Ship registers and enrollments of Boston and Charlestown, Part 2

Author: Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.)
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Boston, Mass., National Archives Project
Number of Pages: 542


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Registered, No. 64, June 4, 1794. Owners: Peter Chardron Brooks, Boston; Charles Stimpson, James Hall, Petersburgh, Va. Vessel sold foreign in 1795 or thereabout. (NA).


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ABO, brig, of Boston. Built at Cohasset, 1795. 166 8/95 tons; 75 ft. 10 in. x 22 ft. 6 in. x ll ft. 3 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern.


Registered, No. 225, Aug. 19, 1795. Owners: Amasa Pennyman,


Boston. Master: John Buckley. Cancelled, Jan. 15, 1796, by direction of Treasury Department, dated Jan. 6, 1796. (NA).


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16 ACTIVE, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Stonington, Conn., 1784. 81 14/95 tons; 62 ft. 8 in. x 20 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 5 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, woman figurchead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 4, Oct. 9, 1789. Owners: David Hinckley, Now Braintree; Ralph Smith, gentleman, Joseph Ruggles, Nathaniel Ruggles,


Roxbury. Master: Jamos Orr. (NA) .


Registered, No. 104, June 4, 1790. Owners: David Hinckley, mariner, Brookfield; Benjamin Dwick, Joseph Ruggles, Nathaniel Ruggles, Ralph Smith, merchants, Roxbury. Master: David Hinckley. Change of


masters: Lazarus Lovell, Apr. 22, 1791. (NA) .


Registered, No. 71, June 28, 1792. 112 91/95 tons; 62 ft. 8 in. x 20 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 4 in. Two decks. Owners : William Coolidge, merchant, Boston. Master: James Knowles. Vessel sold foreign. (NA). 17- ACTIVE, schooner, of Boston. Built in Connecticut, 1792. 65 27/95 tons; 58 ft. 7 in. x 19 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 92 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 42, Dec. 11, 1792, at New London, Conn.


Registered, No. 30, Feb. 6, 1794. Owners: Edward H. Robbins,


Esquire, Milton. Master: David Clark. (NA). Enrolled, No. 122, June 28, 1794. Owners: same . Master:


same . Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Registered, No. 174, Sept. 18, 1794. Owners:


same . Master:


same . (NA) .


Registered (temporary) , hailing port, Portsmouth, N.H., No. 234, Aug. 26, 1795. Owners: William Smith, merchant, Portsmouth, N.H .; Samuel Adams, Durham, N.H. Master: John Clapham. Surrendered, Sept. 10, 1795, at Portsmouth, N.H. (NA) .


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ACTIVE, brig, of Boston. Built at Georgetown (now Maine) , 1793. 152 75/95 tons; 72 ft. 4 in. x 22 ft. 2 in. x Il ft. 1 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 5, Apr. 23, 1795, at Bath (now Maine).


Registered, No. 204, July 21, 1795. Ownors: John Dorr, Joseph Dorr, merchants, Boston. Master: William White. Change of masters: Shubael Snow, Feb. 8, 1797. Surrendered at Baltimore, Md. (date unknown) . Vessel sold at Bremen, 1797. (NA).


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ADAMANT, schooner, of Hingham. Built at Hingham, 1793. 64 16/95 tons; 61 ft. 8 in. x 19 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 5 in. One deck, two masts,


square stern.


Enrolled, No. 19, June 4, 1793. Owners: Thomas Loring, Thomas


Thaxter, merchants, Hingham. Master: Othniel Stodder. Change of masters: David Trufant, Mar. 9, 1794. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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ADVENTURE, brigantino, of Boston. Built at Pownalboro (now Maine), 1783. 99 40/95 tons; 70 ft. x 21 ft. x 7 ft. 10 in. One dock, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Rogistered, No. 10, Oct. 14, 1789. Owners: John Codman Jr.,


Ephraim Lombard, Boston. Mastor: Ephraim Lombard. (NA) .


Registered, No. 155, Oct. 7, 1790. Owners: William Fostor, Boston. Master: Abner Joy. Change of masters: Samuel Chapman, Apr. 14, 1791. (NA) .


