CATALOGUE. 31 



PHOTOGRAPHS. 



Ship ''Mindoro." 



9(i0 tons, built at East Boston 1864, owned by Pickman, Silsbee anrl Allen. Last 

 füll rigged sliip hailing from Salem. Novv engaged in the Manila trade. 



Topsail-Schooner ^^Plato" From a pjiintiiig made in 

 1835, in possession of Peabody Academy of Science. 



Bniltby Enos Briggs for Isaac Cushing and others 1816. Dimensions 78 2-12 x 

 22 10-12 X 8, 125 tons. 



Shijp ''Joliny From original painting in possession of 

 Essex Institute. 



Tlie "John" 258 tons, built by Enos Briggs for Elias Haskett Derby. She was 

 ketch rigged at fifst and altered intoaship in 1799. Her dimensions wereas follows: 

 length of keel 75 feet, beam 25 feet, depth of hold 9 1-2 feet. Engaged in the India 

 trade 1796, Sumatra trade 1807, and bought by George Crowninshield «& Sons in 1812 

 for a privateer. 



Laiinch of Ship ''Farne.'' From original painting in pos- 

 session of Essex Institute. 



The " Farne " built in 1802 by Retire Becket for George Crowninshield & Sons 

 363 tons bürden. In 1804 she visited the coast of Cochin China in search of sugar. 



Crowninshield' s Wliarf. From painting by Geo. Ropes 

 in possession of Essex Institute. 



Showing Crowninshield's fleet at the wharf durlng the flrst embargo. 



Whaling Scene in South Atlantic. From painting by 

 Benj. F. West in possession of Essex Institute. 



Showing bark '-Richard," of Salem, and other vessels engaged in whale fishing. 



Models of English Frigates. From the original modeis in 

 possession of the Essex Institute. 



Made by American prisoners at Dartmoor prison. 



Kelch ''Eliza." From the original model in possession of 

 Essex Institute. 



"Eliza" built by Enos Briggs in 1794 for Elias Haskett Derby. Dimensions 9.3 x 

 25 X 9, 184 tons bürden. First vessel to arrive at Salem direct from Calcutta Oct. 8, 

 1795 with a cargo of sugar. Dec. 22, 1794, she sailed for the East Indies with a cargo 

 consisting of forty -eight casks of brandy, twenty-two barreis naval Stores and one 

 hundred and six pairs silk stockings. 



Instrument for gettiug ship's reckoning^ From the 

 by ihe North Star. Originals in 



Instrument for taking lunar observations. J> possession of 

 Style of quadrant in enrly use. the Essex 



Sextant used by Nath'l Bovvditch. J Institute. 



