Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...by Herbert M. C. Skinner from original designs. D. A. Brayton, barkentine, built at Fall River, 1873, 530 tons. David B. Newcomb, schooner, built by Joshua Brown at Salem, 1860, 64 tons. D. Chapin, bark, built at Portsmouth, N. H., 1869. Dash, row boat, 16 inches. Built from same model as Stella. Delight, bark, built by E. F. Miller at Salem, 1855, 550 tons. Delphos, ship, built at Salem, 1818, 338 tons. Derby, ship, of Salem, built by John Taylor at Chelsea, Mass., 1855, 1062 tons. See Paintings of Merchant Vessels. Dictator, schooner, built by E. F. Miller at Salem, 1853, 200 tons. Eliza, ketch, of Salem, built by Enos Briggs at Salem, 1794, 184 tons. 24 inches. Esther, sloop yacht. Model by Edwin Humphreys of Danvers, Mass., 1890. Essex, bark, of Salem, built by C. H. Currier & Co. at Newburyport, 1870, 662 tons. Europa, bark, of Salem, built by Isaac Hall & Co. at Cohasset, Mass., 1849, 397 tons. Purchased by Stone, Silsbee & Pickman of Salem for $29,000. Fearless, ship, of Boston, built at East Boston from designs by Samuel A. Pook, 1853, 1183 tons. Flying Fish, schooner, of New London, Conn., formerly of Gloucester, Mass., 1870, 75 tons. Floradora, sloop, built at Essex, Mass., 1905. Florence Howard, four-masted schooner, built by the Atlantic Shipping Co. at Stonington, Conn., 1909, 863 tons. Model by the designer of the vessel, Herbert M. C. Skinner, scale inch to 1 foot. Flying Cloud, clipper ship, built by Donald McKay at Boston, 1851, 1783 tons. Model by Herbert M. C. Skinner, scale inch to 1 foot. The Flying Cloud twice made the passage from New York to San Francisco in 89 days, thus holding the record among clipper ships; her commander, Josiah Perkins Creesy was born in Marblehead in 1814 and in his..."