Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Merchant OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: - DATE OF LOSS: 13 June 1847 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Superior, near Munising, MI RIG TYPE: Schooner? Brig? Most frequently called schooner. HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: 1834 OWNER(S): ? MASTER: Capt. Robert Brown TONNAGE: 74 t [om] DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 14? (All) Said to have been overloaded when she left Sault Ste. Marie on June 11th. Capt. Robert Moore, of the SWALLOW, had temporary command of the MERCHANT as Capt. Moore had broken his leg on Jume 10th running the rapids to sound the water. ======================================================================== Sources: Detroit Free Press, 20 July 1847 Ypsilanti Sentinel, 23 June 1847 Brooklyn (N.Y.) Daily Eagle, 13 July 1847 Historical Collections, Michigan Pioneer & Historical Society, Vol. XXX. 1906 - p. 583