: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Clair, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: E. Estabrook
Ownership Notes:: Hyde, O. M., (1842); Estabrook, T. E., (1842); Chamberlain, H., (1842); Trusdale, W., (1844); Geisse, A. Henry, (1845);
Master(s):: Estabrook,T. E., (1842); Campbell, S., (1844); Wood, John, (1845);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

November 4, 1842: Port: Detroit Number: 34 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-12-1844
April 12, 1844: Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-27-1845
March 27, 1845: Port: Detroit Number: 4 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
August 12, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 89
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
Next document: Buffalo, 20 Apr 1848
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April 20, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 25
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
Next document: Buffalo, 13 Jun 1849
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June 13, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 57
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
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History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Uncle Tom (1842- )
Nationality:: American (1842- )
Chronology:: 1. 9/17/1848, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore, (passengers);
2. 00/00/1849, Long Point, wrecked and became total loss, $2, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was taken around the Falls of St. Mary and put into Lake Superior last year, 1845; She has returned to the lower lakes, being only the 2nd vessel ever to make the perilous descent: (reported on 9/25/1846);
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Agency street/mail address:

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920-684-0218