User:Gatoclass/SB/MS Allison

refs

• searches" "capes & allison" on htrust completed

• brother walter -fulton

• brother in law mather

• bio -htrust better copy[1]

• nyt obit -npc
• brief obit boston post -npc
• brief obit

• church grounds donated by widow 1884 -htrust

• c&a established 1849, also pps, burtis & morgan -htrust

• advert 1866 -htrust

• 1867 advert two sectional docks -htrust listing same book -htrust

• m. s. allison's sons yard summary 1887 -htrust

• sons' names yard foot morgan jersey city 1889 -htrust

• yard summary 1883 names of sons -htrust

• company fails 1896 -nyt

• allison dry dock incorporated 1889 -web

• allison dry dock sold, some history -ca

• capes 1784-1854, shipbuilder in Hoboken, New Jersey and New York -htrust

• william capes a member of capes & allison, built troy in 1841 -npc

• c&a still extant aug 1854 -fulton

• father a shipbuilder in haverstraw and new york -fulton

• marriage date -fulton

• morgan st

• powell 100th

ships

Ships built by Capes & Allison, 1849–55

Name(s)	Type	Yr.	Ton.	Engine	Original owner and/or operator	Intended service	Ship notes; references
William Capes	Schooner	1849	197	——			mystic sank 1876 -mystic
Toboga	Steamer	1849	210		Capt. Forbes	Panama Bay	Tobago? -npc [2] Built to run between the Panama mainland and Taboga Island.
	Schooner	1850	40	——		Hudson River	nyh_1jan51
Castilia	Steamer	1851	550	Hogg & Delamater	H. H. Hall	China	"[F]or the coasting ... trade." Built in New Jersey, disassembled and shipped to China for reassembly. -npc1
Mindora	Steamboat	1851	150	Hogg & Delamater	H. H. Hall	China	"[F]or the river trade." Built in New Jersey, disassembled and shipped to China for reassembly. -npc1
	Dredge	1851				China	"[T]o be sent out to China with the steamboats". nyh_1jan51
	Dredge	1851				China	As above. nyh_1jan51
	Tender	1851		——		China	"[T]o be sent out to China with the steamboats". nyh_1jan51
	Tender	1851		——		China	As above. nyh_1jan51
	Tender	1851		——		China	As above. nyh_1jan51
James Watt	Steam ferry	1851	650	Hogg & Delamater	Hoboken FC	East River?	-npc1
Oliver H. Lee USS Oliver H. Lee 61 William S. Doughton 65	Schooner	1851	220	——	C. Clarke	East Coast	Built "for the Virginia trade". -npc1 USN mortar schooner 1861–65. Returned to merchant service 1865, still extant 1895 -sstone p137
Charles P. Williams USS C. P. Williams 61 Sarah Purves 66	Schooner	1851	210	——	J. Falkenburgh		-npc1 -mystic61 USN mortar schooner 1861–65. Returned to merchant service 1866, still extant 1885. -sstone p135
City of New York	Propeller	1851	850	Hogg & Delamater	Mailler & Lorde		-npc1 Chartered by US Gov. 1861; grounded and wrecked in Hatteras Inlet during Burnside Expedition, January 1862. (heyl) [3] details[4]
Independence	Steamer	1851	900			Gulf Coast	-npc1
Chancellor Livingston	Steam ferry	1852	457		Hoboken FC	Hudson River	USQMD during ACW. cudahy pp343, 381
Globe	Barge	1852	166	——			Iron-hulled. -htrust1
Atlas	Barge	1852	119	——			Iron-hulled. -htrust1
Irene	Barge	1852	238	——			Iron-hulled. -htrust
Racer USS Racer 61	Schooner	1852	252	——	J. Spofford & Co.		"[I]n the Virginia trade." -ca1 -mystic1858 USN mortar schooner 1861–65. Sold 1865; fate unknown -sstone p138
Philadelphia	Steam ferry	1852	341		Pennsylvania RRC	Hudson River	-htrust2 Sold to US Gov. 1863; redocumented at New Orleans, 1866; abandoned 1869. cudahy p392
	Steam ferry	1852	335		Hoboken FC		-htrust2
Austin	Steamboat	1853	550		Capt. Austin		-npc2
M. S. Allison	Sloop	1853	70	——			-npc2
Only Son	Towboat	1853	140	Birbeck	P. C. Schultz	New York Harbor	-fulton1
Abraham Cosgrove	Sloop	1853	85	——	M. S. Allison		-fulton1
James H. Chadbourne	Tern	1853	379	——	J. D. Harris et al		-fulton1 -qwo p556
	Scow	1853	50	——			"[T]o be fitted with a steam spile driver" -fulton1
Charles G. Waterbury	Schooner	1854	200	——	Capt. W. Cook et al		-npc3
Marshall Nye	Propeller	1854	220	Hogg & Delamater		Hudson River	-npc3
Potomska USS Potomska 61 Potomska 65	Propeller	1854	287	Hogg & Delamater		New England	-npc3 -mystic58 USN gunboat 1861–65; returned to merchant service 1865; wrecked at Saluda, Texas, 1866. -sstone p94
Acorn	Propeller	1854	200	Hogg & Delamater		East Coast?	-npc3
Wamsutta USS Wamsutta 61 Wamsutta 65	Steamboat	1854	270	Hogg & Delamater	Whitridge	New England	-mystic57 USN gunboat 1861–65; returned to merchant service 1865; converted to barge 1879. -ssstone pp106-07
Elizabeth C. Felter	Tern	1855	389	——	J. T. Johnson et al		-qwo p554
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allison ships

• powell anecdote

• m. s. allison date? -npc 1872 -npc [5]

