Mary (Schooner, 1846)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Mary
Year of Build:: 1846
Major repairs:: 1871, refastened;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1852, L. Littles, Wilson, New York;
2. 1859, Shickluna, L., St. Catherines, Ontario;
3, 1866, Wilson, New York;
Official Number:: 16346

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Wilson, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: S. Littles
Ownership Notes:: Shickluna, L., (1860); Laurie, R., (1863); Laurie, L., (1863); Acton, J. A., (1864-1866); Cain, W. H., (1867); Main, W. H., (1869-1872): Edwards, (1873);
Master(s):: Haskins, A., (1867); Wilder, E., (1869); Edwards, S., (1872);

Power

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: (Canadian (Register)
July 26, 1866: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 40 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 4-15-1867
April 15, 1867: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 40 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 4-30-1869
April 30, 1869: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 58 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 5-8-1872
May 8, 1872: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 9 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked 10/17/1873)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Mary (1846-1873)
Nationality:: American (1846-1859); Canadian (1859-1866); American (1866-1873);
Chronology:: 1. 9/00/1855, off Point Aux "barques, on a reef and released;
2. 10/00/1859, Lake Ontario, sprang a leak and damaged cargo, (wheat), $1, 400 loss;
3. 11/00/1860, Timber Island, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $1, 000 loss;
4. 11/00/1861, Lake Michigan, lost bowsprit in a gale and replaced, $120 loss;
5. 11/00/1861, Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $200 loss;
6. 6/00/1869, Chicago, collision, (Steam Barge, Omar Pasha), and repaired;
7. 10/17/1873, near Charlotte, New York, Lake Ontario, wrecked;

Notes

General notes:: Home Port: Cape Vincent, (1868-1870); Three Mile Bay, (1871); Chaumont, (1872);
She was valued at $1,600, in 1864; $1,400, in 1866; $2,500, in 1871; $1,500, in 1873;
Sources:: 1. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
2. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1884);
3. Vessel Register: (1864-1873);
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861, 1/22/1862;
6. John Poole's notes;
7. Master Abstracts: Cape Vincent, New York;
8. Enrollment; Cape Vincent, New York;

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