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Marine Review, Vol. 46
January, 1916


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                        Old Skipper Passes
                 
              CAPTAIN ALBERT R. MANNING, one of the last
            of the old guard of stalwart lake sailors,
            died Nov. 27 at Cleveland, in his eighty-
            first year. He was born in England, but set-
            tled on the lakes as a small boy, shipping
            on a schooner at the age of 14. CAPTAIN
            MANNING'S first command was obtained in 1853.
            Six years later he took the schooner J. F.
            Warner to Glasgow direct from Cleveland with
            a cargo of barrel staves, this being one of
            the first transatlantic ships direct from
            lake ports. Among the vessels that he com-
            manded were Ocean Wave, Danube, American
            Eagle and Hinckley. CAPTAIN MANNING entered
            the marine insurance business in 1871, being
            a member of the firm of BROOKS & MANNING
            for more than a quarter of a century. At
            various times he held the position of vice
            president of the Cleveland Board of Trade,
            president of the Cleveland and the Ohio
            board of fire underwriters and the Lake
            Marine Underwriters. He retired in 1910
            from active practice.
              Old time Great Lakes sailors who were
            intimate with CAPT. MANNING declare him
            to have been a vessel master of the high-
            est order, a business man of the most honor-
            able class and in general a broad-minded,
            sensible and coureous gentleman, never
            boisterous but always ready to advise and
            assist others over the rugged and oftimes
            stormy paths of life.
            
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