Registered, No. 66, June 16, 1792. Owners : Elisha Bangs, Samuel


Watts, Boston. Master: Gorham Lovell. Change of masters: Stephen Homer, Aug. 16, 1792; Joseph Baker Jr., July 6, 1793. (NA).


Registercd, No. 235, Dec. 27, 1793. Owners: Martin Briker,


Martin Briker Jr., Boston. Master: Doane Snow. Surrendered, Sept. 1, 1794, at New York City. Vossel sold in New York City. (NA) ..


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21 ADVENTURE, ship, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1792. 186 24/95 tons; 79 ft. x 23 ft. 4 in. x ll ft. 8 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter badges, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 15. Feb. 19, 1793. Owners: Thomas Harris, Richard Devens, John Harris, Charlestown; Jonathan Harris, John Jones Waldo, Jesse Putnam, John Welles, Jonathan Chapman, Boston. Master: Jonathan Chapman. Change of masters: Cornelius Mansize, June 20, 1794; Timothy Lombard, Apr, 1, 1795. (NA). Registered, No. 105, Apr. 28, 1795. Owners: Arnold Welles, John Welles, Jonathan Mason Jr., Thomas Perkins, Boston. Master: Timothy Lombard. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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ADVENTURE, ship, of Boston. Built at Wiscasset (now Maine), 1787. 187 1/95 tons; 81 ft. x 23 ft. x 11 ft. 6 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 20, May 29, 1790, at Wiscasset (now Maine).


Registered, No. 200, Oct. 17, 1794. Owners: Calvin Ellis,


Boston. Master: Paul Lombard. Cancelled by direction of Treasury Department, Apr. 20, 1799. (NA).


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AGNESS, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Falmouth (now Maine),


1784. 153 17/95 tons; 75 ft. x 21 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 10 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 28, Jan. 27, 1790. Owners: Thomas Dennie, Daniel Sargent, Esther Bryant, widow, Boston. Master: Thomas Dennie. Change of masters: James Cassells, Aug. 11, 1790. (NA).


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ALERT, schooner, of Boston. Built at Boston, 1792. 101 5/95 tons; 72 ft. x 20 ft. x 8 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Registered, No. 86, July 31, 1792. Owners: Henry Prentriss, Nathaniel Skinner, Thomas Ramsden, Reuben Loud, Boston. Surrendered, June 4, 1796 (place unknown) . (NA).


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ALERT, schooner, of Boston. Built at Weymouth, 1795. 90 63/95 tons; 65 ft. 10 in. x 20 ft. x 8 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Enrolled, No. 74, June 9, 1795. Owners: Nathan Bond, Boston.


Amos Bond, Watertown. Master; Abner Derby. Change of masters: John Bray Jr., Oct. 31, 1795. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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ALEXANDER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Cohasset, 1795. 81 35/95 tons; 65 ft. 6 in. x 19 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern.


Registered, No. 293, Oct. 27, 1795. Owners: Nehemiah Ingersol,


Benjamin Goodwin, Boston. Master: William Newcomb. Change of masters: John Ingersol, May 26, 1797. Surrendered, Nov. 28, 1797, at Charleston, S.C. (NA).


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1786. ALFRED, ship, of Boston. Built at Pownalboro (now Maine),


185 48/95 tons; 80 ft. 6 in. x 23 ft. x 11 ft. 6 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 15, Sept. 5, 1792, at Wiscasset, (now Maine) .


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Registered, No. 27, J.A. 25, 1794. Owners: Amos Winship, physician, Samuel Jones, merchant, Boston. Master: Stephen Macy, Margin . received. Cancelled, Doc. 9, 1797, (NA) .


28 ALICE, schooner, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1795. 65 30 95 tons; 60 ft. x 18 ft. x 7 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Enrolled, No. 60, May 19, 1795. Owners: Abiel Winship,


merchant, Boston; John White, Weymouth. Master:


Solomon White. Thomas


Melville, survey or .


Enrolled, No. 113, Aug. 28, 1795. Owners: Abiol Winship, merchant, Boston. Master: Thomas Isbester.


