62 CITY OF HUDSON, CLAR, C.F. ROE, CLAVIN TOMKINS p. 63 CHAMPION, CLARA, CATSKILL p. 64 CHARLES R. STONE, CHARLES F. STARIN p. 65 CITY OF CLEVELAND p. 66 COMMUMPAW, CAPE CHARLES p. 67 CITY OF BOSTON, CITY OF NEW YORK p. 68 CAMELIA, CERES, CONQUEROR p. 69 CITY OF FALL RIVER, CHAS. B. SANDORD p. 70 COMMODORE PERRY, CITY OF BROCTON p. 71 CYGNUS, CRESCENT CITY p. 73 C.H. NORTHAM p. 75 COLUMBIA p. 76 CADET, CLARION p. 77 CITY OF DETROIT p. 78 COMMONWEALTH p. 81 D.S. MILLLER, DEFIANCE, DOUGLAS, DIAMOND p. 82 DAKOTA, DELAWARE (Built 1883, South Amboy, New Jersey, Belonged to Pennsylvania Rail Road) p. 83 AUGUSTA, AGAWAM, ARIEL COOLEY, ATLANTA, ADVOCATE, ARROW, AMERICAN EAGLE, ALBANY p. 84 ARABIAN, AUGUSTA, AMITY, ALGONQUIN, ARIEL, AVALANCHE, ASIA, ALBANY, ALABAMA, AMBOY, AUGUSTA, ANSON p.107 STR. PERSEUS p.109 MARTHA WASHINGTON p.112 STR. CONNECTICUT p.116 STR. NEW YORK p.166 MUTUAL p.177 VIVA, E.T. DUBLOIS, IDA L. TEBO p.203 BLACK BIRD p.213-216 Poem "The Monitor" published in Harper's Weekly, May 9, 1863 with pen/ink sketch of MONITOR sinking. p.219 YOSEMITE p.223 SCANDINAVIAN p.239 L.A. BELKNAP p.267 CONNECTICUT, MAINE, CITY OF W p.269 LYNN p.271 E.P. PICKETT p.277 FRED B. Dalzell p.279 WM F. BURDEN, ECLIPSE, CONTINENTAL, OLLIE p.280 PEGUOT
BALTIMORE - MARYLAND - UNITED STATES - Related Place
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Oil on canvas by unidentified artist of private signals of Baltimore merchants, mid 19th century, ten rows and ten columns of flags (total 95) on yellowed white background, green lined border. Center of vignette shows various indian maidens or allegorical figures plus one of indians burning a log to make a dugout canoe. NOTES: A. Brown & Sons is Alexander Brown, who had nearly 13 partners in his banking firm. F.W. Brune & Sons is Frederick W. Brune (1776-1860) who started the company with his sons, John Christian Brune and William H. Brune. Frederick had worked with Von Kampf who died in 1828 so Brune started his own company. J. Corner & Sons stands for James Corner, they owned wharf property in at least 1860. Hugh Jenkins & Co. existed in 1859 when Col. J. Stricker Jenkins (Hugh's son) joined the firm at age 28. The firm became one of the largest coffee importers in the country. Col. Jenkins died 1878 leaving his brother, Benjamin W. Jenkins, as the sole partner remaining. Jas. A. Hooper is James A. Hooper, a merchant who started a shipcandlery and grocery company with his father, William, and Benjamin Hardester in 1836. His obituary in The Baltimore Sun, May 20, 1897, said he also traded in coffee from Rio and indentured servants from China, then later entered the banking world as Hooper, Reese, & Co., he was 82 when he died. T.J. Hand & Co. - From 1851-1861 William Hand Browne worked with his cousin, T.J. Hand as commission merchants. They were export merchants and traded mostly with Peru on a clipper called Seaman’s Bride (From the Johns Hopkins University Circular, "In Memoriam William Hand Browne, 1913) Henry M. Warfield lived from 1826-1885, he was a merchant, senior director of the B&O Railroad, and founded of the Baltimore & Havana Steamship Company in 1866. The Daily Exchange newspaper reported in 1860 that the company Davies & Warfield was dissolving because Davies had died, and that Henry M. Warfield was partnering with A.R.H. Ranson to create Henry M. Warfield & Co. for the purpose of conducting general and milling business. Henry M. Warfield & Co. is listed as the agents for the BHSC in 1866. Kirkland Chase & Co. was owned or started by Thorndike Chase, dealt in West Indian trade in sugar and coffee but went bankrupt in 1873 Spence & Reid - From the portrait collection of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions: William Wallace Spence was born in 1815 and came to America at age 18 from Scotland. When he moved to Baltimore (after first living in New York) he met Andrew Reid and began the firm known for building clipper ships. He started or was involved in several other ventures, Spence died in 1915. The company appears in newspapers as early as 1848. From The Baltimore Sun, July 4, 1874, the partnership of Spence & Reid became Spence, Montague, & Co. working in general commission business, signed