Post Boy (Schooner, 1832)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Portland Harbor, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head*
Ownership Notes:: Eaton, Augustus, (1832-1841); Mount, George, (1832-1833); Knapp, Gilbert, (1832-1833); Morgan & Faulkner, (1832-1833); Tinker, Eliphalt L., (1832-1835); Ashron, Eleakein, (1835-1837); Chapin, (1833); Miller, Samuel, (1833-1835); Haas, James, (1835-1837); Brown, Daniel, (1835-1841); Eaton, G. A., (1837); Earl, John H., (1837-1841); Hixon, Jr., Jeremy, (1841);
Master(s):: Haggerty, John, (1832); Whetak, W., (1833); Edgecomb, Morgan, (1835); Earl, John H., (1837); Hixon, Jr., Jeremy, (1841);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 16, 1832: Port: Buffalo Number: 7 of 1832
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-13-1833
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June 13, 1833: Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1833
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-10-1833
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September 10, 1833: Port: Buffalo Number: 20 of 1833
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-8-1835
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May 8, 1835: Port: Buffalo Number: 8 of 1835
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-20-1837
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September 20, 1837**: Port: Detroit Number: 47 of 1837
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-14-1841
July 14, 1841: Port: Detroit Number: 20 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Post Boy (1832-1841)
Nationality:: American (1832-1841)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1841, 15 miles north of Kalamazoo, Lake Michigan, sank, (13 lives lost), cargo $1, 000 loss, hull $2, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Commercial Advertiser & Journal (Buffalo) of 11/6/1841, says the "figure head" of the Post Boy was taken to Chicago, but a figure head is never indicated in the enrollments;
** this enrollment states she was built in Portland Harbor, Ohio which is an error;
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. Buffalo Whig: 6/25/1834;
4. Commercial Advertiser & Journal (Buffalo): 11/6/1841, 11/20/1841;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/12/1848;
6. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 637;
7. John Poole's notes;

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