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SALLY, sch., 63 tons, Salisbury, 1785. Reg. Dec. 3, 1789. Zacheriah Burchmore, John Norris, owners; John Burchmore, master. Reg. June 30, 1790. John Norris, owner ; John Burchmore, master. Reg. Apr. 12, 1791. Stephen Osborn, owner ; Richard Smith, master. [John Chapman was also master.]
SALLY, sch., 58 tons, Hanover, 1784. Reg. Dec. 17, 1789. Robert Leach, owner ; Benjamin Tarrent, master. [Sold to Beverly owners, May, 1801.] Reg. May 23, 1801. Asa Cole, Beverly, owner ; Ezra Smith, master. Reg. Dec. 27, 1806. Josiah Page, Beverly, John Page, Beverly, Nathaniel Goodwin, owners ; John Downs, master.
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SALLY, sloop, Beverly, 102 tons, Biddeford, 1785. Reg. Feb. 20, 1790. Robert Haskell, Beverly, owner; Robert Haskell, master.
SALLY, sloop, Beverly, 107 tons, Edgecomb, 1784. Reg. May 28, 1790. Eleazer Giles, Beverly, owner ; Ebenezer Giles, master.
SALLY, sloop, 38 tons, property of citizens of U. S., May 16, 1789. Reg. Sept. 24, 1790. Nathaniel Silsbee, owner ; Nathaniel Silsbee, master. Reg. Dec. 29, 1791. Elias H. Derby, owner; Nathaniel Silsbee, master.
SALLY, sch., 65 tons, Danvers, 1784. Reg. Dec. 15, 1790. John Leach, owner; Benjamin Tarrent, master. [Ephraim Skerry was also master.] Reg. Sept. 2, 1797. John Leach, Ebenezer Shillaber, owners ; John Leach, master. Reg. Dec. 21, 1799. John Leach, owner ; John Leach, master.
SALLY, bgtne., 124 tons, Braintree, 1786. Reg. Apr. 4, 1791. John Derby, jr., Elias H. Derby, Elias H. Derby, jr., owners ; Joseph Loring, master. Reg. June 5, 1792. Elias H. Derby, Ezekiel H. Derby, owners; Edward Allen, master. SALLY, sch., Danvers, 86 tons, Danvers, 1791. Reg. Jan. 16, 1792. Samuel Page, Danvers, owner ; Jonathan Mason, master. [Gideon Rea was also master.]
SALLY, bgtne., 165 tons, Portland, 1792. Reg. July 12, 1792. John Fisk, owner ; Joseph Strout, master.
SALLY, sch., 24 tons, Duxbury, 1780. Reg. Sept. 21, 1792. Benjamin Bullock, owner ; Richard Gray, master.
SALLY, sch., 34 tons, Salem, 1767. Reg. Apr. 19, 1793. Richard Gray, Isaac Needham, owners ; Richard Gray, mas- ter. Reg. May 6, 1793. Joseph Gardner, Simon Gardner, John Sage, owners ; Simon Gardner, master.
SALLY, bgtne., 90 tons, Chatham, 1784. Reg. Dec. 12, 1793. Zachariah Burchmore, owner ; Zachariah Burchmore, master.
SALLY, sch., Danvers, 74 tons, Haverhill, 1793. Reg. July 22, 1794. Samuel Fowler, Danvers, Simon Pendar, Danvers, owners ; Moses Endicott, master. Reg. Apr. 28, 1800. James Silver, William Silver, Curtis Searl, Danvers, owners ; James Silver, master.
SALLY, bgtne., 181 tons, Portland, 1792. Reg. Sept. 8, 1794. John Fiske, owner ; Robert Hale, master. Reg. Sept. 28, 1795. Thomas Saunders, Joseph Peabody, Joseph White, John Norris, Jonathan Gardner, owners ; Benjamin Webb, jr., master. Reg. Jan. 8, 1800. Thomas Saunders, Joseph Pea-
STAR - SALEM
BARK STAR, FREDERICK LENDHOLM, MASTER.
John Bertram, owner, From the painting in possession of the Peabody Academy of Science.
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body, Joseph White, John Norris, owners ; Moses Endicott, master. Reg. Jan. 3, 1803. Joseph Peabody, Gideon Tucker, owners ; Moses Endicott, master.