• schooner arzac 1856 -fulton -mystic1858

• james w baldwin 1860 -heyl v3 p193. largest on river -nyt launch

• wiltwyck probably baldwin nov 1860

• mary powell 1861 v4 p185.
• jacob h. vanderbilt 1862 -nyt
• 1862 steamer

• eliza hancox 1863 -heyl v4 p81. -nyt cyl 40 in

• m. martin 1864 -heyl v3 p213.
• james b shuyler 1865 -heyl v4 p145. accident, specs 1891

• toboga 1849? -npc

• john sylvester 1866 -npc -mystic1890 [6]

• iron barges 1852 cp -htrust

• 4 ships 1854 -htrust

• potomska 1854? -htrust

c & a

• 2 dredges 3 tenders for china -npc
• nov 1852 ferry launch phoenix engine -fulton

• schooner william capes 1849 -mystic
• schooner oliver h. lee 1851 -silverstone p137. racer p138 cp williams p135. potomska p94. wamsutta p106.
• 2 steamers for china, ferry for hoboken ferry co. 1850 -htrust
• ferry james watt for hoboken ferry co., schooner oliver h. lee, schooner charles p. williams, propeller new york for mailler & lord, steamer independence, steamers castilla, mindora for china, on the stocks schooner, barge, ferry for jersey city ferry co. 1851 -npc
• city of new york history -htrust
• ferries james watt, chancellor livingston for hoboken ferry co. 1852 -cudahy p381.
• ferry for jersey city ferry co., iron barge apr 1852 -npc
• 1852 launches schooner racer, barge for whitmore, ferry for jersey city ferry, ferry on stocks for hoboken fc jul 1852 -ca
• schooner pacer, barge irene, ferry philadelphia, ferry for hoboken 335 tons 1852 -htrust
• ferry philadelphia jersey city ferry -cudahy p392.
• steamboat austin finished, stocks sloop m. s. allison feb 1853 -npc
• towboat for schultz, sloop for cosgrove, schooner for harris apr 1853 -npc
• wainsette, schooner james h. shadburn for morris, "half a dozen launched since january", number employees aug 1853 -npc wamsutta -mystic
• steamboat austin, steamboat only son, sloop abraham cosgrove, schooner j. h. chadbourne, on stocks propeller, schooner, scow 1853 launches -fulton
• tern james h. chadbourne 1853 -qwo p556.
• schooner chas. g. waterbury, propeller marshall nye, potomakia, acorn, propellers, jun 1854 -npc
• acorn 1854 -mystic
• tern elizabeth c. felter 1855 -qwo p554.

• three ships 1851 -fulton

• nov 1852 ferry launch -fulton

• sister to wamsutta -fulton

• owners propellers 1854ish -fulton

• fulton boolean fuzzy 3

• stevens battery? -fulton

• yard apparently moved 1850 -fulton

• steamer for mailler & lord/phineas sprague 1851 600 tons -fulton

• two schooners one steamer may 1851 -fulton

• two schooners one steamer may 1851 -fulton

• 1851 schooner -fulton

• steamer ethinor building aug 1851 -fulton

• two steamers one schooner sep 1851 -fulton

• new york, dec 1851 launch -fulton

• city of new york feb 1852 -fulton

• steamboat for jersey city ferry building apr 1852 -fulton

• nov 1852 schooner, ferry -fulton

• schooner racer, two ferries, 8 ferries to 1852 -fulton

• stevens hoboken ferry oct 1852 -fulton

• steam towboat jan 1853 -fulton

• may 1853 steamer only son, schooner, steamer -fulton

• 3 propellers feb 1854 -fulton

• steamer feb 1854 -fulton

• schooner chas. e waterbury mar 1854 -fulton

• schooner 1855 -fulton

mary powell

• wood -htrust
• short summary sciam -htrust

capes

• came to new york when "of age" -archive
• possibly capes -archive
• born in england, son john w capes? -archive -htrust

• somebody's uncle another source says john w capes worked on monitor not william see above -archive

• wife sally brooks' lineage -htrust

• sarah 1878 -fulton

• john superintends jefferson 1844

• john in business w/ allison april 1851

• john w and allison again

ships

• https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015013259307?urlappend=%3Bseq=730 united states 1847, ethan allen towboat 1847, Oliver Bascom after 1847]

• north america steamboat 1827 -htrust
• north america 1827 "easily most popular boat on hudson" -htrust

• united states 1832 -htrust

• passaic swallow 1836 utica 1837 -htrust

• swallow 1836 at brooklyn -htrust
• swallow 1836 record breaker -htrust

• swallow 1836 history -fulton

• swallow and some athens history -fulton

• swallow capes & burtis -fulton

• utica 1837 -htrust

• utica 1836 -heyl 5 p283.

• utica history 1837 -fulton

• troy world's longest steamer 1840? -fulton

• mangled history built 1840 -fulton

• troy -heyl v3 p327.

• onkahye yacht 1840 also location of williamsburg yard -htrust

• dewitt clinton repair 1841 -fulton

• gimerack 1844? -npc
• gimcrack -npc
• gimcrack -archive
• more on gimcrack -archive

• sloop maria 1844 hoboken -npc image -npc
• maria "prototype" -archive
• more on maria -archive
• more on maria -archive
• more on maria -archive
• maria 1845 full history -htrust
• race -htrust

• steamboat united states 1847 for lake champlain built at shelbourne by "William Capes & Son of New York" -archive

• more on united states no wait different ship? built 1831 -archive
• united states 1831 heyl -htrust
• united states 1847 -heyl 5 p279.
• oswego 1848 capes & burtis -dayton -htrust

• john w. capes builds uss polk and uss walker 1846 -htrust
• cutter jefferson -htrust