Maria Hilliard (Schooner, 1844)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Chicago, Illinois
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head (1844)
Builder Name:: James Averill
Ownership Notes:: Hillard, E., (1844); Averill, James, (1844); Ferring, George, B., (1844); Walker, Charles, (1849-1851); Kelley, E., (1860);
Master(s):: Ferring, George, B., (1844-1845); Wood, A., (1849); Napier, C., (1851);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 14, 1844: Port: Detroit Number: 14 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 6-18-1847
June 18, 1847: Port: Chicago Number: 22 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-3-1849
November 3, 1849: Port: Chicago Number: 52 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-2-1851
June 2, 1851: Port: Chicago Number: 18 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-26-1852
May 26, 1852: Port: Chicago
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Maria Hilliard (1844-1856)
Nationality:: American (1844-1856)
Chronology:: 1. 4/18/1845, Fighting Island, ashore and released;
2. 11/00/1848, a shoal, Lake Erie, ashore, (lost sails & rigging), released and repaired;
3. 5/1/1851, Lake Erie, returned to Buffalo with canvas badly torn and repaired;
4. 5/6/1852, Lake Michigan, lost 140 barrels of high wines off the deck, in a gale, repaired, $1, 200 loss;
5. 10/00/1856, Death's Door, Lake Michigan, ashore and hull went to pieces, cargo $800, hull $3, 500;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $1,200;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. House Report No. 741; p. 157;

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