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      H.N. Throop was born at Pultneyville, November 10, 1807. (1). His parents, Samuel and Ruth Throop, were among the first settlers of the place, having removed from the town of Farmington, in the original county of Ontario, to the locality named Pultneyville, in the year 1806. Both parents were ...

      Hiram Capron died in 1872; his son died in 1875. The articles contained here appear to come from both years. The article about Napoleon III makes reference to his will, which dates it and the other articles from the same newspaper as having been written in 1873 or later. The …

 unknown, The Intelligencer, 19 Jun 1879, p. 3     newspaper article

 unknown, Canadian Illustrated News, 1876     illustration taken from photograph by J.W. Boyce

 unknown, The Intelligencer, 2 Jun 1879, p. 2     newspaper article from the Daily Ontario

 unknown, The Intelligencer, 2 Jun 1879, p. 3     newspaper article from Daily Intelligencer

      The Belleville Intelligencer says that John Newman, who was reported lost on the schooner Maggie Hunter, has returned to his home, having been visiting at Gananoque.

 Port Huron Daily Times (Port Huron, MI), 22 Mar 1877     Heroism Rewarded During the severe gale of November last the steamer City of New York foundered on Lake Huron, the crew, 16 in number, leaving the wreck in an open boat, with scarcely a prospect of reaching shore, owing to the tremendous sea running, and which threatened to swamp ...

      In 1876-77 some former residents of Oswego wrote reminiscing letters of the early days there which were published in the Palladium. There were a few maritime-related items that will be of interest. The rest is unrelated maritime history. This letter, dated Milan, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1877 from Hamilton Colton, published …

      Excerpts from a letter dated Feb. 6, 1877 from Hamilton Colton of Milan, Ohio, to the Oswego Palladium, published Feb. 10, 1877.

      Excerpts from letter dated Dec. 5, 1876, published in Oswego Palladium, dated Dec. 9, 1876. To put this in context, Hamilton Colton is describing the west side of Oswego below the lower bridge over the Oswego river, as it appeared in the early days.

      NOTE: The BENTON was a small (308 gt) passenger and freight steamer built in 1867 by Hitchcock & Gibson, Buffalo. She was converted to a bulk freighter in about 1883 and burned to a total loss at the Ford Rouge Plant, near Detroit, in August, 1909.

      The second steamboat on the scene was the A. C. Van Raalte.

      A sketch of this yacht appears in the History of Wayne County

      Narrow Escape _____ The Schooner Gladstone in Attempting to Enter the Harbor Sags on to the East Pier - Rescued and brought into Port. _____ Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, the schooner Gladstone, Captain

    Narrow Escape _____ The Schooner Gladstone in Attempting to Enter the Harbor Sags on to the East Pier - Rescued and brought into Port. _____ Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      BURNING OF THE PROPELLER JOE BARBER . A serious disaster occurred on the lake about midnight on Tuesday, the propeller Joe Barber being burned between this city and

    BURNING OF THE PROPELLER JOE BARBER . A serious disaster occurred on the lake about midnight on Tuesday, the propeller Joe Barber being burned between this city and Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      This little article shows a pair of the hazards of "stern-launching." Parentheses are in the original.

      The figures for the lakes appear to include only American tonnage. Though the figures don't actually add up, you get the idea. The total tonnage figure represents roughly 2,200 registered U.S. vessels.

      This is the only instance I know of of a vessel being so totally destroyed by the action of escaping air as she sank. The fact later brought about accusations that THORNTON was totally unseaworthy at the time of her loss. She was 274 gt, built by Bidwell & Banta …

      SCHOONER SUNK. - A dispatch from Oswego from Capt. E. P. Dorr states that the schooner E. B. Gannett , loaded with plaster consigned to

    SCHOONER SUNK. - A dispatch from Oswego from Capt. E. P. Dorr states that the schooner E. B. Gannett , loaded with plaster consigned to

Maritime History of the Great Lakes