Registered, No. 322, Nov. 12, 1795. Owners:


samo.


Master:


samo. Change of masters: Thomas Higgins, June 15, 1796; Samuel Rider, May 25, 1797. Cancelled, Nov. 23, 1797; vossel having boon taken and condemned at Port Au Prince. (NA).


AMELIA, schooner, of Boston. Built in Connecticut, 1784. 75 27/95 tons; 62 ft. x 19 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. One dock, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 105, Doc. 22, 1789. Owners: John Haskins Jr.,


Joseph Hussey, merchants, Israel Cook, cooper, Boston. Master: Nohomiah


Lovell. Change of masters: Samuel Toplifter, July 31, 1790. (NA).


Registered, No. 122, Nov. 15, 1791. Ownors: Thomas May, Phincas


Smith, Israel Cook, cooper, Boston. Master: John Choate. (NA) .


Registored, No. 54, May 29, 1792. Owners: Edward Shaw, Boston.


Mastor: Edward Shaw. Change of masters: Joshua Myrick, Fob. 11, 1793. (NA) . Registored, No. 184, Nov. 20, 1793. Owners: George Edgar,


Boston. Mastor: Alexander Chisholm. (NA).


Registered, No. 12, Jan. 13, 1794. Owners: William Skiming,


Boston. Master: samo. (NA) .


Registered, No. 63, June 4, 1794. Owners: Thomas Woodhead,


Boston. Mastor: Elisha Rich. Change of masters: Richard Chaso, June 4, 1794; David Stophonson, Apr. 6, 1795. (NA).


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· AMELIA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Weymouth, 1788. 53 71/95 tons; 56 ft. 6 in. x 16 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. Ono dock, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Rogisterod, No. 175, Nov. 4, 1790. Owners: Poter Bicknell, yeoman, Braintroo. Mastor: Isaiah Snow. Change of masters: John Campbell, Nov. 14, 1791; Bon Curtis, Doc. 24, 1791; Archolaus Smith, Apr. 11, 1792; Peter Posso, Nov. 30, 1793. (NA) .


Enrolled, No. 23, Mar. 21, 1794. Owners: Poter Bicknoll,


yeoman, Quincy. Mostor: Atkins Lumber. Thomas Molville, surveyor.


Enrollod, No. 15, Mar. 12, 1795. Owners: same. Master: Poter


Knights. Change of masters: - Archelaus Smith, Doc. 1, 1795.


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ATTERICA, schooner, of Scituato. Built at Hanover, 1787. 50 49/95 tons; 55 ft. x 16 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. Ono dock, two masts, square storn. Previous documentation not shown.


Registorod ( tomporary ), No. 203, Dec. 29, 1790. Owners: Snow Stetson, merchant, Josoph Tolman, gentleman, Scituate. Master: Jothro Hathaway, Now Bodford. (NA) .


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Registered, hailing port Boston, No. 28, Apr. 12, 1791,


Owners: Jethro Hathaway, mariner, New Bedford; Seth Spear, Daniel Baxter, gentlemen, John Pray, cordwainer, Ebenezer Adams Jr., victuale.', Braintree. Master: same. (NA).


Registered, No. 132, Sept. 13, 1793. Owners: Daniel Baxter, Seth Spear, gentlemen, Ebenezer Adams, victualer, Qunicy. Master: John Clerke. (NA).


Registered, No. 216, Dec. 14, 1793. Owners: Phineas Smith, mariner. Boston. Master: Phineas Smith. Vessel taken and register detained at Island of Dominica. Later released. (NA).


Registered, No. 50, Apr. 10, 1794. Owners: Thomas H. Condy, merchant, Phineas Smith, mariner, William Shaw, merchant, Boston. Master: same. (NA).


Enrolled, No. 105, May 26, 1794. Owners: William Shaw, merchant, Boston. Master: Jabez Barney. Change of masters: Bowen Thomas, July 5, 1794, at Washington, D.C. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Registered, No. 36, Jan. 31, 1795. Owners: Samuel Jones, Amos Winship, merchants, Boston. Master: Nathaniel G. Jones. (NA). Boston. Master : John Raymond. (NA).