William W. Spence, James C. Spence, Dibbell P. Montague, and William W. Spence, Jr. Fritzgerald Booth & Co. should be spelled Fitzgerald; Washington Booth and Captain Richard G. Fitzgerald formed a partnership about 1846. Fitzgerald stayed in Baltimore and Booth went to Lima, Peru. (From History of Baltimore City and County From the Earliest Period to the... 1881, page 771) B.M. Hodges, Junior - B.M. Hodges, Jr & Co. was an importer and shipping merchant at 49 Exchange Place in 1874. Ship Casilda built for them in 1856, was 950 tons. Foard & Rogers was Joseph O. Foard and C. Howard Rogers, the firm dissolved in 1868 when Rogers left and Foard continued working under the name Joseph O. Foard & Co. (From The Baltimore Sun, 4 April 1868), he died in 1908 (see obituary). Friend & Ricketts & Co. – Should be Friend, Ricketts & Co.; (From The Baltimore Sun, February 4, 1863) Dissolution of Co-Partnership with Alfred Friend, Wesley Ricketts, and Thomas Henry Fitzgerald because Fitzgerald left the company. The name didn’t change. W. Rhoads & Son - John R. Rhoads was a shipbroker for the company in 1873 at Pratt St. and Smith’s Wharf W.H.D.C. Wright & Co. William Henry DeCourcy Wright James Cheston & Son – James Cheston (1779-1843) and son Galloway (born 1806-1881), Galloway worked with his father in the company for 55 years as a manufacturer and shipper of flour. He also owned many ships that allowed him to trade frequently with Brazil for coffee. Galloway Cheston died March 9, 1881 according to his obit in The Baltimore Sun on March 10, 1881, page 4. The company is listed in the 1841 Maryland Colonization Journal as a subscriber. James Hooper & Sons – Stockholders in Farmers’ and Planters’ Bank for 1840. Annual Report of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce for the Year 1880, Volume 25 has Henry Hooper of the company at 8 Spear’s Wharf, as well as Thomas L. Ramsey. A. Schumacher & Co. began in 1823 shipping tobacco, cotton, and passengers between Baltimore and Germany. Albert Schumacher partnered with North German Lloyd in 1868 to become their general agents in the city. NGL advertisements have their address as 5 South Gay Street in 1891, and by 1914 they worked from 306 Charles Street in what was known as the Hansa House. The firm also worked as agents for the Allan Steam-Ship Company in 1889. See The Baltimore Sun, 16 December 1911. F.L. Brauns & Co. – German shipping house, existed as early as 1849 when Werner Dresel joined the firm as a partner, they were a Tobacco and General Commission House. The firm became W. Dresel & Co. in 1872 with brother Ferdinand Dresel, became Dresel, Rauschenberg, & Co. in 1876 when Herman Rauschenberg joined. (From The Monumental City: It’s Past History and Present Resources by George Washington Howard, page 863.) Schaer & Kohler appears in newspapers as early as 1854, worked as shipping and commission house from 69 Exchange Place by 1860. D.H. Watjen & Co. was a German company founded in 1821 by Diedrich Heinrich Watjen, became D.H. Watjen & Co. in 1829, his son Christian Heinrich Watjen took over in 1858. By 1914 they had three ships which were all impounded with WWI and they did not restart the company after the war. Schwartz & Dix were importers and dealers in fruit at 112 W. Lombard Street in 1860 though they appear in newspapers at 117 Lombard St. between 1858-1859. Kelsey & Gray were shipbrokers and commercial merchants in as early as 1851 and as late as 1868 on Pratt Street. The Maine Historical Society has a letter from a father to his wife that the company took up subscriptions to provide barrels of food to imprisoned soldiers during the Civil War, including their son. The owners were Henry Kelsey (hence the HK on the flag) and Andrew Gray, who both lived in 58 E. Baltimore in 1858-1859 according to the city directory. They co-owned the schooner George Latimer which left Baltimore in 1864 but was captured and destroyed by the Florida. Brothers Boninger, possibly spelled Bonninger, was a German shipping firm started as early as 1849 to ship tobacco. Lambert Giddings owned the ship Sir John Franklin which ran ashore in January 1868 and lost 12 sailors including the captain, though eight survived. John