SALLY, sch., 69 tons, Amesbury, 1787. Reg. Dec. 26, 1794. John Pitman, owner ; John Pitman, jr., master. Reg. May 5, 1800. John Pitman, Daniel Proctor, owners ; Daniel Proctor, master. Reg. Nov. 17, 1800. Daniel Proctor, owner ; Daniel
Proctor, master. Reg. June 12, 1804. Daniel Proctor, Nathaniel Archer, Philip Chase, Abijah Chase, John Pratt, Joel Bowker, owners ; Nathaniel Archer, master. Reg. Jan. 26, 1805. David Nichols, Samuel Cook, Joseph Brown, owners ; Joseph Brown, master. Reg. June 27, 1805. Joseph Brown, owner; Joseph Brown, master. [Condemned in the West Indies.]
SALLY, sch., Beverly, 125 tons, Pembroke, 1795. Reg. Nov. 28, 1795. Benjamin Lovett, Beverly, John Stephens, Beverly, Thomas Stephens, Beverly, Nathan Leach, Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, Hale Hilton, Beverly, John Thissel, owners ; John Thissel, master. Reg. May 22, 1797. Benja- min Lovett, Beverly, John Stephens, Beverly, Thomas Stephens, Beverly, owners ; John Baker, master.
SALLY, ship, Beverly, 203 tons, Falmouth, 1794. Reg. Jan. 24, 1797. Israel Thorndike, Beverly, Moses Brown, Beverly, Joseph Lee, Beverly, Ebenezer Preble, Beverly, owners ; Josiah Obear, master. [Commissioned as a Privateer.] Reg. June 23, 1798. Moses Brown, Beverly, Israel Thorndike, Beverly, Ebenezer Preble, Boston, owners ; Nicholas Thorn- dike, master. Reg. July 8, 1799. Israel Thorndike, Bever- ly, Moses Brown, Beverly, owners ; William Patterson, mas- ter. [George Taylor was also master. ]
SALLY, sch., 69 tons, Salisbury, 1785. Reg. Oct. 9, 1798. Stephen Osborn, owner ; Jonathan Millett, master. [Sold to Beverly owners Aug. 1800.] Reg. Aug. 1, 1800. Abner Chapman, Beverly, owner ; Thomas Smith, master. Reg. Jan. 21, 1801. Samuel G. Mackay, Beverly, Elias Smith, Beverly, owners ; Samuel G. Mackay, master.
SALLY, sch., 104 tons, Salem, 1798. Reg. June 9, 1800. Joseph Peabody, Thomas Perkins, owners ; Daniel Gould, master. Reg. Mar. 28, 1801. Joseph Peabody, Gideon Tucker, owners ; William Ramsdell, master.
SALLY, sch., 59 tons, Salem, 1784. Reg. June 10, 1801. Ephraim Very, William Silver, James Silver, Curtis Searl, Danvers, owners ; Ephraim Very, master. Reg. Dec. 5, 1801.
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William Lang, Ephraim Very, owners ; Ephraim Very, mas- ter. Reg. June 7, 1804. Joseph Waters, owner; Benjamin Waters, master. Reg. Nov. 11, 1806. Clifford C. Byrne, Clifford Byrne, owners ; Clifford C. Byrne, master.
SALLY, sch., 143 tons, altered to a brigantine in June, 1803. Salem, 1798. Reg. Oct. 2, 1801. Joseph Peabody, Gideon Tucker, owners ; William Ramsdell, master. [Lost at sea in 1804.]
SALLY, sch., Beverly, 73 tons, Salisbury, 1798. Reg. Nov. 2, 1801. Robert Haskell, Beverly, owner; Robert Haskell, master. [Asa Lamson was also master.] Reg. May 10, 1809. Robert Haskell, Beverly, Thomas Picket, jr., Beverly, owners ; Thomas Picket, jr., master. [William Cook was also master.] Reg. Apr. 15, 1811. Thomas Stephens, Bever- ly, William Leach, Beverly, Abraham Kilham, Beverly, John Dike, jr., Beverly, owners ; Solomon Giddings, master. Reg. Dec. 5, 1811. Nicholas Thorndike, Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, Abraham Kilham, Beverly, Thomas Stephens, Bever- ly, owners ; Zachariah G. Lamson, master.