Registered, No. 126, May 23, 1795. Owners: Joseph Whitney,


32 AMERICA, schooner, of Hingham. Built at Hingham, 1789. 64 80/95 tons; 60 ft. x 17 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, long quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown.


Enrolled, No. 189, Mar. 6, 1793. Owners: Levi Lincoln, mariner, John Souther, shipwright, Isaiah Cushing, blacksmith, Hingham. Master: David Snow.


Registered, No. 279, Oct. 15, 1795. Owners: same. Master:


Joseph Thatcher. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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AMERICA, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Topsham (now Maine), 1794. 189 46/95 tons; 79 ft. 4 in. x 23 ft. 6 in. x ll ft. 9 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 7, Oct. 10, 1794, at Bath (now Maine).


Registered, No. 252, Dec. 16, 1794. Owners: Joseph Cordis, John W. Landon, merchants, Charlestown; John Patten, Robert Patten, gentlemen, Topsham (now Maine). Master: John Stinson. (NA). Registered, No. 205, July 22, 1795. Owners: Robert Getty, Thomas Neil, merchants, Boston. Master: same. Vessel altered to a ship. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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ANDREW, schooner, of Boston. Built at Hanover, 1791. 64 8/95 tons; 58 ft. 6 in. x 18 ft. x 7 ft. 1 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 32, Apr. 20, 1791. Owners: John Newell,


cooper, Boston. Master: Solomon Lewis. Change of masters: Cornelius Dunham, Oct. 31, 1791. (NA). Registered, No. 51, May 24, 1792. Owners: Nathaniel


Fellows, merchant, Boston. Master: Cornelius Dunham. Cancelled, for register, Oct. 6, 1792, at Philadelphia, Pa. (NA).


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35 ANGELICA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Warren, R.I., 1795. 119 9/95 tons; 71 ft. 9 in. x ?l ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 2, Oct. 12, 1795, at Valdoborough (nox Muine ) . Registered, No. 323, Nov. 16, 1795. Owners: Benjamin Jarvis,


merchant, Boston. Master: Noah Pease, (NA). For subsequent documen- tation see Vol. II.


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ANN, brigantine, of Salem. Built at Danvers, 1783. 122 36/95 tons; 74 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. 73 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered (temporary), No. 78, Apr. 15, 1790. Owners: Henry Williams, mariner, George Williams, merchant, Salem. Master: James Smith. Chance of masters: Ebenezer Smith, Apr. 20, 1792. (NA).


Registered (temporary), as brig, of Salem, No. 78, June 19,


1794. 154 35/95 tons; 75 ft. x 21 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 10% in. Owners; George Williams, merchant, Salem; Samuel Williams, merchant, Boston; Henry Williams, John Williams, Timothy Williams, merchants, Watertown. Master: William Patterson. Change of masters: Ebenezer Smith, May 19, 1795; William Patterson, May 4, 1796. (NA). For subsequent documen- tation see Vol. II.


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ANN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Sandwich, 1793. 77 68/95 tons; 64 ft. x 19 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, serpent figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Enrolled, No. 12, June 29, 1793. Ommers: John Wharton Blanchard, merchant, Boston. Master: Samuel Chessman. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Registered, No. 168, Nov. 1, 1793. Owners: same. · Master: Timothy Crocker Jr. (NA).


Registered, No. 83, June 23, 1794. Owners: Feter Chardon Brooks, merchant, Boston. Master: Robinson Dimmick. (NA).


Registered, No. 196, Oct. 11, 1794. Owners: David Green,


Peter Chardon Brooks, merchants, Boston. Master: same. Change of masters: Pelham Gibbs, May 23, 1796. Vessel having been captured by the British in 1794 or 1795. (NA).


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ANN, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Salisbury, 1793. 159 59/95 tons; 71 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft. Il in. x Il ft. 5+ in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 131, Sept. 13, 1793. Owners: William Parson, Stephen Higginson, merchants, Boston. Master: Abraham Wheelwright. Change of masters: John Bartlett, May 22, 1794; Robert Lord, Mar. 6, 1795. Vessel having been taken by the French (date unknown). (NA).