Currier Jr. was a shipbuilder who worked in Newburyport, MA. Between 1831 and 1843 he built six ships for the Black Ball Line and several others but launched almost 100 ships between 1831 and 1884. Currier retired in 1884 and died in 1887. (From City of Newburyport preservation statement for the house he used to own at 342 Merrimack Street). His connection to Richmond is unclear. Whedbee & Dickinson were James S. Whedbee and John S. Dickinson. They appear in newspapers in the mid-1850s and were commission merchants in cotton and southern lumber. The New Bern, NC paper, The Daily Journal reported on 7 June 1892 that their property at Old Dominion Wharf was being sold at auction. Sterling & Ahrens were shipping merchants who wound up with too much molasses in 1875 and went bankrupt. (From The Star Tribune [Minneapolis] 28 August 1875. James Carey Coale's April 14, 1891 obituary from The Baltimore Sun on page 6 says Mr. Coale died the night before, had “been engaged in the insurance business as agent for the Lloyds and foreign and American underwriters and adjuster of marine averages and as steamship passenger agent in this city since 1852. The firm name was James Carey Coale & Cunningham, with office at 27 South Street.” Born May 25, 1825 “engaged in the shipping business on his own account in 1847, but gave it up in 1852 for marine insurance. In 1858 he was appointed agent for Lloyds.” Thomas Pierce was a coffee importer who owned the brig Red Wing (built in 1857) which was lost at sea in November 1873 (From the Baltimore Sun). W.H. Perot is William H. Perot whose 9 June 1903 obituary in The Baltimore Sun reports that he was the head of the shipping company W.H. Perot, Son, & Co. at 33 South Gay Street. He was born to an English family in Bermuda in 1826, started A.W. Perot & Co. with his brother and he moved in Baltimore in 1855 to continue working. He owned several clipper ships. Oelrich & Lurman should be Oelrichs; Henry Ferdinand Oelrichs was a senior partner in the firm, E.G. Oelrichs and Gustav W. Lurman (distant cousins) started E.G. Oelrichs & Lurman in 1830, then Henry Oelrichs joined as a junior partner in 1838. When E.G. left in 1842 Henry and Gustav formed a new company, Oelrichs & Lurman. Henry left in 1861, and the firm became Lurman & Co. (From “German Merchants in the Nineteenth Century Atlantic” by Lars Maischak, pages 44-46) Rose & Lyon was at the corner of O’Donnell’s wharf and Pratt St as agents for New York Packets in 1860. Ira C. Lyon’s obituary in The Baltimore Sun, 24 November 1898, page 10 says that he was born in Connecticut and moved to Baltimore at age 16. He started the firm with John Rose in 1850 which lasted until Rose died 15 years ago (about 1883). Wm. Applegarth & Son – (From Baltimore Brick By Brick) William Applegarth captained ships then owned them, then was a master broker. He died in 1873 but his sons, Nathaniel & Thomas, continued the business. J. Hooper & Co. were shipbrokers at Gay and Lombard Streets Floating School was just that, a school on a ship to train sailors in the merchant trade. Captain Robert Leslie began the school on September 14, 1857, though the approval process began in 1850. The school was necessary because there was a lack of sailors who could manage the expanded trade to California and the Pacific. The committee received approval from the Navy to purchase the ship Ontario to be used for the purpose. The Ontario had been a sloop of war built in 1813 but had become a receiving ship before the school purchased it. Many of the companies and people represented on this flag provided funding to purchase the Ontario. From A Brief History of the Establishment of the Floating School of the City of Baltimore, published by Bull & Tuttle, 1860. M.A. Mitchell (From The Daily Exchange, June 8, 1860) Notice of Dissolution of Co-Partnership between John H. Travers and Marcellus A. Mitchell of firm Travers & Mitchell because Travers died. Notice is dated December 29, 1859. “Marcellus A. Mitchell will continue the ship chandlery, ship brokerage and commission business at the old stand, No. 2 Spears Wharf, for and on his own account, risk, and benefit.” Steamer "Mary Washington" was operated by the Weems Line, which started