President (Steamer, 1842)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 2, 1842: Port: Oswego Number: 26 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 8-4-1842
August 2, 1842: Port: Oswego Number: 34 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-8-1843
May 8, 1843: Port: Oswego Number: 22 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Oswego 8-28-1843
August 28, 1843: Port: Oswego Number: 48 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-11-1844
April 11, 1844: Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Document Missing

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, President (1842-1850)
Nationality:: American (1842-1850)
Chronology:: 1. 8/21/1844, Long Island, head of Lake Ontario, ashore and sank, (freight and machinery were recovered);
2. 00/00/1845, Black Rock Harbor, driven from her moorings and repaired;
3. 00/00/1850, south shore of Lake Ontario, wrecked;

Notes

General notes:: *She had 2 masts in1843;
Lytle-Holdcamper List says: she was lost in 1850, south shore of Lake Ontario, wrecked and total loss; This could not be confirmed;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
5. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 649;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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