SALLY, bgtne., 161 tons, Salisbury, 1801. Reg. Nov. 10, 1801. Jacob Ashton, Benjamin Goodhue, Jonathan Neall, Stephen Webb, Nehemiah Buffington, Charles Cleveland, owners ; William Ashton, master. Reg. May 2, 1803. Jacob Ashton, Benjamin Goodhue, Nehemiah Buffington, Charles Cleveland, owners ; William Ashton, master. Reg. Apr. 18, 1804. Jacob Ashton, Benjamin Goodhue, Clifford Crownin- shield, Nehemiah Buffington, owners ; Richard Ashton, master.
SALLY, sch., Beverly, 34 tons, Amesbury, 1788. Reg. Nov. 11, 1809. John Shelden, Beverly, Nathaniel Safford, Bever- ly, owners ; Jesse Potter, master.
SALLY, sch., 62 tons, Amesbury, 1786. Reg. Apr. 1, 1812. John Dodge, Jesse Richards, owners ; Spencer Hall, master.
SALLY, brig, 113 tons, Great Egg Harbor, 1801. Reg. Feb. 9, 1813. James Cheever, jr., Jas. W. Stearns, Harvey Choate, Beverly, owners ; Harvey Choate, master.
SALLY, sch., Danvers, 115 tons, Alna, Me., 1816. Reg. Dec. 6, 1817. Nathaniel Putnam, Danvers, owner; William Allen, master. Tonnage changed to 176 tons, Nov. 1820. Reg. Nov. 8, 1840. Nathaniel Putnam, Danvers, Thomas Cheever, Danvers, John W. Osgood, Baltimore, owners ; Par- ker Brown, master.
SALLY, ship, 322 tons, Boston, 1803. Reg. Jan. 17, 1825. James Cook, Samuel Cook, Nathan Cook, Timothy Bryant, jr.,
SHIP SHIRLEY, CHARLES H. ALLEN, MASTER.
Owned by Stone, Silsbee & Pickman. From the painting in possession of the Peabody Academy of Science.
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owners; Richard E. Orne, master. [Original painting at the Essex Institute. Lost on the Bahama bank, 1825.]
SALLY, sch., 164 tons, Alna, Me., 1816. Reg. May 10, 1826. William Story, owner ; William Story, master.
SALLY ANN, brig, 135 tons, Woodbridge, N. J., 1815. Reg. Oct. 13, 1828. Stephen W. Shepard, Anthony D. Caulfield, owners ; Anthony D. Caulfield, master. Reg. May 26, 1831. Stephen W. Shepard, owner; Anthony D. Caulfield, master. [Cast away near Plymouth, in 1834.]
SALLY BARKER, brig, 141 tons, Duxbury, 1809. Reg. Dec. 20, 1822. Harvey Choate, Beverly, owner ; Harvey Choate, master. Reg. July 27, 1826. John Brooks, William Tread- well, Samuel Colby, Samuel Page, owners ; Samuel Page, mas- ter. Reg. June 6, 1827. Stephen W. Shepard, John Brooks, William Treadwell, William Brown, Anthony D. Caulfield, Ebenezer Symonds, jr., owners; Thomas Palfray, master. Reg. Jan. 11, 1828. John Clifton, owner; Nathaniel B. Mansfield, master. [Sold for $1,000. in New York, in 1828.]
SALLYS, sch., 89 tons, Braintree, 1785. Reg. Jan. 18, 1790. Timothy Wellman, owner ; Timothy Wellman, master.
SAM SMALL, brig, 164 tons, Machias, 1847. Reg. Jan. 6, 1854. John Dike, Isaac Cushing, owners ; William Tread- well, master.
SAMOS, bark, 243 tons, Scituate, 1827. Reg. July 22, 1845. Charles Hoffman, owner; Henry Archer, master. [Con- demned at Manila about 1846.]
SAMUEL, bgtne., 117 tons, Newbury, 1786. Reg. Feb. 15, 1806. Samuel Leach, Jonathan Becket, owners ; Joseph Brown, master.
