La Salle (Schooner, 1835)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Barton Parson
Ownership Notes:: Newberry, Oliver, (1835); Winslow, R. G., (1846);
Master(s):: Stewart, John, (1835); Satliff, (1844); Goulder, Christopher, (1846); Scott, A. N., (1849)

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 31, 1835: Port: Detroit Number: 18 of 1835
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 10-4-1846
October 4, 1846: Port: Cleveland Number: 51 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 6-8-1848
June 8, 1848**: Port: Chicago Number: 27 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, LaSalle* (1835- )
Nationality:: American (1835-)
Chronology:: 1. 3/12/1849, Chicago, sunk in a flood, raised;
2. 4/5/1849, Milwaukee, jib boom and bowsprit lost, repaired;
3. 9/22/1849, Racine (off Milwaukee), Lake Michigan, capsized, (7 lives lost), $800 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Newspapers sometimes had her name as "LaSell";
**There is a problem here because this is the enrollment of schooner, G. R. Roberts, and I doubt that she was renamed.
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 10/29/1842, 4/23/1844, 5/15/1844, 3/21/1849, 5/1/1849; 12/29/1849;
5. Buffalo Daily Gazette: 4/24/1844;
6. Cleveland Weekly Herald: 1/13/1847;
7. Cleveland Daily Herald & Gazette: 12/13/1839;
8. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser & Journal: 9/29/1841, 12/18/1841;

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