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ANN, sloop, of Portland (now Maine). Built at Brunswick (now Maine), 1787. 73 7/95 tons; 63 ft. 6 in. x 19 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 44, Sept. 21, 1793, at Portland ( now Maine).


Enrolled. (temporary), No. 57, Dec. 10, 1793. Owners: Samuel Warner, Stephen Deblois, merchants, Portland (now Maine) . Thomas Amory, Agent, Boston. Master: Thomas Waite. James Lunt, surveyor, Portland ( now Maine). Cancelled, May 16, 1794, at Portland (now Maine).


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ANN, ship, of Boston. Built at Occoquan, Va., 1791. 164 29/95 tons; 77 ft. 6 in, x 22 ft. x 11 ft, Two decks, three masts, square stern, figurehead. Previously registered, No. 219, Dec. 15, 1794, at Baltimore, Md.


Registered, No. 55. Feb, 28, 1795. Owners: Charles Vaughan, Andrew Spooner, merchants, Boston. Master: William Southward. (NA).


ANNA, schooner, of Yarmouth. Built at Swanzey, 1767. 40 10/95 tons; 50 ft. x 16 ft. 9 in, x 5 ft, 9 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 21, Jan. 1, 1794, at Barnstable.


Enrolled (temporary ), No. 57, Apr. 10, 1794. Owners: Timothy Baker, mariner, Levi Linnell, Yarmouth; Edward Burke, Barnstable. Master: Prince Lombard. Thomas Thatcher, surveyor, Barnstable. Can- celled, Apr. 19, 1794, at Barnstable.


41 42 ANNE, schooner, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1795. 74 42/95 tons; 62 ft. # 18 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in. One decl:, two masts, square stern. Enrolled, No. 114, Aug. 31, 1795. Owners: Enoch James,


blacksmith, Boston; Samuel Brown, Quincy. Master: Eleazer Higgins. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Registered, No. 340, Dec. 1, 1795. Owners: same. Måster:


Samuel Brown. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II. . 43


ANTELOPE, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Newburyport, 1786. 172 69/95 tons; 78 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft. 6 in. x 1l ft. 3 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 9, Jan. 9, 1790. Owners: Eben Parsons, merchant, Boston. Master: Thomas Parsons. Change of masters: Benjamin Hillar, Jan. 5, 1795. Cancelled, Mar. 3, 1799, by direction of Treasury Department. (NA).


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APOLLO, brig, of Boston. Built at Hanover, 1792. 139 65/95 tons; 70 ft. 4 in. x 21 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 9 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 107, Oct. 2, 1792. Owners: Stephen Gorham, merchant, Boston; Albert Smith, mariner, Hanover. Master: Albert Smith. Change of masters: Benjamin Parker, Oct. 12, 1793; Thomas Haddaway, Mar. 1, 1799, (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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APOLLO, ship, of Boston. Built at Falmouth (now Maine), 1794. 175 30/95 tons; 84 ft. 9 in. x 22 ft. 5 in. x 10 ft. 5 in. One deck, three masts, square stern, figurehead. Previously registered, No. 2, Jan. 6, 1795, at Portland, and Falmouth (now Maine). Registered, No. 58, Mar. 3, 1795. Owners: Benjamin Tupper, merchant, Benjamin Beal Jr., Gardner L. Chandler, Boston. Master: Jonathan Coffin. (NA).


Registered, No. 60, Mar. 6, 1795. Owners: Benjamin Tupper, Benjamin Beal Jr., Gardner L. Chandler, merchants, Boston; Moses Davis, Aaron Davis, merchants, Roxbury. Master: same. ( NA).


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ARGO, slip, of Boston. Built at Marshfield, 1795. 221 27/95 tons; 86 ft. x 24 ft. 5 in. x 12 ft. lg in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter badges, figurehead.


Registered, No. 367, Dec. 22, 1795. Owners: Stephen Gorham, merchant, Boston; Albert Smith, mariner, Hanover. Master: Albert Smith. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


47 ARGONAUT, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Marshfield, 1794. 176 9/95 tons; 77 ft. x 23 ft. x 1l ft. 6 in. Two decks, two masts, -


square stern. Registered, No. 155, Aug. 29, 1794. Owners: James S. Lovell, merchant, John Reed, Thomas Lovell, Boston. Master: Thomas Lovell. ( NA).