SAMUEL E. SAWYER, sch., 61 tons, Baltimore, 1852. Reg. Oct. 5, 1860. Benjamin Webb, owner; John A. Johnson, master.
SAMUEL E. SAWYER, sch., 74 tons, Boothbay, Me., 1866. Reg. Nov. 20, 1868. C. C. Pettingell, Charles A. Ropes, Charles H. Fifield, Luther D. Pettingell, James Cushing, Gloucester, owners ; James Cushing, master.
SAMUEL LEWIS, sch., 97 tons, Belfast, 1845. Reg. Nov. 12, 1845. Geo. C. Varney, Moses C. Reynolds, owners ; Elijah West, master.
SAMUEL R. CRANE, sch., 78 tons gross, 52 tons net, Essex, 1882. Reg. Oct. 6, 1900. Horace M. Johnson, Harry McWinnie, Boston, owners ; Horace M. Johnson, master.
SAMUEL WRIGHT, ship, 372 tons, Portsmouth, N. H., 1824.
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Reg. June 14, 1833. John B. Osgood, owner ; John Pitman, master. [Used as a whaler, 1833-40. Cast away on New Holland, July 8, 1840.]
SAN FRANCISCO, bark, Beverly, 268 tons, Cumberland, Me., 1849. Reg. Aug. 6, 1849. George Whitmarsh, Beverly, Thomas Remmonds, Beverly, Ezra Ellingwood, Beverly, Isaac W. Baker, Beverly, J. L. Foster, Beverly, C. Wallis, Beverly, James Masury, Beverly, Thomas B. Davis, Beverly, Elliot Woodbury, Beverly, Andrew Larcom, Beverly, Washington Stott, Beverly, Isaac Sheldon, Beverly, Jacob Young, Beverly, Cotton Bennett, Beverly, Abiel Wales, Beverly, W. J. Dodge, Beverly, Edmund Giles, Beverly, Daniel Foster, 2nd, Bever- ly, Joshua Carrico, Beverly, John G. Butman, Beverly, Jona- than P. Thomas, Beverly, Edward Bartlett, Beverly, Edward Stone, Beverly, Samuel Lummus, Beverly, Andrew C. Baker, Beverly, Joseph Appleton, Beverly, Luke B. Prince, Beverly, William H. Lovett, Beverly, Richard J. Preston, Beverly, Zebulon O. Hale, Beverly, Thomas Simonds, Salem, Nathan Jones, Wenham, Daniel M. Prince, Rowley, Joseph S. Wy- man, Woburn, Joseph Blake, jr., Woburn, John Knights,2nd, Woburn, Jacob Weston, Woburn, owners ; Thomas Remmonds, master. [Advertised to sail for California with a party in 1849.]
SAPPHIRE, ship, 365 tons, Medford, 1825. Reg. Nov., 1832. Stephen C. Phillips, owner; Samuel Grove, master. Reg. Apr. 19, 1834. Stephen C. Phillips, James W. Cheever, owners ; Gordon Robinson, master. [William Stacey was also master. Used as a whaler in the Pacific, 1836-42. Water-color copy of an original oil painting at the Peabody Academy of Science. Foundered in the West Indies, Mar. 8, 1842, while on a voyage from Salem to Mobile.]
SAPPHO, bark, 319 tons, Boston, 1844. Temp. Reg. Bos- ton, Apr. 19, 1847. Benjamin W. Stone, William Stone, Benjamin H. Silsbee, John H. Silsbee, William D. Pickman, George T. Saunders, owners; Richard D. Rogers, master. [Photograph of an original painting at the Peabody Academy of Science. Sold in 1849 and long used as a whaler out of New Bedford.]
SARAH, sch., Beverly, 60 tons, Essex, 1824. Reg. Dec. 12, 1857. William Gouldin, Beverly, owner ; William Gouldin, master.
SARAH & ELIZABETH, bgtne, Ipswich, 100 tons, Ipswich, 1784. Reg. Nov. 6, 1789. John Heard, Ipswich, owner ; Jonathan Ingersoll, master.
Todos of Jatem, W & Putting Master BL.
