Joshua R. Giddings (Brigantine, 1844)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Joshua R. Giddings
Year of Build:: 1844

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ashtabula, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Brigantine
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Stephen Lockwood
Ownership Notes:: Sammial (Sammis), H,, (1844); Paine, R. G., (1848); Taylor, A. C., 1855); Bugbee, D., (1855); Watson, S. L., (1856); Green, S. C., (1856); Bruce, E. A., (1857);
Master(s):: Gates, R., (1844); Billings, (1847); Yates, A. G., (1847); McKinney, H, (1848); Taylor, A., (1850); Watson, S. L., (1855); Williams, S., (1857);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1844)

Hull Dimensions

1844: Length: 114' Width/Beam: 25' 8" Depth: 9' 8"

Tonnage

1844: Gross: 257 + 49/95

Enrollments/Registration

September 7, 1844: Port: Cleveland Number: 45 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-15-1845
May 15, 1845: Port: Buffalo Number: 23 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-3-1847
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August 3, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 83 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-15-1847
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September 15, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 100 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-30-1848
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June 30, 1848: Port: Detroit Number: 31 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-18-1851
June 18, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 50 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-1-1851
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November 1, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 84 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-2-1855
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April 2, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-11-1855
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April 11, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 17 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-17-1856
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March 17, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 27 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buff3-26-1856alo
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March 26, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 34 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-9-1857
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June 9, 1857: Port: Chicago Number: 68 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Brigantine, Joshua R. Giddings (1844- )
Nationality:: American (1844- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/2/1845, collision, (Brig, Clarion), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
2. 5/8/1847, 12 miles below Chicago, ashore and released;
3. 11/13/1847, Buffalo, ashore, (flour), released;
4. 9/27/1848, Buffalo, ashore, (wheat), released;
5. 9/21/1952, Lake Huron, disabled in a gale and towed into port for repairs, $1, 000 loss;
5. 5/30/1854, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, damaged cargo of wheat and repaired at Cleveland, Ohio;
6. 9/00/1855, St. Clair River, collision, (Brig, Cumberland), repaired, $200 loss;
7. 9/00/1855, Lake Huron, dismasted in a gale, (corn), repaired, $350 loss;
8. 7/00/1856, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak in a gale, repaired, (wheat), cargo $750 loss, hull $500 loss;
9. 12/00/1856, Lake Michigan, lost large anchor in a gale, damaged cargo (corn) repaired, cargo $200 loss, hull $500 loss;
10. 7/00/1857, Twin Rivers, capsized, $1, 800 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Listed on First enrollment as "J. R. Giddings".
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. House Report No. 741; p. 161;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 7/00/1857;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;

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