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    VESSEL NAME:   Jesse Phillips
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   75367
    DATE OF LOSS:  1904
    REASON:        Scrapped
    LOCATION:      ?
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 2 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Jonathan Packard, Manitowoc, WI - 1868
    OWNER(S):      Sara F. Barker
    MASTER:        -
    TONNAGE:       186 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    128 x 26 x 8
    CASUALTIES:    0
    SURVIVORS:     -

                    Rebuild in 1882

      April, 1869 - Damaged by collision with schooner R. P. MASON
                    at Manistee.

    Nov. 19, 1879 - Damaged spars in a gale on Lake Michigan.

    Sept. 9, 1888 - Ran into the north pier at Milwaukee with a strong
                    norteast wind blowing.

    Apr. 19, 1890 - Ran into the propeller LACKAWANNA in the Chicago River
                    and tore out about 60 feet of her starboard railing,
                    her main shroud, and lost her own jibboom and head
                    gear.

      From at least 1897 to 1900 "O. F. Scheneman", of Chicago, is shown as
      the master of the schooner Jesse Phillips.

      An advertisement in American Florest, Vol. 17, 3 August 1901 , reads:
      -------------------------------------------------
                       BOUQUET GREEN.
        Best quality at lowest prices.  We gather our
      own greens and bring by our own boat direct.
        Also CHRISTMAS TREES.
                Northern Michigan Evergreen Nursery.
       SCHOONER JESSE PHILLIPS,   S.W. Cor. Clark st.
       H. Shueneman, Capt.        Bridge, CHICAGO
      --------------------------------------------------

      The JESSE PHILLIPS was scrapped in 1904.

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Sources: Greenwood "Namesakes 1900 - 1909"
         Chicago Tribune, 21 November 1879
         R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1884
         The Buffulo Express, 21 April 1890
         Beeson's Inland Marine Guide - 1891, 1892
         Blue Book of American Shipping - 1897, 1903
         Merchant Vessel List - 1875, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1903
         Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1889
         Congressional Series, 41st Congress, 2d Session - 1869


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