Lake Michigan

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Title Page
[Introduction]
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Champlain
Vessels Now on the Stocks and to be in Commission in 1855.
Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.
[Buffalo Vessels]
Marine Disasters and loss of Life and Property on the Lakes for the Year 1854

Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in the District of Chicago 1854
Steamers
Arcimedes 49.78
Franklin Moore 192.26
Superior 567.17
Nile 40.34
Seneca 92.83
Propellers
Forest Queen 467.00
Franklin 39.32
Robt. N. Foss 259.49
Montezuma 322.63
Eclipse 136.12
F. Follett 98.44
Barques
Mary Stockton 349.90
Norman 345.53
Ocean Wave 308.09
North Star 356.21
Cherubusco 225.10
Brigs
S. F. Gale 260.24
Minesota 266.82
C. J. Hutchison 341.42
Wabash 245.00
Enterprise 325.89
Montezuma 184.63
C. B. Blair 212.36
Mary 240.36
F. C. Clark 266.45
Belle 276.02
Robert Hollister 272.07
Alex Mitchell 275.56
Sandusky 225.68
Ellen Parker 332.93
Champlain 270.28
S. C. Walbridge 237.16
St. Louis 210.80
Geneva 207.77
David Smart 203.14
Powhatten 234.41
Julia Dean 498.28
Fanny Gardner 327.42
Orleans 173.55
Portland 250.13
Schooners
Racine 223.38
Maria Hillard 194.88
L. P. Hillard 175.16
Buena Vista 174.03
Muskegan 109.55
N. C. Walton 127.41
Whirlwind 154.61
L. C. Irwin 113.23
G. R. Roberts 119.32
John Lillie 95.85
Roanoke 161.39
Philens Mills 227.29
Honest John 117.85
C. Walker 164.15
Elizabeth Henderson 90.03
Mark H. Sibley 232.18
Industry 44.88
Henry Norton 150.53
Meridian 243.77
Reindeer 100.32
Mary C. Bonsteel 185.65
Vanralter 21.36
S. A. Clark 163.73
Calcutta 116.26
Col. Shepard 48.27
Mary Margrett 38.80
Geo. F. Foster 128.89
Mariner 68.40
Geo. Hanson 37.81
Maid of the Woods 29.36
Lady Jane 147.12
Elbe 56.47
Amelia 26.52
H. Y. Atrill 36.41
Hero 79.70
Ashtabula 133.44
Venus 79.10
Cresent 297.48
St. Lawrence 134.74
President 139.33
St. Marys 253.25
Arrow 72.04
"Seventy Six" 76.39
Oconto 306.88
G. W. Dole 125.16
North Yuba 154.42
Josephine Dresden 116.85
Falcon 181.59
Temperance 156.57
Equator 131.51
Dexter 124.05
St. Clair 118.09
C. P. Williams 434.03
Peter Doling 60.57
Astor 85.20
Gem 306.43
Suffolk 250.12
Dan Marble 213.68
Japan 245.25
Two Charlies 119.40
Citizen 33.81
Fashion 223.35
Wyoming 232.61
Advance 268.40
Pilgrim 228.55
John S. Wallace 78.65
Henrietta 81.01
Wing and Wing 216.84
Blue Bell 150.16
Osprey 247.64
Ellen Stewart 161.24
Kenosha 377.90
Home 127.59
Abiah 353.59
Chas. Howard 113.66
J. M. Hughes 165.59
Champion 205.73
H. N. Gates 108.78
Welland 198.95
E. G. Grey 166.18
Maine 194.79
Servant 165.12
Curlew 274.67
Frank Miller 37.21
Astor 85.20
Francis 120.32
Globe 48.76
P. Hayden 168.34
Liberty 54.42
Leland 213.49
Speed 146.26
Cherokee 203.83
Octavia 138.11
Andromeda 207.15
Pilot 46.30
Telegraph 276.30
Wyoming 262.61
Argo 263.49
Free Trader 28.58
Mary 77.00
Scows
Mount Vernon 40.81
Sachem 74.39
Rocky Mountains 123.47
Sloops
Ranger 22.06
Chicago's Total tonnage 25,721.92
Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in the District of Milwaukee for 1854
Propellers
Name Tonnage
G. W. Tifft 81
A. Rossiter 200
Barques
Badger State 491
Brigs
C. J. Hutchison 341
Sam Hale 293
David Ferguson 320
Helfenstein 329
Robert Burns 307
Nebraska 240
Kirk White 184
Racine 229
Ontario 130
Schooners
D. O. Dickinson 333
Fred Hill 268
Norway 230
Lewis Luddington 234
Congress 206
Junitta Patton 260
Churubusco 255
Andromeda 207
Tempest 209
W. H. Dewitt 248
Charley Hibbard 207
Republic 300
C. Harrison 187
R. B. Campbell 179
Henry Hagar 237
D. Newhall 189
J. T. Porter 184
E. Cramer 160
Napoleon 148
Josephine Lawrence 110
Albany 144
Kitty Grant 105
Mariner 159
Emma 159
Twin Brothers 143
Calcutta 116
Gazelle 104
L. R. Rockwell 115
Baltic 96
Traveller 74
Mary 10
Indiana 11
Active 25
Wallero 48
Rover 35
A. V. Knickerbocker 61
Major Barnum 65
Toledo 65
Emily 69
J. Steinhart 68
Henry Clay 59
Wayne 80
Souvenir 64
Challenge 110
L. B. Nichols 80
Charlotte 155
Western Star 245
C. North 151
Sam Strong 222
Amelia 20
Union 87
Erie 62
Active 127
Rambler 137
Belle City 168
Cherokee 203
Three Bells 80
Gilbert Knapp 197
Liberty 54
Sloops
Ole Bull 66
Lady Ann 30
Wunx 40
Milwaukee Total Tonnage 11,645.00

 

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The Democracy , a Buffalo N.Y. newspaper printed the articles "Tonnage On the Lakes," on the above date, however, the "Casualty List" was not included, but was published as an EXTRA sheet with the Feb 28, 1855 date, and was presumably sold separately. The newspaper ran from mid-1854 to mid-1855.