Florida (Schooner, 1835)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Lyme, New York*
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Figure Head
Builder Name:: Asa Wilcox
Ownership Notes:: Gidings, Charles M., (1835-1838); Bruce, Willaim H., (1835-1838); Baldwin, Stephen A., (1835-1838); Sacket, Edward, (1835); Sacket, Elisha C., (1835); Baldwin, Ransom, (1837); Beckley, Lyman, (1839); Vorce, John, (1840);
Master(s):: Wilson, John. L., (1835); Randall, (1835); Allen, (1836); Bramer, A., (1837); Beckley, Lyman, (1838-1839); Nickerson, (1839); Vorce, John, (1840);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 22, 1835: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 5 of 1835
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 7-14-1836
July 14, 1836: Port: Cleveland Number: 25 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Michilimackinac 10-29-1838
October 29, 1838: Port: Michilimackinac Number: 9 of 1838
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-9-1839
April 9, 1839: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1839
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-14-1840
July 14, 1840: Port: Cleveland Number: 25 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-8-1842
April 8, 1842: Port: Cleveland Number: 9 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Florida (1835-1842)
Nationality:: American (1835-1842)
Chronology:: 1. 10/21/1835, Buffalo Creek, collision, (sank a small boat), (14 lives lost);
2. 11/11/1835, Buffalo, ashore and released;
3. 10/00/1836, Black Rock, ashore and released;
4. 10/3/1840, Buffalo, damaged in a storm and repaired;

Notes

General notes:: *Three Mile Bay, New York;
There are two schooners named Florida on the Great Lakes at the same time, which confuses the separating of events. Both schooners ended their existence in 1842.
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Michilimackinac, Michigan; Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Enrollments: Cleveland, Ohio; Michilimackinac, Michigan; Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. Cleveland Herald: 11/11/1835;
4. Cleveland Weekly Advertiser: 1/17/1835;
5. Cleveland Daily Herald & Gazette: 3/23/1837;
6. Cobourg Star: 11/25/1835;
7. Daily Star (Buffalo): 10/22/1835;
8. John Poole's notes;

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