in 1819 and was incorporated in 1827. Weems Line was one of the first and eventually one of the oldest passenger-freight steamboat lines operating between Baltimore and Patuxent and the Rappahannock River points. Weems Line survived individually for 88 years then merged with other lines that lasted through the 1920s. (From Calvert Marine Museum's Bugeye Times, Vol. 41, No. 4, Winter 2016-17.) Mary Washington was purchased in 1854, abandoned in 1888. (From Calvert Marine Museum's Bugeye Times, Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter 1983.) The Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Company operated two steamers, but side-wheel steamers Mary Washington and Wenonah were connected to the line operating on different days. "They measure 200 feet in length, 28 feet beam, and 9 1/2 feet hold, with respective capacity of 700 tons." (From The Stranger in Baltimore: A New Handbook... 1866, page 153) J.W. Hugg & Son owned the bark Maggie V. Hugg Steamer William Selden was chartered by the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, they then purchased it in 1859. April 1861 in Portsmouth the Confederates interned her and was used her in the Norfolk harbor until October 10, 1862 when Confederates burned her as they evacuated Norfolk and Portsmouth. (From William and Mary Quarterly, October 1938, Vol. 18, No. 4) Steamer "Cecil" was a Union transport steamer, used in 1863 to take slaves away from their owners. A journal from the steamer was up for auction and not sold but made note that the Cecil was privately owned but hired by Union to transport military recruits and ordnance, contract signed August 1863. Steamer "Planter" was a side-wheel steamer built by the Weems' Steamboat Line in 1845 (similar narrative to the Mary Washington). George Weems' three sons captained the boats he built, Captain Theodore Weems on "Planter." "Planter" ran into Fort Carroll in the Patapsco River in 1855 and sank but was raised and used by the Government in the Civil War. She was abandoned in 1881. (From Calvert Marine Museum's Bugeye Times, Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter 1983.) Steamer "Geo. Weems" was part of the Weems' Patuxent River Line. "The side-wheel steamers 'Matilda' and 'George Weems' compose Weems' Passenger and Transportation Line, running Wednesdays and Fridays, for Fairhaven, Plum Point and the Patuxent River. They are about 200 feet long, 28 feet beam, and 9 feet hold, with an average capacity of 650 tons." (From The Stranger in Baltimore: A New Handbook... 1866, page 154). The "George Weems" was built in 1858 replaced the "Patuxent" steamer, but burned June 10, 1871 and was replaced by the "Theodore Weems" steamer in 1872. (From Calvert Marine Museum's Bugeye Times, Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter 1983.) "Lioness & Tigress" were steam tugs of the Monumental Line J.F. Farland was a schooner, wrecked at Cape Hatteras Nov. 30 1872 with 216 bales of cotton and 350 tons of phosphate for Boston, the crew survived. (From Commercial and Financial Chronicle and Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine 1872) W.T. Kendall was William T. Kendall who imported guano as early as the 1850s. Steamer "Hugh Jenkins" was built in 1849 for Eastern Shore Steamboat Company, part of USQMD from 1861-1866, sold March 1, 1866 to Kent Island Steamboat Co. and changed names to Kent Island.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Builder’s half hull model, port side, Henry Steers design for the alterations made to Idler in either 1873 or 1876. The model is a basic representation of the vessel's molded lines, without constructional details. The model is not mounted on a backing board. The model is varnished and inscribed in black capital letters “IDLER.” The model has a slightly raked stem and a flat raked hour-glass shaped stern and a 2-1/2” counter. It has a long sharp bow that becomes almost plumb with the top lift. It has a long run to the stern. It has steep deadrise and minimal tumblehome. There are five station lines visible at the bow. The model shows a boat with deep draft aft and a keel that slopes up to the forefoot. It has a long sharp entry and a long run aft. The model is