Fayette Packet (Schooner, 1825)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: State of New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: King, Bradford, (1826-1829); Sterm, (1826); Stevens, John C., (1826-1827); Edson, (1827); Root, Henry, (1827-1828); Curtiss, Peter, (1827-1828); Ramsey, Aaron, (1828-1829); Naper, Benjamin A., (1829-1830);
Master(s):: Heaton, Luther, (1826); Stevens, John C., (1826-1827); Edson, Nathan, (1827); Laker, Hugh, (1828); Naper, Benjamin A., (1829-1830);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 25, 1826: Port: Buffalo Number: 83 of 1826
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-26-1826
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June 26, 1826: Port: Buffalo Number: 2 of 1826
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-17-1826
July 17, 1826: Port: Buffalo Number: 96 of 1826
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-7-1827
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July 7, 1827: Port: Detroit Number: 1 of 1827
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-21-1827
September 21, 1827: Port: Buffalo Number: 23 of 1827
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-28-1828
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September 28, 1828: Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1828
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-30-1829
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September 30, 1829: Port: Buffalo**
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 8-12-1830; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Fayette Packet (1825-1830)*
Nationality:: American (1825-1830)
Chronology:: 1. 11/6/1829, Lake Erie, lost a man overboard (Julius White);
2. 11/7/1829, Ashtabula, struck a pier, sank and raised, (salt);
3. 8/7/1830, South Bass Island, ashore and hull went to pieces, $1, 000 loss;
Some of the rigging was salvaged;
4. 1/00/1828, Buffalo, broke her fastenings in a gale, ashore and released;

Notes

General notes:: * The newspapers sometimes mistakenly noted her as Lafayette Packet;
** This enrollment gives the length of the vessel as 46' which is an error;
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York;
2. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
3. Certificates of Registry: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
4. Cleveland Herald: 8/25/1826, 7/6/1827, 11/12/1829; 8/26/1830;
5. Frank Hamiliton Files;
6. John Poole's notes;
7. Buffalo and Black Rock Gazette: 1/31/1828;

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