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Edward A. Costigan

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Edward A. Costigan was one of the Boston's oldest shipbuilders being connected with shipbuilding most of his life. He did fishing work from the ages of 11 to 15 on fishing vessels catching Mackerel. He was on the 100-ton schooner
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In 1858, he launched his own shipyard at 361 Commercial Street, Boston, Massachusetts, which he had for thirty years. He had a large business and employed up to 40 workmen. He built pilot boats,
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Edward A. Costigan died, at age 81, on June 7, 1901, at the Old Men's home in Boston, Massachusetts.
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when he visited Boston in the late 1860s. On August 11, 1834, he saw the burning of the
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In 1876, Costigan retired from the shipbuilding business. He was a resident of
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in Charlestown. At age 16, he saw the pirates, who boarded the brig
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at Commercial Street in Boston, where he built many notable
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Costigan had seen many celebrities and events including:
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Charlestown, Boston
Massachusetts
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
Shipbuilder
Boston
Massachusetts
shipbuilder
shipyard
pilot boats
scows
Boston
Massachusetts
major general
Lafayette
barouche
carriage
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
Edward VII
Boston, Massachusetts
Duke of York
Lewis Cass
Ulysses S. Grant
The Minute Man
Concord, Massachusetts
Andrew Johnson
Ursuline Convent

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