Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Harriet Ross (Schooner, 1843)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Harriet Ross
Also known as:
Cambridge
Year of Build:
1843
Major repairs:
1874, 1875, 1876, 1882;
Rebuilt:
1. 1854, C. Keith, Buffalo, New York;
2. 1862, J. W. Banta, Chicago, Illinois;
Official Number:
11856
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Point Peninsula, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Figure Head (1843)
Figure Head (1865)*
Builder Name:
Asa Wilcox or Patrick Wash
Ownership Notes:
Porter, Ira, (1843); Hilfgaisch, F., (1843); Burch, J., (1844); Booth, J. (1853-1854); Bradley, C., (1855-1865); Bradley, H. B., (1859-1862); Bradley A. B., (1862); Woodworth, Jasen H., (1863); Davis, M. L., (1864); McCabe, Barth, (1866); Mills, Lewis, (1866); Morgan, S., (1867-1868); West, (1869); Cameron, R., (1869); Collins, T, (1873); Armstrong, C. B., (1876); Grummond, L. B., (1877); Grummmond, S. B., (1878-1882);Whitaker, (1879); Corbin, S. J., (1880-1890); O'Brien, William J., (1884); Horn, William, (1885); Bonnar, William, (1888-1889);
Master(s):
Stevens, C., (1843); Pierce, John, (1844); Halls, J., (1853); Hale, John, (1854); Wood, Z. L., (1855); Hilson, J. M., (1858-1859); Rogers, W. A., (1862); Hasting, Hugh, (1863); Davis, M. L., (1864); Moore, Robert, (1865); Brown, J. J. H., (1866); Halloney, Martin, (1866); Morgan, S., (1867); Cameron, R., (1868-1869); Collins, T., (1873); Armstrong, C. B., (1876); Waffle, L., (1877); Corbin, S. J., (1880); O'Brien, William, J., (18841885);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1843)
Hull Dimensions
1843
Length: 77' Width/Beam: 20' Depth: 7' 9"
1854
Length: 120' Width/Beam: 22' 10" Depth: 9'
1862
Length: 119.6' Width/Beam: 22.4' Depth: 10.3'
1865
Length: 118.7' Width/Beam: 23' Depth: 10.2'
Tonnage
1843
Gross: 106 + 5/95
1854
Gross: 229 + 82/95
1862
Gross: 257 + 82/95
1865
Gross: 179.20 Net: 170.24
Enrollments/Registration
May 16, 1843
   Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 8 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 10-13-1843
October 13, 1843
   Port: Detroit Number: 37 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-25-1844
October 25, 1844
   Port: Detroit Number: 42 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-11-1849
April 11, 1849
   Port: Detroit Number: 9 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-16-1853
April 16, 1853
   Port: Buffalo Number: 60 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-16-1854
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May 16, 1854
   Port: Buffalo Number: 116 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel** (Rebuilt)
Next document: Chicago 10-1-1855
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October 1, 1855
   Port: Chicago Number: 100 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-15-1858
May 15, 1858
   Port: Detroit Number: 64 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-12-1859
May 12, 1859
   Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-9-1862
May 9, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 82 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Detroit 6-19-1862
June 19, 1862
   Port: Detroit Number: 102 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-8-1863
April 8, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 47 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-18-1864
April 18, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 70 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-9-1864
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May 9, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 155 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-18-1865
May 18, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 339 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-18-1866
April 18, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 59 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-10-1866
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August 10, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 192 of 1866
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-17-1866
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September 17, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 90 of 1866
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-6-1867
December 6, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 143 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-17-1868
October 17, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 82 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Chicago 4-5-1869
April 5, 1869
   Port: Chicago Number: 211 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-7-1869
April 7, 1869
   Port: Chicago Number: 216 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-29-1873
April 29, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-18-1873
November 18, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 140 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-29-1876
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November 29, 1876
   Port: Buffalo Number: 22 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-28-1877
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April 28, 1877
   Port: Detroit Number: 52 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-26-1878
April 26, 1878
   Port: Detroit Number: 73 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-1-1880
October 1, 1880
   Port: Buffalo Number: 23 1/2 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-9-1880
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October 9, 1880
   Port: Detroit Number: 41 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-15-1884
April 15, 1884
   Port: Chicago Number: 74 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-3-1884
September 3, 1884
   Port: Chicago Number: 8 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-23-1885
April 23, 1885
   Port: Chicago Number: 31 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-23-1888
April 23, 1888
   Port: Chicago Number: 92 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-4-1889
May 4, 1889
   Port: Port Huron Number: 175 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 11-20-1890

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Cambridge (1843-1854);
b. Schooner, Harriet Ross (1854-1890)
Nationality:
American (1843-1890)
Chronology:
1. 10/27/1844, Huron, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 12/10/1846, Oswego, ashore and released;
3. 1853, used bottom to build the Schooner, Harriet Ross;
4. 9/19/1847, Buffalo, dismasted and repaired;
5. 11/29 to 12/1, 1848, Long Point Cut, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
6. 9/20/1854, Point Abino, Lake Erie, ashore, staves, corn, wool), released;
7. 11/00/1857, opposite Chicago, sprang a leak, damaged cargo in a storm, (wheat), repaired, $4, 000 loss;
8. 10/7/1858, Big Sable, lost center board in a gale, (wheat), repaired, cargo $600 loss, hull $1, 000 loss;
9. 10/00/1858, Lake Michigan, lost centre board and put into Chicago for repairs, $600 loss;
10. 10/00/1860, Vicksburgh, St. Clair River, ashore and released, $200 loss;
11. 11/2/1862, 22 miles from Niagara River mouth, Lake Ontario, collision, (sank Schooner, Flora Watson), (salt), repaired;
12. 6/12/1866, Eagle Harbor Reef, Lake Superior, struck a rock, ashore and released, $7, 700 loss;
13. 5/00/1867, Grand Traverse, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $600 loss;
14. 11/00/1869, disabled by heavy weather on Lake Michigan and repaired;
15. 10/00/1870, Cedar River, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $3, 500 loss;
16. 11/5/1874, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore in a fog, (coal), released;
17. 9/21/1875, Ashtabula, ashore, (coal), released;
18. 4/16/1876, Middle Sister Island, ashore, (corn), released;
19. 9/13/1876, Wheatley, ashore, (staves), released;
20. 10/1/1880, Romney, ashore, (lumber), released;
Notes
General notes:
*Plain head 1854-1865;
**She is rebuilt from the bottom of the Schooner Cambridge;
1860, she was valued at $4,600;1876, she is valued at $4,200; 1882, she is just listed with no value attached;
1882, she got new rails and stanchions;
Detroit Free Press of 11/2/1870 says she was the flagship of Commodore Perry and since then she has been lengthened and rebuilt several times. (This could not be confirmed);
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 3/11/1861;
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
8. Detroit Free Press: 11/2/1870;
9. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
10 Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
11. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1891);
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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