Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-10-29
THREE MASTERS.

Il
What Capt. Candage says About
Them-An Interesting sketch.
Much has been said and wfstssn about
the FIRST three INSISTED schooner. ana the
town OF place that bad the honor Of
| Building her. smoug which = Blushiii,
my native town. Ia thi. communication
the matter will be cleared up and SCI al
I re-t, - the data herein eontalned has
been derived from official documents
LOGGED in Unlsd states cassom- houses
According 10 the records in the salem,
Msss.. custom house. tie s'spy" was
eails At Essex. Mass. 10 is15. she hailed
l=on Salem, and had . register granted
/ Dec. !, isa1, from Which the foiiostng
/ description vas tskens "One deck, three
mssss. lsaEth 20 feet In. breadth II
/ isst. depth test 8 inches, measures
81 81. As tons. Pink stern, no galleries, 80
/ hsaa.H
The arst voyage Of the "spy" wss from
Salem 10 tha Cape Of Coed Hope, william
I Bowis= MASTER. Her owners were JOAN L.
/ Rogers and Richard =. Rogers, 81 Salem.
I have 40 record OF her subsequent bis-
| tory. but this account would seem dstan'
issly to settle tie question OF tbs building
| Of ths Hr.i thrse-msssed schooner.
TIE ~Msgnoissr, claimed by citizens Of
Rguehii 10 hare been the arss, wss balm
| tn that town In fs55. ten years after the
building Of the "spy". The writer, when
a hey. saw Der building, remembers tbs
/ xeser.i conversation shost her strange
lxix, aud ssw her sail from ths bag on her
arss srtp. think, 10 Boston.
Her MASTER builder wss Asa Ctcaxh. her
owners Geosgr Stevens and otssrs, sne
her commander Capt. Daniel Cioexh.
| she was 70 feet 9 inches long; = fret
lnehes wiss. feet ? Inches dssp. and
measured 100 1916 tons.
she bad = long life OF forty years OF
more, tn wbieh time she wss commanded
by Captains Daniel c1oags, William
Means. Martin L. slower. Robert q. Can
asge aaa others. Her eones lie buried
In ties ssnss at lhs m0nih Of the Msrri.
mae river . here sho was wrecked beswssp
1870 sna 1878. IL my meIory be correct,
and after long and sueessssal career.
shs. tank. 10 entitled 10 seeoad plaes In
the list Of three mated scbaouass OF fore
sne-Ass RIG.
Ia sss3 The three. uassssd schooner
savage wss buiIt ct Eden. Nc, tor Bcs'
son ewnsrp, who were George Savage,
| HENRI Curtis and Benjamin sewaIi, sne
hsr arxs commander wss Capt. wnIisFr
Carney. shs vas VI fset tashss long.
Is fast side; ; .1si i tncss. deep. sns
speza a-es f7v s-sS tens. shs bad ems eecs
and sqaKse stern, tkree mats. and NJ.
commanded. sfisF Capt. Carney. ~ An
hscse farrow sad John campbslI. sue
was lo~x In May, 1850. Lam cf opinsou SITS
bad square yards on one II n01 Ewo rnssss
In 1873 the tarss- msstsn scnoc1ss
@Horss" sss hstss al Bristol, Me, fos
Esston gamers, who wefe tseorgs sassxs,
tieary Carts aud Csadsss ttfysnt. aud her
aess capita wss JEAN CsnpsVli. see SIS
81 feet Ia long Is fsss ssss tcss eesp
aad measured iso $50 tons; three
snssts square stern, hiass sesa, no gsi-
lsrAe-. am Of optpson { bat abs also car
rsed sqaars yards on 0Ee az more os her
| nsssts.
Ia is5T my fsiene, The isfs Capt.. Jacob
GA Pssses, took command Of tas "Eiofse"
AID loaded her wits a sarge Of Qaisey,
Mess. granite ter tss erection es Tbs Astos
noase Ia Ssw yusE, and smong which
vas ths epsuer-stcns tor that iss-tsmsd
hosiery.
Ahoat THAI DATE, isSx1. smother vss~cl
called sENKn Of Mstanz@s', thres- usssss.
seAonner vita ysrds on iwe msst., ~ss
eaiif. iatnk IN Maine. but The place, her
eimeassons ssd sSr ezresF, sss pet .,
hsBd.
Ia 1871 the three INSISTED schooner
Aurora, wish yards ca tors and main.
wss bHtit at Ellsworth, Ne. whose ownss
/ wAs John Back and her enEasns nasr Cspl.