constructed of 10 wood lifts. The lower 9 lifts are flat and ½” in height, probably pine. The bottom lift (1) measures 1-1/2” at the stern and tapers until it disappears about 12-1/4” from the stem. The sheer curve is cut into the 10th lift, which is about 5/8" thick amidship, 2-3/4" at the stem, and 1-3/8" at stern. The 10th lift is also the top covering for the model. The dimensions of the model are 52-7/16” (length overall); 5-1/2” (main breadth), 5-5/16” (half breadth). Height overall is 6-7/8”. The minimum half-breadth of the model is 1/8" along the edge of the stem and 1/8” at the stern. It’s unclear how the lifts are held together although there is one large screw in the top of the model near the bow that runs at least through the 9th and 10th lifts. There are a few scattered holes near the back of the model on the top. There are a few smaller holes whose purpose is not apparent on the back. The model was conserved in 2009 although a small piece of the bottom lift near the stern is broken off and was not replaced. The piece is present and can be reattached. There are still some minor losses to lift 1 for about 1-2” from the stern. The edge of the upper stern has some minor losses along the upper edge. There is a loss at the center about ¼” deep and from it is an “L” shaped crack that runs up the lift. There is a faint mark where an old Museum number was adhered on the stern. Near the bow scattered over lifts 4 through 7 there are some random holes, at least two go all the way through the model. Lift 9 has a nail running through it from front to back about 4” from the stem. On the reverse there are the remains of what appears to be large labels pasted onto the model. There are minor separations between lifts 6 and 7 at the bow and between lifts 9 and 10 that run nearly the entire length of the model. NOTES: The date of 1873-1876 has been applied to the model because Steers performed extensive work on Idler in both of those years. In 1873 seven feet was added to her stern and in 1876 the work involved lengthening the vessel eight feet at the bow. NOTES: In June 1992 Alan Frazer commented that this was a good example of a “skimming dish.” See MR 87 for the model of the 1865 builder’s model of Idler by Samuel H. Pook. Text from: The Century Magazine Illustrated Monthly, Volume 24, page 358 states this of the Idler: He [Henry Steers] is also builder of the Idler, a noted center-board schooner-yacht presenting the rare combination of equal ability on a wind and running free, and able both in rough and smooth water, being what is called an “all-around” boat. NOTES: The collection of half models MR 5 through MR 24 are of vessels built by shipbuilders Henry (father), James Rich and George (sons), and Henry Steers (son of James Rich), builders of the famous yacht America. The models document vessels built between 1805 and approximately 1876. They encompass all types of vessels from a catboat up to large steam sloop built for the US Navy. In a February 13, 1963 letter Howard I. Chapelle, Curator of the Division of Transportation at the Smithsonian stated “The Steers Collection is important technically and it is something we envy the Mariners’ Museum’s possession.” VESSEL INFORMATION— VESSEL NAME: IDLER VESSEL TYPE: Schooner Yacht BUILD DATE: 1864, modified 1873, modified 1874, modified 1876, rebuilt 1890 SHIPBUILDER: Samuel H. Pook; Henry Steers SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: Fairhaven, Connecticut; New York, New York SHIP OWNERS: Thomas C. Durant (1865-1873); Samuel Colgate (1873-1876); A.J. Fisher (1879-1889); John Cudahy (1889-1899); James Corrigan (1889-1900) DIMENSIONS: • The New York Herald, May 24, 1873 gives Idlers dimensions as 97’9” (length overall); 87’9” (length of waterline); 22’6” (breadth of beam); 8’3” (depth of hold); 6’ (draught of water); 133 tons [discrepancy in boat length with 1874 source] • The American Yacht List of 1874 gives her dimensions as 141.32 (old); 96’2” (length overall), 87’6” (waterline length), 22’4” (beam), 8’5” (depth), 6’8” (draft) • The American Yacht List of 1881 gives Idler’s tonnage as 191.26 (old) and 84.63 (new). It gives her dimensions as 106’1” (length overall), 96’9” (waterline length), 22’3” (breadth), 