Shipping on Lake Erie
- Publication
- Register of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), Mar 1831, p. 160
- Full Text
- SHIPPING ON LAKE ERIE
The following list of vessels on Lake Erie furnished us by a friend who has taken great pains to ascertain their number and the exact tonnage of each will be read with satisfaction by all who feel an interest in the prosperity of the west It exhibits an evidence of the amount of business done on this Lake which is truly flattering.
American Vessels
Tons America 53 92 Amaranth 65 37 Andrew 47 34 Antelope 53 23 Aurora 81 25 Allen Trimble 15 61 Argus* 20 Beaver 44 Bolivar 60 Cincinnati 53 57 Columbus 63 51 Coneaut Packet 29 67 Commerce 88 Constitution 84 27 Comet 47 16 Commodore Perry 25 Detroit 66 80 Enterprise* 219 Eagle 94 71 Essex 30 85 Erie Packet 31 Eclipse 58 10 Emily 30 Express 24 09 Farmer 51 60 Free Trader 30 Geauga 33 61 Governor Cass 53 89 Good Intent 33 61 Guerriere 41 36 Grampus 30 28 General Jackson 42 Henry Clay* 301 62 Hamilton 27 Independence 26 31 John Q Adams 54 77 John Richards 43 19 L. Jenkins 73 57 Lady of the Lakes 87 38 Lagrange 101 Louis Judson 17 43 Mariner 96 40 Maria Antoinette 86 35 Marshal Ney 73 25 Milan 33 81 Morning Star 30 63 Mary 45 63 Minerva 50 90 Napoleon 107 13 Nucleus 93 61 N Connecticut 60 50 Niagara* 156 92 Ohio* 157 43 Olive Branch 28 Pilot 54 25 Pioneer* 124 67 Red Rover* 33 80 Spy 38 Shl'n Thompson* 241 Swift Sure 30 Superior* 346 36 Savage 30 St Clair 35 Telegraph 43 78 United States 93 19 William Tell 61 10 William Penn* 219 00 William Peacock* 120 Young Lion 83 20 Tonnage 5,024 48-95ths.
Number of American vessels, 69.
The figures on the right hand of the column denote the fractional parts or so many ninety fifths of a ton
British Vessels.-- Brittania, Elizabeth, Fair Trader, Hope, Hetty-Maria, Lark, Lord Wellington, Mariner, Nelson, Niagara, Pioneer, Perseverance, Recovery, Susan, Sterling, Thomas Talbot, Victory. Tonnage not known. Number of British vessels 17.
Buffalo paper
* Steamboats
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Text
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Date of Publication
- Mar 1831
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
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