Luther Wright (Schooner, 1835)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sackets Harbor, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Ownership Notes:: Cook, Medad, (1835); Wright, Luther, (1835); Cole, Daniel W., (1835); Fitzhugh, Henry, (1836); Smith, Garret, (1838);
Master(s):: Cook, Medad, (1835); Turner, L., (1836); Robinson, A., (1836); Beach, H. M., (1836); Cole, David, (1836); Smith, Garret, (1838); Smith, George, (1838);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 3, 1835: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 6 of 1835
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-30-1836
May 30, 1836: Port: Oswego* Number: 16 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-16-1838
June 16, 1838: Port: Oswego Number: 16 of 1838
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-8-1840
July 8, 1840: Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Luther Wright (1835- )
Nationality:: American (1835- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1842, Oswego, burned to the water's edge at H. Fitzhugh's dock in east Oswego, (wheat);

Notes

General notes:: *Enrollment gives gross tonnage as 100 + 35/95, which is an error;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York; Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Enrollments: Oswego, New York; Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 12/3/1842;
4. John Poole's notes;

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