9’7” (depth), 9’2” (draft). VESSEL HISTORY: • According to The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1973 by John Parkinson Idler joined the NYYC in 1864, 133 tons, centerboard, 85 feet on waterline, designed by S. H. Pook of Fairhaven, Connecticut, and owned by Thomas C. Durant. • March 31, 1865 New York Daily Herald lists owner of Idler as Thomas C. Durant and tonnage as 183.5. April 22, 1866 New York Daily Herald still lists Durant as owner. • According to The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1873 by John Parkinson Idler participated in the June 13, 1865 Grand Review of the Club. • According to The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1873 by John Parkinson Idler participated in the August, 10, 1867 race held at Newport. • The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, West Virginia) June 20 1868: [On June 19] The annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club was concluded today. The schooner Maggie, 11 tons, won the schooner cup by allowance of time, her actual time being four hours and twenty-three minutes; the schooner Idler, 133 tons, being second, and her time four hours and twenty and a half minutes.... • According to The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1873 by John Parkinson Idler won the Annual Regatta on June 10 over Palmer, Sylvie, Phantom and Alarm. • Idler won the 24th Annual Regatta (NYYC) held on June 14, 1870. • Idler was one of 25 schooners (only 15 finished) that participated in the first America’s Cup race in 1870. Idler came in second on corrected time. • On August 18, 1870 the Idler had a match race with Cambria. Cambria won, but it was partially due to a mechanical failure on Idler that cost her 8 minutes (the plate holding the bob-stay had pulled out of the hull and Idler could no longer head the sea without danger of losing her bowsprit and masts). Still owned by Durant. • Idler sailed for the Bennett Cup on September 8, 1870. • Idler participated in the 25th Annual Regatta (NYYC). • Idler participated in the August Cruise with yachts of the Eastern and New York Yacht clubs. • New York Daily Herald, March 5, 1873: The schooner yacht Idler, S. J. Colgate, NYYC, is being rebuilt at the yard of Mr. Steers, Greenpoint. • New York Daily Herald, May 24, 1873 reported the schooner Idler has been partially rebuilt. Among other alterations seven feet have been added aft, giving the stern on deck from center of rudder post an overhang of thirteen feet. The topmasts have been increased five feet, the jibbooms six feel and the main boom seven feet, which has increased her sails about seven hundred square feet. The dimensions of Idler are: length overall 97’9”; length of waterline, 87’9”; breadth of beam, 22’6”; depth of hold 8’3”; draught of water, 6’; tonnage 133 tons. • New York Daily Herald, June 7, 1873: Idler wins the second schooner prize, forty miles in four hours in the NYYC annual regatta on June 6. • Idler participated in the Annual cruise in 1873 which ran to New London. Bad weather scattered the fleet but Idler was one of the three vessels to reach New London. • The American Yacht List of 1874 indicates Idler belonged to the New York Yacht Club, Brooklyn Yacht Club, Atlantic Yacht Club, and Seawanhaka Yacht Club • New York Daily Herald (New York, New York) April 16, 1874: Mr. Henry Steers is also at work on the schooner Idler, the property of Mr. [Samuel] Colgate, one of the progressive yachtsmen of the New York Yacht Club. Mr. Colgate made his debut with the Gracie, and bought the Idler last year. He is satisfied with her hull, but is having her mastheads lengthened by cutting the hounds lower down. This experiment will not give her a greater spread of canvas in her mainsail, but it will make it peak more. She will be rigged this season with a forestaysail, and will be the most formidable antagonist that the second glass schooners will meet. • According to The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1873 by John Parkinson Idler participated in a “Ladies Day Regatta” on June 25, 1874 (the ladies were aboard the boats racing not aboard the spectator boats). • From The New York Times, August 9, 1874: The Idler participated