Daniel Webster (Schooner, 1837)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Daniel Webster
Also known as:: Lucy Auchard
Year of Build:: 1837
Major repairs:: 1861;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1860, R. J. W. Morgan, Henderson, New York;
Official Number:: 15147

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: French Creek (Clayton), New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Billet Head (1837)
Plain Head (1860)
Builder Name:: John Oades
Ownership Notes:: White, Edward, (1857); Sedget, John, (1857); Millard, H. W., (1860-1862); Millard, Clary & Company, (1864); Powell, A. W., (1864-1865); Holister, G., (1865); Stewart, John,(1865); Fish, G., (1866-1867); Moore, J., (1868-1869); McQueen, D., (1869);
Master(s):: White, Edward, (1857); Sedget, John, (1857); Hungerford, W., (1860); Desugur, J., (1864); Angus, J. D., (1864); Nickerson, D. P., (1865); Gaffett, C. B., (1865); Fish, G., (1866-1867); Moore, J., (1868); Hagedon, P., (1869); Robertson, H., (1869);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1837)

Hull Dimensions

1837: Length: 84' Width/Beam: 20' Depth: 8'
1865: Length: 79.9' Width/Beam: 20.8' Depth: 8.3'

Tonnage

1837: Gross: 121 + 25/95
1860: Gross: 130
1865: Gross: 86.77

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Cape Vincent 4-00-1840
1840 April: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 6 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 4-19-1841
April 19, 1841: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 6 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: 8-8-1850
August 8, 1850: Number: 4 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 4-22-1857
April 22, 1857: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 1 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Lewiston 8-28-1857
August 28, 1857: Port: Lewiston Number: 2 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Kingston 3-30-1859
March 30, 1859: Port: Lewiston
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
September 21, 1860: Port: Oswego Number: 29 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel (Rebuilt)
Next document: Oswego 8-23-1862
August 25, 1862: Port: Oswego Number: 53 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-23-1864
June 23, 1864: Port: Oswego Number: 49 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 7-8-1864
July 8, 1864: Port: Cleveland Number: 56 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-18-1865
April 18, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 24 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 8-7-1865
August 7, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 250 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-19-1865
September 19, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 316 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-6-1866
April 16, 1866: Port: Detroit Number: 35 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-16-1867
April 16, 1867: Port: Port Huron Number: 22 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 9-28-1868
September 28, 1868: Port: Port Huron Number: 97 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-29-1869
April 29, 1869: Port: Port Huron Number: 40 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-9-1869
July 9, 1869: Port: Port Huron Number: 72 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-16-1878; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Daniel Webster (1837-1860);
b. Schooner, Lucy Auchard (1860-1878)
Nationality:: American (1837-1878)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1858, near Cape Vincent, Lake Ontario, parted chain and went ashore, released, $700 loss;
2. 8/00/1862, near Welland Canal, struck by lightning, repaired;
3. 10/00/1871, Point Albert, Lake Huron, ashore, (poles);

Notes

General notes:: built on the bottom of the 1837, Daniel Webster;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cape Vincent, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Lewiston, New York; Oswego, New York;
Port Huron, Michigan; Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Enrollment: Cape Vincent, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Lewiston, New York; Oswego, New York;
Port Huron, Michigan; Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
6. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 692;
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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