SHIP SOOLOO, WILLIAM G. NUTTING, MASTER
Owned by Stone, Sillsbee & Pickman. From the painting showing the ship entering the harbor of Marseilles, by S. Pellegrin in 1844, and now in the possession of the Peabody Academy of Science.
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SARAH B. PUTNAM, sch., Beverly, 81 tons, Danvers, 1871. Reg. Nov. 6, 1872. Francis J. Crowell, Beverly, David Crowell, Beverly, S. B. Symonds, Beverly, Daniel S. Keene, Beverly, George F. Putnam, Salem, Ira B. Story, Danvers, owners ; Daniel S. Keene, master. [Daniel W. Low was also master.] Reg. Oct. 14, 1889. David Crowell, Beverly, Samuel B. Symonds, Beverly, George F. Putnam, Salem, Ira B. Story, Danvers, George W. Newton, New York, owners ; Joseph Devine, master. Reg. Apr. 15, 1893. Adm'r Francis J. Crowell, Beverly, Samuel B. Symonds, Beverly, George F. Putnam, Salem, Ira B. Story, Danvers, George W. Newton, New York, owners ; Arthur Diggins, master.
SARAH R. SMITH, sch., Beverly, 103 tons, Ipswich, 1863. Reg. Dec. 1, 1863. Francis A. Smith, Beverly, owner ; Wil- liam Lurvey, jr., master.
SAUCY JACK, sch., 90 tons, Scituate, 1802. Reg. Oct. 3, 1803. Thomas Perkins, owner ; Isaac Kilham, master. Reg. July 12, 1806. Benjamin Ropes, James Ropes, James Silver, Curtis Searl, Danvers, owners ; James Silver, master. Reg. Mch. 8, 1808. Benjamin Ropes, James Ropes, Timothy Well- man, jr., owners ; Benjamin Upton, master. Reg. Oct. 6, 1810. Archelaus G. Rea, Ezra Northey, owners ; Joseph Rea, master. Reg. Jan. 1, 1812. Archelaus Rea, Ezra Northey, Samuel Brooks, Timothy Brooks, Edward Tucker, Caleb Cook, owners ; Caleb Cook, master.
SAXON, ship, 344 tons, Salem, 1832. Reg. Dec. 15, 1832. Thomas P. Bancroft, Edward Orne, Northboro, Richard E. Orne, owners ; Richard E. Orne, master.
SCION, brig, 145 tons, Salem, 1825. Reg. Oct., 1825. Nathaniel West, owner; Nathaniel Weston, master. [Cast away on the Bahama bank Oct., 1832.]
SCIOT, brig, 116 tons, Wiscasset, Me., 1825. Reg. Mar. 21, 1831. Robert Brookhouse, owner ; George R. Fielder, master. Reg. Apr. 29, 1834. Robert Brookhouse, William Hunt, owners ; Nathaniel Black, master. [Sold at Montevideo in 1839.]
SEA MEW, ship, altered to a bark in Oct. 1842, 197 tons, Hanover, 1833. Reg. June 9, 1835. Robert Brookhouse, William Hunt, owners ; James Briant, master. [Edward Harrington was also master.] Reg. June 24, 1854. William Hunt, Robert Brookhouse, Joseph H. Hanson, Robert Brook- house, jr., owners ; Francis Babbidge, master. [Sold to Bos- ton owners, June, 1864.]
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SEA SERPENT, sch., 64 tons, Newburyport, 1816. Reg Dec. 19, 1821. Josiah B. Andrew, owner ; Josiah B. Andrew, master.
SEAFLOWER, sch., 52 tons, Salisbury, 1771. Reg. July 13, 1793. Zachariah Burchmore, owner; James Odell, master. Reg. Nov. 5, 1793. Joseph White, owner ; James Odell, master. [Daniel Gould was also master.] Reg. Nov. 27, 1798. Samuel Ingersoll, John Hathorne, Joseph Vincent, owners ; Joseph Rider, master. Reg. Jan. 23, 1800. John Hathorne, owner ; John Berry, master.
SEAMAN, brig, Danvers, 181 tons, Catskill, N. Y., 1810, Reg. Jan. 3. 1822. Benjamin Kent, Danvers, Benjamin Por- ter, Marblehead, Joseph Green, Marblehead, owners ; Daniel W. Brookhouse, master.