in the New York Yacht Club's Corinthian Race on August 10th and won the race. Henry Steers was one of her crew. • According to The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1873 by John Parkinson Idler participated in a “Scrub Race” from Newport to Vineyard Haven for “a set of colors”. • Idler participated in the NYYC cruise to Cape May for a race to be held on July 13, 1875. Idler came in second behind Madeleine. Idler also participated in the Club Regatta on August 13 at Newport. • New York Daily Herald, March 31, 1876: The schooner yacht Idler, NYYC, was launched last Saturday (March 25) from Steers yard, at Greenpoint. She will appear this season nearly a new boat, as she has been lengthened eight feet forward and given two feet more keel. Her mainmast has been shifted two feet and her foremast five feet forward. • Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), May 5, 1876: The handsome little yacht Idler has just been launched from the yard of Henry Steers where she has been undergoing repairs, including lengthening of the vessel and the putting in of a new bow. • Idler participated in the June 8, 1876 NYYC Annual Regatta. The Idler made the best time on record for the course (3 hours, 54 minutes, 1-2 seconds actual time), the start having been from off Stapleton, and the finish off buoy No. 15. • On July 27, 1876 Idler won the Brenton’s Reef Challenge Cup. Idler won by over two hours. She was owned by Commodore Samuel J. Colgate of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club. • Idler participated in the NYYC’s annual cruise in 1876. • Idler participated in the September 19, 1876 regatta “For Flag Officers Cups.” The schooner Idler was first in her class. • At the October 12, 1876 Idler participated in an Ocean Race with Atalanta for a $1000 cup presented by J. F. Loubat. Atalanta won the race. • The New York Daily Herald, March 31, 1877: The schooner yacht Idler, owned by Samuel Colgate sailed for a short cruise to the West Indies. Henry Steers was a guest on board. • On September 7, 1877 Idler won Bennett’s Cape May Challenge Cup. Colgate now held boat the Brenton Reef Cup and the Cape May Challenge Cup. Neither cup was raced for again until 1885. • Chicago Tribune, May 28, 1879: Mr. Fisher is the owner of the yacht Idler, recently purchased in New York. • New York Daily Herald, December 14, 1879: Mr. A. J. Fisher, of Chicago will visit Europe in June 1880 [obviously this didn’t happen as the vessel was in Buffalo in July 1880] in the schooner yacht Idler, formerly the property of Commodore Colgate of this city. • Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express, July 10, 1880 reported the arrival of the yacht Idler, manned by a crew of about a dozen able-bodied men. She is a full schooner-rigged vessel of 196 tons register, new measurement, registered on the Inland Lloyd’s. She was built by Henry Steers of Green Point, for Mr. Colgate [nope]…and cost in the neighborhood of $28,000. A few years ago Mr. A. J. Fisher of Chicago, purchased her, and has since kept her for his own private enjoyment. He is now on a pleasure cruise with a party of friends, having left Chicago about ten days ago. The “Idler,” which is a model of beauty, elegance and neatness, stopped at Detroit, Cleveland, and other places, on her way down, and after leaving here Mr. Fisher intends going up into Georgian Bay for a few days’ fishing. If the weather is propitious the yacht will leave Buffalo today. • Green Bay Weekly Gazette (Green Bay, Wisconsin) September 18, 1880: The schooner rigged yacht the Idler of Chicago, arrive in port Thursday. The yacht is captained by Edward Coley. • Chicago Tribune, June 8, 1881 reported: The Idler, left yesterday afternoon for a two weeks cruise in the vicinity of Traverse Bay. She will return in time for the first annual regatta, June 18 [Chicago Yacht Club]. • The Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee), May 24, 1882 reported: The schooner Idler, Mr. A. J. Fisher, is being overhauled and will have a new foremast. • The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois), July 26, 1882 reported the Idler, owned by Mr. Fisher won the Chicago Cup (Chicago Yacht Club). In the first week