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563:"Boston's Pilot System"
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123:General characteristics
83:Watson Shields Dolliver
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673:Alexander M. Lawrence
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1170:James Gordon Bennett
963:William H. Aspinwall
646:New York pilot boats
588:"Harbor Front Items"
403:In 1901, pilot-boat
958:William H. Starbuck
838:Jacob A. Westervelt
708:Charles H. Marshall
346:and the pilot-boat
203:was a 19th-century
70:Franklin B. Wellock
1200:Thomas D. Harrison
987:Boston pilot boats
953:William H. Bateman
893:Mary and Catherine
833:James M. Waterbury
758:Edward F. Williams
683:Anthony B. Neilson
338:South African wars
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30:Nathaniel Stebbins
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1155:Edward E. Barrett
898:Moses H. Grinnell
733:Elbridge T. Gerry
693:Caldwell H. Colt
257:Ambrose A. Martin
212:Ambrose A. Martin
210:built in 1896 by
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93:Ambrose A. Martin
16:Boston Pilot boat
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1014:Caleb Curtis
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813:Independence
768:Edmund Blunt
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868:Jesse Carll
823:James Avery
763:Enchantress
728:David Carll
391:No. 6; and
352:East Boston
296:Fort Warren
247:East Boston
216:East Boston
1334:1896 ships
1308:Categories
1190:New Jersey
1150:Centennial
938:Washington
928:Sandy Hook
843:Jacob Bell
828:James Funk
808:Isaac Webb
598:2020-11-02
573:2021-02-14
544:2020-11-02
517:2020-11-02
490:2020-10-31
465:2020-10-31
439:References
208:pilot boat
181:Propulsion
793:Gratitude
304:Brewsters
32:, c. 1896
1160:Ezra Nye
1049:Florence
1009:Coquette
1004:Columbia
978:Virginia
903:New York
888:Mary Ann
773:Favorita
427:See also
395:, No 8.
370:Liberty,
364:America,
327:Norseman
277:shipyard
262:Columbia
224:Plymouth
141:50-tons
132:schooner
99:Launched
75:Operator
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1114:Roseway
1104:Minerva
1099:Liberty
999:America
968:Widgeon
918:Phantom
698:Caprice
688:Blossom
653:America
413:haddock
405:Minerva
388:Varuna,
385:No. 5;
382:Hesper,
379:No. 4;
373:No. 3;
367:No. 1;
359:Minerva
348:Minerva
316:steward
288:Minerva
200:Minerva
138:Tonnage
89:Builder
61:Minerva
38:History
1129:Varuna
1094:Louise
1089:Lillie
1079:Hesper
1074:Gracie
1054:Friend
973:Yankee
908:Nettle
778:Fannie
658:Actaea
419:, and
376:Adams,
343:Sylph,
310:, and
272:Friend
269:, and
205:Boston
149:Length
1119:Sylph
1109:Pilot
994:Adams
393:Sylph
189:Notes
173:Depth
165:Draft
67:Owner
798:Hope
421:hake
184:Sail
157:Beam
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115:Fate
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