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ASIA, ship, of Boston. Built at Durham, N.H., 1794. 327 65/95 tons; 98 ft. 3 in. x 27 ft. 6 in. x 15 ft. 8 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter galleries, figurehead. Previously registered, No. 36, Dec. 17, 1794, at Portsmouth, N.H. Registered, No. 30, Jan. 28, 1795. Ovmers: Jesse Putnam, merchant, Arnold Welles, David Sears, Daniel D. Rogers, William Wetmore, Jonathan Mason Jr., Andrew Craigie, John J. Waldo, William Payme, John Welles, Henry Newman, Joseph Woodward, John Gardner, Jonathan Chapman, Boston. Master: Jonathan Chapman. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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ATLANTIC, ship, of Boston. Built at Bath (now Maine) 1790. 234 82/95 tons; 34 ft. x 25 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 9 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 16, Nov. 22, 1790, at Bath (now Maino) .


Registered, No. 8, Jan. 6, 1795. Owners: George Gosley,


merchant, Boston. Master: Richard Dolano. (NA) .


50 ATLANTIC, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Rochester, 1769. 118 56/95 tons; 67 ft. 6 in. x 20 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 1 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 15, Oct. 13, 1794, at Now Bedford.


Registered, No. 213, July 27, 1795. Owners : Henry Jackson, merchant, Boston. Master: Phillip Jervis. (NA).


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ATLANTIC, schooner, of Brunswick (now Maine) . Built at Brunswick (now Maine), 1795. 107 83/95 tons; 72 ft. x 22 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, figurchead. Previously enrolled, No. 55, Nov. 16, 1795, at Portland and Falmouth ( now Maine) . Registered (temporary), No. 365, Doc. 21, 1795. Owners: Nathaniel Molcher, mariner, Joseph Molcher, Abnor Melcher, Brunswick (now Maine) : Samuel Dillaway, Boston. Master: Nathaniel Melchor. (NA). For subsequent documentation soc Vol. II. 52


ATLANTIC, schooner, of Hingham. Built at Thomaston (now Maine) ,


1786. 59 30/95 tons; 59 ft. 5 in. x 17 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. Ono deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 86, Doc. 11, 1789. Owners: Nathan Rua, Esquire, merchant, Jums Leavett, yeoman, Hingham. Master: Timothy Lombard. Change of masters: John Snow, Mar. 20, 1790; Timothy Nye, Apr. 13, 1791; Timothy Lombard, Dec. 8, 1791. (NA) .


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Registered, No. 50, May 23, 1792. Owners: Nathaniel Curtis, merchant, Boston; Ralph Smith, merchant, Roxbury. Master: Nathaniel Curtis Jr. Change of masters: Uriah Dunham, Dec. 15, 1792; Luther Marble, May 22, 1793; Samuel Topliff, Sept. 13, 1793. (NA).


53 ATLAS, schooner, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1785. 63 tons; 49 ft. 8 in. x 17 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. l'in. One deck, two masts, square


stern. Previously registered, No, 12, Dec, 19, 1789, at Plymouth. Registered, No. 57, May 30, 1793. Owners: Mathew Bridge, merchant, Charlestown; Nathaniel Fellowes, James Tisdale, John McLean, merchants, Boston. Master: Rufus Sampson. ( NA).


Registered, No. 201, Dec. 4, 1793. Owners: James Tisdale, merchant, Boston. Master: Zebediah Terry. Change of masters : William Godshall, July 5, 1794; Jonathan Skerry, Aug. 8, 1796. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


54 AURORA, snow, of Boston. Built at Cohasset, 1792. 216 tons; 81 ft. 11 in. x 24 ft. 9 in. x 12 ft. 43 in. Two decks, two masts,


square stern.


Registered, No. 41, Apr. 30, 1792. Owners: Theodore Lyman,


merchant, Boston. Master: Thomas Le Moyne. Change of masters: John Thompson, Dec. 11, 1792. Vessel sold in Spain, in 1793 or 1794. (NA).


