Year of Build:

1847

Official Number:

402

Built at:

Toledo, OH

Vessel Type:

Brigantine

Note: Polacre rigged.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

J. P. Arnold

Original Owner and Location:

Lewis, Beardsley & Fitch, Toledo, OH & Cleveland, OH

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

122'

Beam:

24'

Depth:

9.5'

Tonnage (old style):

268 19/95

Final Location:

Off Madison, OH.
Lake Erie.

Date:

24 Oct 1868

How:

Sunk.

Final Cargo:

16,000 bushels wheat

Notes:

Reportedly sunk near same spot as MARY WILLIAMS.

1847, Apr 17 Launched; intended to do business between Toledo, OH & Oswego, NY.

1850 Ashore near Sackets Harbor; pulled off.

1851, May 1 Ashore new Sackets Harbor; repaired.

1852 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1853, May 19 With cargo of corn from Chicago to Buffalo, went ashore near the east pier, Cleveland OH & lost 11,500 bushels.

1854 Buffalo customs District.

1856 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1857 Enrolled Detroit, MI & Buffalo, NY.

1857, Jul Collided with schooner J. F. WARNER, Straits of Mackinac.

1860 Enrolled Detroit, MI, owned C. C. Blodgett.

1862 Rebuilt; owned J. B. Scott, Detroit, MI.

1863, Jul 8 Grounded, Graham Shoal, Straits of Mackinac.

1866 Readmeasured 205 gross ton.

1867 Rebuilt & rerigged as schooner.

1867, Jul Dismasted; repaired at Detroit.

1867, Sep 11 Collided with schooner MOUNTAINEER, Lake Erie.

1868, Oct 24 Sunk.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database