SELINA & JANE, sch., 122 tons, Duxbury, 1817. Reg. Dec. 23, 1830. Robert Brookhouse, George Abbot, Beverly, William Foster, Beverly, owners ; William Foster, master. Reg. Sept. 5, 1831. Daniel Abbot, Daniel Abbot, jr., owners ; William E. Waters, master. Reg. Oct. 22, 1834. David Pin- gree, owner ; Joseph Rider, master. [Sold at Para in 1837.]
SEWELL, sch., 73 tons, Harris Creek, Md., 1792. Reg. June 23, 1798. James Silver, William Silver, Curtis Searl, Danvers, owners ; James Silver, master. Reg. May 1, 1795. Ezekiel H. Derby, owner ; Abraham Kilham, master.
SHAMROCK, ship, 260 tons, Newcastle, 1810. Reg. Dec. 28, 1825. Josiah Gould, Beverly, Nathaniel Safford, Beverly, John F. Leach, Boston, David McGregor, Londonderry, N. H., owners; David McGregor, master.
SHAWMUT, brig, 150 tons, Thomaston, Me., 1821. Reg. Feb. 12, 1825. Stephen White, Franklin H. Story, owners ; Frederick Boles, master. Reg. Jan. 1, 1829. Robert Brook- house, Nathan Robinson, James Emerton, owners ; James Emerton, master. Reg. Aug. 22, 1833. Daniel Abbot, Dan- iel Abbot, jr., Charles Hoffman, owners ; Charles Hoffman, master. Reg. Aug. 26, 1834. Charles Hoffman, owner; Charles Hoffman, master. Reg. May 1I, 1837. David Pin- gree, Thomas Perkins, Samuel Smith, owners ; Samuel Smith, master.
SHAWMUT, brig, 137 tons, Kingston, 1826. Reg. Mar. 30, 1832. Thomas P. Pingree, owner ; Jonathan Shepard, master. Reg. Dec. 10, 1833. Thomas P. Pingree, Robert Brookhouse, owners ; Jonathan Shepard, master. Reg. Apr. 16. 1835. Thomas P. Pingree, owner ; Jonathan Shepard, master.
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SHIP SOOLOO, CHARLES H. ALLEN, JR., MASTER.
Built in 1861. Silsbee, Pickman & Allen, owners, From a photograph showing the ship leaving Boston for San Francisco on June 1, 1861.
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SHEPARDESS, ship, 274 tons, Medford, 1825. Reg. Sept. 25, 1832. Nathaniel L. Rogers, John W. Rogers, Richard S. Rogers, Andrew Ward, owners; Andrew Ward, master. Reg. Apr. 24, 1835. Nathaniel L. Rogers, John W. Rogers, Rich- ard S. Rogers, owners ; Joshua Kinsman, master. [John Francis was also master. Sold at Boston in 1841.]
SHIRLEY, ship, 910 tons, Medford, 1850. Temp. Reg. Boston, Oct. 4, 1852. Benjamin W. Stone, William Stone, Benjamin H. Silsbee, John H. Silsbee, William D. Pickman, George T. Saunders, and others, owners ; - Ferguson, mas- ter. [Oil painting by a Chinese artist, and also a half-hull model at the Peabody Academy of Science. In June, 1860, transferred to B. W. Stone and Bros. Sold in 1872 at San Francisco. In 1897, towed to Alaska and converted into a hotel. While owned in Salem her masters were Nichols T. Snell, George W. Abbott, Charles H. Allen, W. Brown, John Mullen, H. W. Ferguson and Joseph W. Willcomb.]
SIAM, ship, 726 tons, Portsmouth, N. H., 1847. Temp. Reg. Boston, Apr. 23, 1850. Tucker Daland, owner ; Charles F. Williams, master. [Sold to New London owners in 1860. Oil painting by a Chinese artist at the Peabody Academy of Science.]
SICILY, brig, 163 tons, Medford, 1820. Reg. Oct. 30, 1824. Gideon Tucker, owner ; John Ingersoll, master.
SINBAD, sch., 71 tons, Duxbury, 1828. Reg. Sept. 24, 1850. John Hodges, Benjamin Webb, George Savory, owners ; Nath- aniel Hatch, master.