of August Idler would participate in the Chicago Yacht Clubs cruise to Mackinaw. In September the Idler along with the Countess sailed for Lake Erie. • Buffalo Courier, September 4, 1889 reported that on September 3rd John Cudahy has bought the schooner yacht Idler of Archie Fisher for $10,000. • Chicago Tribune, June 28, 1896 reported the Idler was completely rebuilt in January 1890. • Buffalo Commercial, July 30, 1892 indicates John Cudahy still owns Idler. • Buffalo Courier, October 6, 1899 reported that the schooner yacht Idler, recently bought from John Cudahy by A. R. Rumsey for Capt. James Corrigan of this city. • The Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin), July 9, 1900 reported Idler capsized in a squall on Lake Erie off Cleveland killing six members of the family of James Corrigan, the owner of the vessel. It also reported that Mr. Corrigan had recently purchased the yacht from John Cudahy of Chicago. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See Yachts and Yachting with over One Hundred and Ten Illustrations, by Fred S. Cozzens and Others, 1887, scattered references between pages 37 and 85.
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Piney Point (Md.)–Photographs.; Wachapreague (Va.)–Photographs.
Marine railways–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Boatyards–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Skipjacks–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Waterfowl–Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Waterfowl–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Shore birds–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Sailboats–Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Sailboats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Fishers–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Boaters (Persons)–Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Fishing boats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Truck drivers–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Tugboats–Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Tugboats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Human beings–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Lumber trade–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Boatbuilding–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Crab industry–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Marinas–Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Marinas–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Oil spills–Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Porpoises–Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.
Contains photographic negatives of Miller's marine railway, Pederson's boatyard, striker boats, skipjacks, the boat "Edith & Linda", waterfowl, shorebirds, Pederson-Alexander marine railway, the boat "Elsworth", Wingate, Maryland, the boat "Doris Eugena", fishermen and boaters, Rice's marine railway, scalloper boats, truck driver Walt Southard, the boat "Camelot" and her crew, tug boats, the boat "Jack Tar", Rice's marine railway main office, Carl Rice, Slater Rice, the boat "Lantana", the boat "Fiametta", the boat "Maggie Lee", the tugboat "Sabot", cedar wood shipment at Rice's marine railway, the pilot boat "Pawnee", Chas Rice, the boat "Sachem", J. D. Krentz marine railway, Butler's marine railway, skipjack repairs, crab dredging, H. A. Bulifant, the boat "Cristobal", the boat "Sea Sprite", Stephens' marine railway, whalers, the boat "Sherwood", sailing boats, the boats "Van Dike" and "Annapolis", Alexander-Robertson marine railway, Bob Green's marine railway, Curtis Applegarth and storefront, the boat "Miles Rye" at Saint Michaels, Maryland, Knapp's Narrows, Frank Smart, W. H. Haynie, Tangier Island, White Stone, various unnamed marinas, Moodey Brothers boatyard, the boat "Memory", Frank Thompson docks and boats at Piney Point, Maryland, Topaz boats, Mount Harmony, Maryland, boatbuilding, Adjootian's boatyard, Benson's marine railway, siegel boat, Jones marine railway, Oxford boatyard, Fleeton Point marina, Wachapreague marina, oil-spill clean-up, porpoises in the Chesapeake Bay.
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