General Warren (Schooner, 1833)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Mount Clemens, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head*
Builder Name:: Isaac Russ
Ownership Notes:: Allen, James C., (1833-1840); Hulbert, John, (1834-1840); Sears, Richard, (1834-1837); Whiting, John L., (1834-1837); Avery, (1834); Ketchum, Daniel W., (1842); Brown, Thomas, (1846); Smith, C., (1851);
Master(s):: Allen, James C., (1833-1834); Bernard, St., (1836); Reed, George, (1837); Ketchum, Daniel W., (1842); Brown, Thomas, (1846); Smith, (1851);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 15, 1833: Port: Detroit Number: 17 of 1833
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 10-13-1834
October 13, 1834: Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1834
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-11-1836
June 11, 1836: Port: Detroit Number: 17 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-19-1837
April 19, 1837: Port: Detroit Number: 11 of 1837
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-13-1840
March 13, 1840: Port: Detroit** Number: 2 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Michilimackinac 6-30-1842
June 30, 1842: Port: Michilimackinac Number: 2 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-15-1846
July 15, 1846: Port: Detroit*** Number: 65 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, General Warren (1833- )
Nationality:: American (1833- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/3/1840, Presque Isle, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, (fish);
2. 3/12/1849, Chicago, damaged in a vessel jam during a flood;

Notes

General notes:: *1842, scroll head;
**This enrollment says she was built at Mount Clemens in 1840 and gives her length as 61'3", which is an error;
*** Cleveland Weekly Herald, 12/7/1847, says she was laid up for the winter in Chicago, Illinois. The vessel does not appear on a list of American vessels on the Great Lakes in 1854.
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Michilimackinac, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Detroit, Michigan; Michilimackinac, Michigan;
3. Detroit City Directory: 1837;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Buffalo Whig: 6/25/1834;
6. Cleveland Herald: 5/15/1840;
7. Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 6/23/1840, 4/3/1844, 3/21/1849;
8. Chicago Express: 3/23/1844;
9. Buffalo Daily Gazette: 4/4/1844;
10. Daily National Pilot (Buffalo): 5/12/1845;
11. Cleveland Weekly Herald: 12/7/1847;

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