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Milford, Delaware: Milford Historical Society, 1990. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket. Quarto. Turquoise cloth-covered boards . with bright gilt lettering and design to front. Map endpapers. One tiny stain to front free endpapers. SIGNED by author on title page. A complete history of the famous sailing vessels built in Delaware on the banks of the Mispillion River, the yards and their builders, provenance, crews, etc. " Shipbuilding was an important part of Milford's growth at the turn of the century. Many ships were built at several different shipyards throughout the town. In the preface to the book "Mispillion Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917," author Betty Harrington Macdonald wrote that William Penn himself wrote of the Mispillion Creek as a convenient method for transferring goods from one place to another. When ships were completed, their launching was a holiday throughout the town. Schools were closed and the entire town turned out to send the ship off. September 27, 1904 was no…
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MISPILLION-BUILT SAILING VESSELS 1761 - 1917 (SIGNED)
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SHIP REGISTRIES AND ENROLLMENTS PORT OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA 1859-1920
by Survey of Federal Archives, Division of Community Service Programs Works Projects Administration
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San Francisco, CA: Survey of Federal Archives Works Projects Administration, 1941. Softcover. Very Good Minus. Quarto. Card covers. Title (dates, esp.) on card covers differ from those on title page. Card cover title reads: "Ship Registers Port of Eureka California 1864 to 1940. Card front cover creased. Maps, Charts, Glossary, Entries, Index. 167 pages.
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