Seneca Chief (Schooner, 1858)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Fredrick Nelson Jones
Ownership Notes:: Madden, E., (1858-1864); Richson, A., (1863-1865); Tetard, John, (1866- )171); Ryerson, (1866); Ludington, James, (1868);
Master(s):: Donnellay, P., (1858); Thompson, W., (1863); Richson, A., (1864-1865) Tetard, John, (1866-1868);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 14, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 2-4-1863
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February 4, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 5 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-26-1863
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June 26, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 238 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-30-1864
December 30, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 341 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-14-1865
April 14, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 202 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 6-22-1866
June 22, 1866: Port: Milwaukee Number: 212 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-26-1867
June 26, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 423 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-18-1868
March 18, 1868: Port: Milwaukee Number: 64 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 12-31-1872; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Seneca Chief (1858-1872)
Nationality:: American (1858-1872)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1858, near Malden, Detroit River, collision, (Steam Tug, John Owen), repaired, $550 loss;
2. 11/25/1858, Gull Island Reef, or Mohawk Island Reef, Lake Erie, ashore, (water-lime), released, $1, 000 loss, (lime);
3. 4/23/1859, Black River, Port Huron, ashore and released, $400 loss;
4. 5/00/1863, North Chicago, ashore and released, $3, 500 loss;
5. 10/00/1868, Kalamazoo, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
6. 9/00/1869, Chicago, damaged by collision, Scow, Pendleton), and repaired, $380 loss;
7. 10/9/1871, Manistee, Lake Michigan, hull burned to the water's edge, destroyed by fire, $5, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $5,300; 1866, she was valued at $3,400; 1871, she was valued at $5,500;
She had bulge pumps in 1863;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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