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Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum

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Date Created: 1955-04-05
Description: April 5, 1955. Workmen of the W. B. Hill Company lay double tracks upon which the steamship Ticonderoga will cross the Rutland Railroad tracks. The boat nears the end of its overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. The permanent Rutland tracks are seen beneath the double tracks. Photo 159.
Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Vermont [Steamboat]

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Description: The steamboat, Vermont, seen under the Crown Point Bridge spanning Lake Champlain between Vermont and New York state.
Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney

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Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
Date Created: 1863-10-29
Description: Barney writes while on board the steamer ‚ÄúMaple Leaf‚Äù and describes the trip, including a singalong with Captain Seligson and his guitar. Officers' wives aboard but seasick, confined to their rooms thus he deprived "the pleasure of looking at a white woman." He also writes of wishing his father had sent a box with winter clothing that he had requested earlier, since the men need winter clothing.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence

Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney

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Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
Date Created: 1863-11-03
Description: Topics include his arrival at the Newport barracks after leaving the steamer Maple Leaf, the news that Colonel [James Wolfe] Ripley was in command of the post, and settling the men in barracks. He also comments on the poverty of the area, that wild game is plentiful, that hunting game may be the only amusement & how to direct letters through the mail.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence

Edward P. Stone to Family

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Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920.
Date Created: 1862-12-28
Description: Two letters dated Dec 28 and New Year's Day [1863] ; relates procedure and process by which allowed pass to travel to Washington with a soldier‚Äôs body, travel to Washington on the steamer Zepher, receiving parcels from home ; asking if $400 received.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Edward P. Stone Correspondence

William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook

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Creator: Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904.
Date Created: 1862-07-01
Description: Writing to his father, Gov. Holbrook, from the steamer, Morning Sight near Vicksburg topics include asking if he can have a battery to command, mentions Fort Pike, the desire to join the artillery service, the hope to be given captaincy, and the slow bombardments by the rebels but there was an attack by 3000 Confederates thinking to board the Union mortar boats only to be beaten back when fired upon.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William C. Holbrook Correspondence

Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams

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Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
Date Created: 1863-09-07
Description: Williams has left NYC via steamboat, Rip Van Winkle and thought to be on way to Albany, NY ; had a chance to visit with friends ; draft continued with no trouble but threats were made to burn the city if the draft was brought to NYC.
Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence

Ticonderoga

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Date Created: undated
Description: Steamship Ticonderoga inside the breakwater in Lake Champlain. She is loaded with passengers. She was built in 1906 in Newburgh, New York and the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont. She weighs 892 tons, is 220 feet long and can carry a max of 1070 persons. Undated but may be early 1950s.
Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum

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Date Created: 1954-11-05
Description: November 5, 1954. The steamboat Ticonderoga is seen here at the southern end of Shelburne Bay before it begins its overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. A tugboat is drawn along side the vessel is this marshy basin. Photo 62.
Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum

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Description: Cows in the pasture of the Bicknell dairy farm stand next to the steamship Ticonderoga. The W. B. Hill Co., building movers of Tilton, New Hampshire, navigate the paddle-boat overland to the Shelburne Museum. Photo undated but probably March 1955.
Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs

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