Morning Star

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Type: Scow Schooner

Year: 1892

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Location: Church Creek

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1		1939-1941	International Star Class Yacht Racing Association–Photographs.				Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Ketches–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Yawls–Photographs.; Cutters–Photographs.; Boaters (Persons)–Photographs.	Contains photographic negatives of the power yacht Cape Breton, the power yacht Sinbad III, the power yacht Sa Va, the crew of the auxiliary schooner Morning Star, loading a diving helmet, the auxiliary schooner Morning Star docking, the power ketch Bonnie Dundee, the power schooner Belatrix, the cutter Blue Jay, the auxiliary yawl Czarina, the auxiliary schooner Grey Gull II, the auxiliary yawl Lucia, the auxiliary ketch Nornan, the auxiliary schooner Sunbeam, the auxiliary yawl Traveler, the sloop Candide, the auxiliary schooner White Squall, the power yacht Sea Otter, the power yacht Portena, the Coastwise Cruiser class vessel Mary, unidentified International Star class vessels, unidentified International class vessels, the International class vessel Imp, and the International class vessel Brendy.	P0002.001/50-141
	2								NOTES: The Boston Evening Transcript, January 2, 1857, page 4 states that ‘C. Drew, 18 Court Street, has just published a beautiful tinted lithograph print of the “Morning Star” as she appeared while passing Boston Light under full sail. The sketch is a spirited one, and should at least be possessed by each contributor to the fund which purchased the vessel.' The Morning Star sailed on December 2 and would have passed Boston Light on that day. NOTES: Notes from Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Volume 163, number 1, March 23, 2021, "In order to Study Conchology": Andrew Garrett (1823-1887) and his 1859 Expedition to the Kingsmill Islands (Kiribati), by Theodore W. Pietsch and Alan R. Kabat, page 13: The Morning Star was the first of five missionary vessels of that name. The Morning Star was built at Chelsea, Massachusetts, by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to aid in mission work in Hawai‘i, Micronesia, and the Marquesas Islands. In August 1856, in response to a request from the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, the American Board appealed to children in the United States to help purchase a missionary packet by buying 10-cent shares of ownership. In return, the children received Certificates of Contribution. One hundred and twenty thousand American children became stockholders, and by year’s end the Morning Star, a hermaphrodite brig (square-rigged foremast and fore-and-aft mainmast), had been built in Chelsea, Massachusetts, at a cost of $18,351. Launched on 12 November 1856, she sailed from Boston on 2 December 1856, under the command of Captain Samuel G. Moore, and arrived at Honolulu on 24 April 1857. She continued to sail between South Pacific missions until she was sold in 1866. VESSEL INFORMATION-- VESSEL NAME: MORNING STAR VESSEL TYPE: HERMAPHRODITE BRIG SHIPBUILDER: JOTHAM A. STETSON SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: Massachusetts, Chelsea DIMENSIONS: 150-153 TONS VESSEL HISTORY: –Boston Evening Transcript, November 12, 1856, page 2: The little hermaphrodite brig, Morning Star, built by contributions of Sunday school children to be used in carrying missionaries from port to port among the islands of the Pacific ocean, under the command of Capt. Samuel G. Moore, was launched today from the yard of Jonathan Stetson in Chelsea in the presence of thousands of spectators, composed chiefly of Sabbath school children and teachers. –The Burlington Free Press, November 15, 1856, page 2: From the Boston Journal. The missionary schooner Morning Star was launched at Chelsea yesterday. The contribution of the Sabbath School scholars of the Orthodox Congregational Churches throughout the country to the cause of Missions. The scene was one of the most interesting we witnessed, and the enjoyment of the occasion was participated in by nearly 4000 people, three-fourths of which number were children and youths…The Morning Star was built by Jotham Stetsons, Esq., ship-builder near the ferry in Chelsea. She is a beautifully modelled craft, and most substantially built–that quality being preferred to mere adornment, and wisely so. Her finishing is quite plain, although nothing has been left undone which comfort on board may require. The thousands who visited her yesterday were loud in their admiration of the arrangements, which, while they made the officers cabins comfortable, were equally as carefully attended to in respect to those men. The vessel will cost $12,000. The amount is divided into 120,000 shares of ten cents each. Every scholar who takes a share receives a certificate from the Treasurer of the Board. The vessel is rigged as a hermaphrodite brig…The figurehead of the Morning Star represents Faith, and that the little ornamental work on the vessel is chastly and beautifully executed. The schooner draws ten feet…she is coppered to the bends, and has all the newest and most valuable appointments in the shape of rigging and machinery. Her register is 150 tons. –The Charleston Daily Courier, November 18, 1856, page 4:...the vessel was towed to India wharf, where she will fit for sea, and receive her cargo for the Sandwich Islands. She will take out very little besides provisions for the missionaries. The vessel is of a beautiful model, in which good sailing is combined with fair capacity for freight. She is rigged in the hermaphrodite style, measures 153 tons, and has state room accommodations for 20 passengers. Her bow is decorated with a female figure pressing the Bible to her breast; and on the stern is an open Bible resting on a cushion, with olive branches on each side, and rays of light emanating in all directions. –Boston Evening Transcript, December 2, 1856, page 4: The missionary vessel, the Morning Star, sailed from this port yesterday at 2 o’clock PM --Boston Evening Transcript, December 4, 1856, page 2: Per Cape Cod Marine Telegraph, Brig Morning Star, from Boston for the Sandwich Islands, despatched by the Missionary Board, is at anchor near Race Point, just clear of the breakers. There is no danger of her going ashore. It is too rough to board her yet. –Boston Evening Transcript, December 8, 1856, page 1: The brig Morning Star, having received some assistance from the steamer R. B. Forbes, succeeded in getting away from her uncomfortable position near the breakers off Cape Cod, and at noon on Saturday proceeded to sea with a smart northwest breeze. --The Vermont Watchman, December 12, 1856, page 3: The Cape Cod Telegraph reports that the beautiful little missionary brig Morning Star, was boarded from the shore between 8 and 9 o'clock on Saturday, when the captain of the brig said that everything was all right, and he should go to sea as soon as he could get under weigh. –Boston Evening Transcript, February 17, 1857, page 3: Spoken January 13, lat 8 S, lon 34 W, brig Morning Star, Moore, from Boston December 2 for Honolulu.	CL17760