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 Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 21 Aug 1833, p. 2     THE WM. AVERY, a new and handsome steam-boat, recently built at Sackets Harbor, arrived at this place on Saturday last, with a party of gentlemen and ladies form the Harbor. This is her first trip on the lake, and we understand she fully answers the expectations of her proprietors. She …

      A view of Sackett's Harbour. Landmarks in the image are numbered and below the image are the descriptions. 1. Navy Point 2. Fort Tompkins 3. Smith Cantonment 4. Pike Cantonment 5. Block House 6. Block House 7. Fort Chauncey 8. Horse Island Below the image it also reads: "T. Birch …

      A letter written by John Bentley, an American soldier during the War of 1812, to his wife Betsey. The letter makes reference to an impending attack on Canada, with speculation the attack may occur at Kingston, Montreal or Prescott.

      OLD SLOOP WILL BE SUNK IN ONTARIO ____ Has Long Rested in Water at Ship House Point ____ At Sackets Over 50 Years ____ Hulk Has been in the Harbor for Many Years - She Will be Towed Out to Deep Water and Sunk. ____ The old sloop that has …

      The U.S. vessels at Sackets Harbor have been sold to Robert Hugunin who will break them up and remove the materials.

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 May 1934     *The building to protect the New Orleans was built in 1815 on orders of Commodore Chauncey to protect it. Many years later it blew down. For a more thorough, and much better documented account of the NEW ORLEANS and the CHIPPEWA (the other hull that Snider does not name) see …

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Nov 1942     "Kaiser" of 1813 Built Warship in Three Weeks Schooner Days DLXII (562) by C. H. J. Snider _______ Forty Days From Growing Tree To Fighting Force Was Enough For Henry ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 28 Aug 1948     In Search of a Sylph Schooner Days DCCCLXII (862) by C. H. J. Snider "GO." said the inner urge, "find the bones of a sylph." Sylph? A moth. A ...

      The hull of the NEW ORLEANS finally collapsed in Feb. 1884.

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), July 29, 1812     By Yesterday Afternoon's Mail. _______ Action Upon Lake Ontario - On Sunday the 19th ult. at 9 A. M. the Royal George , the Prince Regent and two brigs, entered

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), July 29, 1812   By Yesterday Afternoon's Mail. _______ Action Upon Lake Ontario - On Sunday the 19th ult. at 9 A. M. the Royal George , the Prince Regent and two brigs, entered …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      We are informed that on Friday morning last , about day break, the British ship of war, Royal George , came to anchor off the mouth of Genesee river , sent her boats in, and cut out the ...

 Ontario Repository (Canandaigua, NY), May 4, 1813     New-York , April 20 . Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Sacket's Harbor , to his friend in this city, dated April 9, 1813 . ...

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), May 5, 1813     Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Sacket's harbor , to his friend in this City , dated April 9, 1813 . A great number of our brave tars have died this winter with ...

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Dec. 30, 1813     Extract of a letter from an officer at Sacket's Harbor, to his friend in Waterford, dated Nov. 29. "Thursday the 26th, slipped off the stocks; the new U. States ship Madison , under the discharge of 18 guns from the brig Oneida , and the huzzas of thousands ...

 Wyoming County Mirror (Warsaw, NY), December 18, 1861, page 2     Column 7

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Wed., Dec. 4, 1816     From the Kingston, U.C. Gazette . Mr. Editor - On taking up the New York Spectator of the 10th inst. I observed a paragraph (avowedly copied into that paper from the ...

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Wed., July 29, 1812     By Yesterday Afternoon's Mail. _____ Action upon Lake Ontario. -- On Sunday the 19th inst. at 9 A.M. the Royal George, the Prince Regent and two brigs, entered Sackets Harbor, came within one and a half mile of the town and commenced an attack - and continued the cannonade ...

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Wed., July 14, 1813     ATTACK ON SACKET'S HARBOR. Extract of a despatch from Brig. Gen. Brown, to the Secretary of War. dated Sacket's Harbor, June 1, 1813. "In the course of the morning of the 28th, Lt. Chauncey of the navy, came in from the Lake, firing guns of alarm. Those of the same …

 Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Wed., May 25, 1814     Copy of a letter from Com. Isaac Chauncey, to the Secretary of the Navy, William Jones U. States' ship General Pike) Sacket's Harbor, April 27, 1814 ) SIR - The night of the 25th inst. two of our guard-boats fell in with three of the enemy's boats in this ...

 Niles Weekly Register, July 10, 1819     Ontario. A letter from a traveller, dated Sackett's Harbor, June 6th, states that the United States vessels on lake Ontario, which were in service during the late war, are fast going to decay. The New Orleans, on the stocks, is enclosed in a building 230 feet in length, by 90 …