FREEDOM (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FREEDOM
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
9194
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Green Bay, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
M. Montgomery
Original Owner and Location:
John L. Fisk & Asahel Hart, Green Bay, WI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
78'
Beam:
16' 6"
Depth:
4' 5"
Tonnage (old style):
52 21/95 tons
History
Chronology:

1857 - 59 Enrolled Mackinac, MI.

1860 Owned M. Montgomery, Green Bay, WI.

1862 - 68 Twelve enrollments Chicago, IL.

1864 Owned R. Dupree, Green Bay.

1868 67.78 gross tons; US9194.

1869, Oct 14 Wrecked Calumet Point near Chicago carrying lumber & oak piles; owned L. Morgan, Green Bay, WI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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