55. AURORA, schooner, of Boston. Built at New Bedford, 1793. 110 63/95 tons; 67 ft. 2 in. x 20 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 4 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 8, Mar. 22, 1794, at Alexandria, Va.


Registered, No. 195, Oct. 10, 1794. Owners: John Haskin Jr., merchant, Elijah Dix, Boston; John Delano, Seth Delano, New Bedford; William Hickman, Alexandria, Va .; John Hickman, Frederick County, Va. Master: John Delano. (NA).


Registered, No. 115, May 9, 1795. Owners: John Haskins Jr., merchant, Elijah Dix, Boston; William Hickman, Alexandria, Va .; John Hickman, Frederick County, Va. Master: William Kempton. Change of


masters: Samuel Day, Oct. 30, 1795. (NA). For previous documentation see Vol. II.


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AURORA, ship, of Boston. Built at Portland (now Maine), 1795. 176 24/95 tons; 79 ft. 3 in. x 22 ft. 7 in. x 11 ft. 33 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, woman figurehead. Previously registered, No. 3, Apr. 10, 1795, at Portland and Falmouth, (now Maine). Registered, No. 147, June 5, 1795. Owners: Oliver Peabody Holyoke, John Soren, merchants, Boston. Master: Rufus Sampson. (NA). 57


AURORA, ship, of Boston. Built at Kennebunk (now Maine), 1793. 209 31/95 tons; 79 ft. x 24 ft. 11 in. x 12 ft. 5% in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 191, Aug. 29, 1794, at New York City. Registered, No. 175, June 29, 1795. Owners: Benjamin Tupper, merchant, Boston; John Meader, Nantucket. Master: John Meader. Vessel sold in London, England, to a foreigner, as per letter of S. Williams, United States Consul at London, England, dated Sept. 24, 1798. (NA).


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58 AURORA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Rochester, 1787. 24 tons; 41 .ft. x 14 ft. x 5 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 24, Mar. 16, 1795, at Barnstable. Enrolled, No. 134, Dec. 3, 1795. Owners: Reuben Carver, mariner, Boston. Master: Thomas Green. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


59 AURORA, brig, of Boston. Built at Bradford, 1795. 135 17/95 stern. Frevious documentation not shown.


tons; 70 ft. x 21 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 7 in. Two decks, two masts, squar ;


Registered, No. 380, Dec. 29, 1795. Owners: Joseph Roby,


Lemuel Gardner, merchants, Boston. Master: John Wardell. Surrendered, Feb. 25, 1796, at Charleston, S.C. (NA).


60


AVERY, schooner, of Duxbury. Built at Duxbury, 1784. . 61 74/95 tons; 58 ft. 9 in. x 16 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 52, Dec. 8, 1789, at Plymouth. Enrolled ( temporary) , No. 191, Nov. 28, 1794. Owners: Jabez Waterman, mariner, Halifax; Nathaniel Winsor, merchant, Duxbury. Master: Jabez Waterman. Cancelled, for enrollment, No. 30, June 2, 1796, at Plymouth.


61 BALD EAGLE, ship, of Boston. Built at Milton, 1792. 220 37/95


tons; 82 ft. x 25 ft. x 12 ft. 6 in. Two decks, three masts, square


stern, eagle figurehead.


Registered, No. 119, Oct. 30, 1792. Owners: Joseph Blake, merchant, Boston. Master: John Atkins. Change of masters: Henry Atkins, Aug. 3, 1793; John W. Atkins, July 5, 1794. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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BALTIMORE, schooner, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1793. 111 63/95 tons; 64 ft. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. Ono dock, two masts, square stern.


Enrolled, No. 39, Sept. 21, 1793. Ownors : Amasa Penniman,


Abiel Winship, merchants, Boston. Master: Elisha Luco. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Surrendered, Oct. 28, 1794, at Boston and Charlestown.


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BARBARA, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Taunton, 1789. 158 14/95 tons; 75 ft. 3 in. x 22 ft. x. ll ft. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.




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