Stephen Girard (Schooner, 1832)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Chaumont, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Clark, William, (1832-1834); Wright, Luther, (1834-1836); Whitney, M., (1836-1840); Whitney, Moses, (1836); Evans, JOhn, (1836); Moore, William, (1836); Littlejohn, D. N. C., (1842-1843); Fitzhugh, Henry, (1842-1843); Peck, James, (1842-1843); Igo, Daniel, (1843-1844); McAuly, John, (1843-1844);
Master(s):: Master, Lenard., (1832); Richardson, Ira, (1834); Powell, Davod, (1836-1837); Smith, Benjamin, (1836); Wheeler, E. R., (1836-1837); Warner, John, (1836); Hugunin, John C., (1839); McAuly, John, (1842-1843);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 17, 1832*: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 7 of 1832
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-30-1832
May 30, 1832: Port: Oswego Number: 10 of 1832
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 3-17-1834
March 17, 1834: Port: Oswego Number: 1 of 1834
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-27-1836
April 27, 1836**: Port: Oswego Number: 5 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-1-1836
May 1, 1836: Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-13-1840
June 13, 1840: Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Papers Issued
Next document: Oswego 7-6-1842
July 6, 1842***: Port: Oswego Number: 30 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-18-1843
July 18, 1843: Port: Oswego Number: 44 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-12-1844; Next document: (Vessel broken up)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Stephen Girard (1832-1844)
Nationality:: American (1832-1844)
Chronology:: 1. 4/22/1839, Welland Canal (Gravelly Bay Lock), British soldiers attacked the vessel, forced the American flag to be cut down
and demanded that it be sent ashore; When the vessel tried to flee, the British closed the lock gate on the Stephen Girard smashing the small boat; This incident led to heated international dialect between the two countries;

Notes

General notes:: * This enrollment had the vessel name as "Stephen Jerard" which was an error;
**The tonnage gets changed from 78/95 to 75/95 which continues as an error;
***Length is given as 67', no inches; this mistake is also on the 1843 enrollment;
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Oswego, New York; Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York; Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. Cleveland Weekly Herald, 4/25/1839;
4. Daily Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 4/29/1839, 12/2/1842;
5. John Poole's Notes;

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