SIREN, brig, 175 tons, Durham, N. H., 1816. Reg. May 3, 1825. Robert Brookhouse, William Procter, Nathan Robin- son, owners ; Joshua Kinsman, master. Reg. Feb. 10, 1827. Robert Brookhouse, Nathan Robinson, owners ; James Vent, master. [Sold on the coast of Africa, in 1828.]
SIX BROTHERS, bgtne., 150 tons, Stonington, Conn., 1793. Reg. Oct. 27, 1796. John Needham, Isaac Needham, owners ; John Needham, master.
SNAKE IN THE GRASS, sch., 107 tons, Saybrook, Conn., 1804. Reg. June 14, 1804. John Gardner, Richard Gard- ner, owners ; James Mansfield, master. [Condemned at Guad- aloupe in 1806.]
SOMERS, brig, 111 tons, Philadelphia, Pa., 1845. Reg. Feb. 25, 1858. Anthony A. Caulfield, owner; Anthony A. Caul- field, master.
SooLoo, ship, 440 tons, Salem, 1840. Reg. Jan. 15, 1841.
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John B. Silsbee, John H. Silsbee, Benjamin H. Silsbee, Ben- jamin W. Stone, William D. Pickman, owners ; Samuel Very, jr., master. [Oil painting, a water-color, and a half-hull model, at the Peabody Academy of Science and a water-color at the Essex Institute. Lost on the west coast of Sumatra, May 14, 1855. W. G. Nutting was master at the time.]
SooLoo, ship, 784 tons, Boston, 1861. Temp. Reg. Boston, June 1, 1861. John H. Silsbee, Benjamin H. Silsbee, George Z. Silsbee, William D. Pickman, George H. Allen, owners ; Charles H. Allen, jr., master. [Photograph of original paint- ing and also a half-hull model at the Peabody Academy of Science. [Sold in 1887 and converted into a coal barge and foundered Nov. 15, 1892 on Pollock Rip shoal. ]
SOPHIA, ship, 288 tons, captured in War of 1812. Reg. Apr. 26, 1815. William Orne, Samuel Orne, Charles H. Orne, Jonathan P. Felt, owners ; Jonathan P. Felt, master. Reg. May 21, 1816. Charles H. Orne, Samuel Orne, Jona- than P. Felt, owners ; Jonathan P. Felt, master. Reg. Apr. 28, 1817. Jonathan P. Felt, Samuel Orne, Nathan Robinson, Ebenezer Seccomb, owners ; Jonathan P. Felt, master.
SOPHIA, sch., 170 tons, Baltimore, Md., 1839. Reg. Mar. 13, 1844. Thomas P.Pingree, owner ; Jonathan Shepard, mas- ter. [Cast away on Nantucket, Feb. 4, 1846.]
SOPHRONIA, bark, 197 tons, Pembroke, Me., 1841. Reg. Feb. 15, 1849. Ephraim Emmerton, owner ; Ephraim A. Emmerton, master. Reg. Aug. 2, 1849. Ephraim Emmerton, John G. Waters, David Moore, Isaac Cushing, Benjamin A. West, owners ; Ephraim A. Emmerton, master. [Water-color copy of an original in oils, painted in 1850, at the Peabody Acade- my of Science.]
SPEED, sch., 92 tons, Scituate, 1787. Reg. Oct. 24, 1789. William Orne, owner ; Hugh Smith, master.
SPEED, bgtne., 114 tons, Scituate, 1788. Reg. Feb. 23, 1793. William Orne, owner ; John Ropes, master.
SPEED, brig, 110 tons, captured in War of 1812. Reg. Oct. 21, 1813. Joseph Peabody, Gideon Tucker, owners ; Timo- thy Harraden, master. [Ezra Fisk was also master.]
SPEEDWELL, sch., 99 tons, Salisbury. Tonnage altered to 133 tons, Dec., 1790 and rig changed to brigantine, June, 1794. Salisbury, 1784. Reg. Jan. 6, 1790, Benjamin West, Nathan Peirce, owners ; Benjamin West, jr., master. Reg. Aug. 24, 1796. Aaron Waitt, Jerathmiel Peirce, owners; John Fillebrown, master.
