and who had always devoted himself to the advancement of the interests of 

 the Society. 



"Resolved, That appreciating the privileges of association with Colonel 

 Stevens, his death comes to us all as the loss of a personal friend; and we 

 tender to his family our sincere sympathy in their affliction, while we take 

 pride with them in his fine and useful record. 



"Resolved, That these resolutions, with the accompanying notes of the 

 career of Colonel Stevens, be inserted in the Transactions of the Society, and 

 that a copy be sent to his family." 



STEVENSON TAYLOR, 



President. 

 DANIEL H. COX, 

 November 14, 1918. Secretary. 



IGNATIUS E. THAYER 



MEMBER 



Ignatius E. Thayer was born on March 28, 1840. He served his appren- 

 ticeship as ship's carpenter in the Charleston Navy Yard, Boston. He and 

 his cousin, Philip Hichborn (afterwards Chief Constructor, U. S. Navy), 

 were given a special course in draughting and vessel design, including calcu- 

 lations pertaining to structure, stability, etc. He completed his app'renticeship 

 in time to answer Lincoln's first call for volvmteers. After serving and receiv- 

 ing his discharge he was requested to go to California to the Mare Island 

 Navy Yard, where at that time it was thought probable that a number of 

 government ships would be built. He arrived in the summer of 1862. 



In 1878, while on the Island of Tahaiti he bought the burned derelict, 

 Ada Iredale, a British bark, for a small sum. This vessel was burned out 

 completely. With hardly more than a blacksmith's outfit, he rebuilt the 

 vessel, which became the Annie Johnson, and is still in profitable service. 



In 1901 Mr.- Thayer bought the wrecked bark Pyrenees at the Island 

 of Manga Reva, South Pacific, an English ship' that had been burned at sea 

 and beached in the lagoon of Manga Reva. He bought this vessel, fitted 

 out a wrecking expedition, and accomplished a successful salvage. The 

 Manga Reva became a very successful ship, making many Cape Horn voyages 

 under the American flag. 



