Looking Aft, A Personal History of the Family of Captain J. Henry Sears, Signed
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- Shipmasters of Cape Cod by H.C. Kittredge-Captain J Henry Sears took command of the Titan in Liverpool, England. A youngster of twenty-six from Brewster but a veteran shipmaster. At twenty-two he had commanded the Faneuil Hall in the European trade, and at twenty-four had taken the clipper ship Wild Ranger to San Francisco on the first two voyages of her career. For the next two years, he was busy carrying troops and munitions between French ports and the Crimea in the Titan. Then in 1857 the Titan was ordered to New Orleans to load cotten for Liverpool. Sears took on 6900 bales- the largest cotton cargo ever shipped. The Titan had become leaky and ran into a full gale off Liverpool. The wind heeled the big hull over and the main and mizzen masts had to be cut away to right the ship. Then she was towed into harbor and rerigged. He traveled in the Franklin Haven and came ashore at the beginning of the Civil War to go into the shipping business. He remained in Boston until 1898 when he retired and moved to Brewster.
- Brewster Shipmasters, by J. Henry Sears, 1906 960 tons, Ship "Ellen Sears" built E Dennis, 1864, sailed from San Francisco 1867 for Liverpool and was never heard from. 547 tons, Ship "Faneuil Hall" built Medford, 1846, lost off coast of Brazil in 1866. Masters Elisha Bangs, Joseph H Sears, Freeman H Bangs, Barnas Foster and J Henry Sears. 2360 tons "Titan, J Henry Sears abandoned at sea Mar 1859 on a passage from Callao to London. 2120 tons, "Glory of the Seas" now lying at harbor in San Francisco with no cargo. Capt Elisha Freeman Sears
- Shipmasters of Cape Cod by H.C. Kittredge-Captain J Henry Sears took command of the Titan in Liverpool, England. A youngster of twenty-six from Brewster but a veteran shipmaster. At twenty-two he had commanded the Faneuil Hall in the European trade, and at twenty-four had taken the clipper ship Wild Ranger to San Francisco on the first two voyages of her career. For the next two years, he was busy carrying troops and munitions between French ports and the Crimea in the Titan. Then in 1857 the Titan was ordered to New Orleans to load cotten for Liverpool. Sears took on 6900 bales- the largest cotton cargo ever shipped. The Titan had become leaky and ran into a full gale off Liverpool. The wind heeled the big hull over and the main and mizzen masts had to be cut away to right the ship. Then she was towed into harbor and rerigged. He traveled in the Franklin Haven and came ashore at the beginning of the Civil War to go into the shipping business. He remained in Boston until 1898 when he retired and moved to Brewster.
- Brewster Shipmasters, by J. Henry Sears, 1906 960 tons, Ship "Ellen Sears" built E Dennis, 1864, sailed from San Francisco 1867 for Liverpool and was never heard from. 547 tons, Ship "Faneuil Hall" built Medford, 1846, lost off coast of Brazil in 1866. Masters Elisha Bangs, Joseph H Sears, Freeman H Bangs, Barnas Foster and J Henry Sears. 2360 tons "Titan, J Henry Sears abandoned at sea Mar 1859 on a passage from Callao to London. 2120 tons, "Glory of the Seas" now lying at harbor in San Francisco with no cargo. Capt Elisha Freeman Sears
- Shipmasters of Cape Cod by H.C. Kittredge-Captain J Henry Sears took command of the Titan in Liverpool, England. A youngster of twenty-six from Brewster but a veteran shipmaster. At twenty-two he had commanded the Faneuil Hall in the European trade, and at twenty-four had taken the clipper ship Wild Ranger to San Francisco on the first two voyages of her career. For the next two years, he was busy carrying troops and munitions between French ports and the Crimea in the Titan. Then in 1857 the Titan was ordered to New Orleans to load cotten for Liverpool. Sears took on 6900 bales- the largest cotton cargo ever shipped. The Titan had become leaky and ran into a full gale off Liverpool. The wind heeled the big hull over and the main and mizzen masts had to be cut away to right the ship. Then she was towed into harbor and rerigged. He traveled in the Franklin Haven and came ashore at the beginning of the Civil War to go into the shipping business. He remained in Boston until 1898 when he retired and moved to Brewster.
- Brewster Shipmasters, by J. Henry Sears, 1906 960 tons, Ship "Ellen Sears" built E Dennis, 1864, sailed from San Francisco 1867 for Liverpool and was never heard from. 547 tons, Ship "Faneuil Hall" built Medford, 1846, lost off coast of Brazil in 1866. Masters Elisha Bangs, Joseph H Sears, Freeman H Bangs, Barnas Foster and J Henry Sears. 2360 tons "Titan, J Henry Sears abandoned at sea Mar 1859 on a passage from Callao to London. 2120 tons, "Glory of the Seas" now lying at harbor in San Francisco with no cargo. Capt Elisha Freeman Sears