BRIG SUKEY, STEPHEN PHILLIPS, OWNER From the original painting in the possession of Stephen Willard Phillips of Salem,
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SPEEDWELL, sch., 98 tons, Cohasset, 1811. Reg. Jan. 21, 1824. James Odell, Joseph S. Sprague, owners; Thomas Wheeler, master. [Sold at Havana in 1824.]
SPRING BIRD, sch., Beverly, 126 tons, Freeport, 1801. Reg. May 25, 1809. Jonathan Dodge, Beverly, Knott Vickery, Beverly, John Pinder, Beverly, Thomas Adams, Beverly, owners ; Zebulon Woodbury, master. [Nathaniel Archer and John Lambert were also masters.]
SPY, sch., 91 tons, Essex, 1823. Reg. Dec. 1, 1823. John W. Rogers, Nathaniel Rogers, Richard S. Rogers, owners ; William Bowles, master. [This was a three- masted schooner, a rig very uncommon at that time. Arrived at Salem, Aug. 11, 1827, the first entry from Zanzibar. She was sold in Madagascar in 1828, Andrew Ward being master at the time.]
SPY, sch., 98 tons, Medford, 1823. Reg. Aug. 7, 1832. Stephen C. Phillips, owner ; John B. Knights, master. [Sent to the Feejees in 1832 and later sold at Manila. Water-color copy of original water-color painting at the Peabody Academy of Science.]
STANDARD, brig, 228 tons, Plymouth, 1810. Reg. Mar. 11, 1817. Samuel Cook, James Cook, owners ; Samuel Cook, master. [Lost in a gale, Sept., 1826 ; Royal Prescott, master at the time. ]
STAR, bgtne., 160 tons, rig altered to a ship in Sept. 1806. Falmouth, 1795. Reg. Nov. 27, 1795. John Norris, owner ; John Burchmore, master. Reg. Nov. 2, 1796. John Norris, Benjamin Goodhue, Andrew Tucker, owners ; John Burch- more, master. Reg. Sept. 6, 1798. John Norris, owner ; John Burchmore, master.
STAR, brig, 156 tons, Newbury, 1801. Reg. June 27, 1809. Samuel G. Derby, John Derby, John Prince, jr., Boston, owners ; John Barton, master.
STAR, bark, 212 tons, Scituate, 1838. Reg. July 19, 1838. Michael Shepard, Isaac Cushing, Edward Brown, Francis Brown, Benjamin Conant, Thomas P. Shepard, owners; Ben- jamin Conant, master. Reg. Oct. 22, 1840. Michael Shep- ard, Isaac Cushing, Edward Brown, John Bertram, owners ; Edward Brown, master. Reg. July 10, 1845. Michael S. Shep- ard, John Bertram, owners; William McFarland, master. Reg. Dec. 28, 1849. John Bertram, owner; Frederick Lend- holm, master. [Oil painting at the Peabody Academy of Science ].
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SHIP REGISTERS OF THE DISTRICT
STAR, brig, 250 tons, Salem, 1862. Reg. Dec. 13, 1862. John C. Osgood, Edward F. Miller, S. S. Sparrow, Orleans, owners ; S. S. Sparrow, master.
STAR, brig, 314 tons. Tonnage altered to 407 tons in Dec. 1870, Boston, 1865. Reg. Sept. 12, 1868. John C. Osgood, George G. Ryder, Boston, Isaac Hardy, Boston, George E. Ryder, Boston, L. A. Roby, Nashua, N. H., Francis Brown, Edward F. Miller, Charles H. Price, William H. Nichols, Samuel S. Sparrow, Orleans, owners; Samuel S. Sparrow, master. [H. P. Cook was also master.]
STARK, sch., 53 tons, Salem, 1813. Reg. Dec. 18, 1813. Joseph White, jr., Edward Stanley, Stephen White, Henry White, Samuel Hemmenway, Penn Townsend, Moses Town- send, Butler Fogerty, John Kehew, owners ; William Rice, master. [Leavitt speaks of this vessel as the Gen. Stark and says she was three-masted and carried latteen sails. She sailed as a privateer and was captured and sent into Halifax. See Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. II, 60 ; also Maclay Hist. of Amer. Priv. p. 416.]
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