Trippe (Sloop), 1812
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TRIPPE - Sloop - 60 tons - 35 crew - 1 long 24" - broadside, 24 lbs. In 1803, Porter, Barton & Co. of Black Rock, built a sloop named the CONTRACTOR, commanded by Captain William Lee. She was sold to the government in 1812, renamed the TRIPPE, and was a part of Commodore Perry's squadron, under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Holdup. Burned at Buffalo by the British, December 1813.
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Sloop CONTRACTOR.* Of 64 tons gross. Built Black, N.Y., 1802.
* Renamed TRIPPE - U. S. -
Herman Runge List
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- ex CONTRACTOR
- Date of Original
- 1812
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.R.447
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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