Lake Champlain

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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 Champlain for 1854
Steamer
Francis Saltus 372.94
Lake and Canal Boats
W. P. George 40.87
A. B. Kingsland 45.09
Ausable 55.55
St. Regis 53.00
Richelieu 53.00
Erie 53.47
Ottawa 50.00
Champlain 54.50
Niagara 54.70
Sorel 54.00
Saranac 54.06
Michigan 55.06
La Graspe 51.70
St. Lawrence 50.32
Oswegatchee 51.77
Boquette 53.00
Anabel 43.18
Rollin E. Bascom 47.30
C. Boardman 42.26
Champlain Total Tonnage 1,336.21
Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in The District of Vermont.(Lake Champlain) for 1854
Steamers
Name Tonnage
Canada 717.67
American 681.02
Saranac 331.39
Boston 218.53
United States 566.79
Burlington 482.33
Empire 125.00
John Gilpin 100.00
Jenny Lind 100.00
Boquett 150.00
Propellers
Ethan Allen 300.00
James H. Hooker 285.00
Barge
Henry Mayo 178.81
Schooners
Fortress 52.87
Daniel Webster 114.69
Glass Maker 52.65
Swiftsure 55.46
J. W. Brown 43.07
Sarah Ellen 40.22
Sloops
Joseph Clark 91.91
A. M. Clark 85.47
Swallow 61.51
Lake and Canal Boats
E. Kingsland 40.08
H. W. Catling 44.33
Northman 42.90
Oregan 47.69
Mariner 41.00
Argus 51.82
Joseph Blake 44.60
E. R. Bussing 47.00
S. A. Johnson 40.82
Empire 50.80
Hanison Stephens 42.58
John Tyler 41.58
Nailer 43.03
D. R. Ferris 45.66
Columbia 50.50
Isaac Nye 37.65
Eagle 48.80
J. D. Kingsland 49.02
John Bradley 45.28
A. B. Kingsland 45.09
Valcour 42.79
U. Bradley 47.93
S. J. Bussing 44.30
Hudson 38.7l
P. T. Davis 45.67
Wm. Fannell 39.47
Growler 49.60
Mike 47.44
S. Barker 36.31
Commodore 49.05
C. Boardman 41.09
John Jackson 43.54
Vermont Total Tonnage 5,081.68

 

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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.