Post Boy (Schooner, 1849)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Madison, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Erastus Lockwood
Ownership Notes:: Allen, M., (1849); Hagg, S. D., (1853-1855); Berryman, G., (1858-1860); Scott, A., (1859); Vanderburgh, A. P., (1861); Keyes, E.A., (1862);
Master(s):: Shipboy, (1851); Germary, R. C., (1853); Berriman, G., (1859); Lent, W. H., (1861); Hall, L., (1862);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 4, 1849: Port: Cleveland Number: 26 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-21-1853
April 21, 1853: Port: Buffalo Number: 65 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1854
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April 14, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 70 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-9-1855
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October 9, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 219 of 1855
View document online; Next document: Erie 7-6-1858
July 6, 1858: Port: Erie Number: 7 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Presque Isle 2-12-1859
February 12, 1859: Port: Presque Isle Number: 1 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-18-1861
October 18, 1861: Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-11-1862
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April 11, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Post Boy (1849-1862)
Nationality:: American (1849-1862)
Chronology:: 1. 11/28/1851, Dunkirk, Lake Erie, ashore, (bricks), released, $150 loss;
2. 11/00/1856, Port Colborne, Lake Erie, struck pier, repaired, $150 loss;
3. 11/2/1862, Van Buren Point, Lake Erie, ashore, hull went to pieces, anchor, chain, and rigging was later salvaged;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $2,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;

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