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American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920. A Comprehensive History, with a Listing of Builders and Their Ships
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Brown & Bell built the following vessels in the 1830-1850s:
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Jacob Bell was born at the parish of
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895:List of sailboat designers and manufacturers
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491:"North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
815:. New York: Press of W.F. Sametz & Co.
668:. New York, New York. 9 Sep 1837. p. 2
643:. New York, New York. 1 Oct 1839. p. 6
615:. State History Publications. p. 107.
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778:"List of ships built at Brown & Bell"
568:London Book Club Associates. 1976. p. 37
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662:"Launch Of The Pilot Boat James Avery"
1122:List of Northeastern U.S. pilot boats
749:Search for speed under sail 1700-1855
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1827:19th-century American businesspeople
852:. Waterbury, CT: The Mattatuck Press
846:Wright, Ella Frances (Reed) (1909).
1812:American businesspeople in shipping
613:Connecticut Biographical Dictionary
566:Tall Ships, The Golden Age of Sail.
466:Connecticut Biographical Dictionary
412:launched at the Port of New York.
151:. His company built the first two
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1817:People from Stamford, Connecticut
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344:(1851) for the Spanish government
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523:. New York NY. January 23, 2013
517:"Brown & Bell, New York NY"
812:History of New York Ship Yards
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542:"The Shipbuilders' Fire Cat"
688:"A New Pilot Boat Schooner"
578:Knoblock, Glenn A. (2014).
419:Loss of health sent him to
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637:"The Missing Pilot Boats"
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1702:Philadelphia pilot boats
1070:William Starling Burgess
964:Harlan and Hollingsworth
944:William Cramp & Sons
421:Sharon Springs, New York
277:James Avery (pilot boat)
77:Sharon Springs, New York
984:Montgomery & Howard
546:The French Hatching Cat
521:shipbuildinghistory.com
285:Jacob Bell (pilot boat)
125:Building the first two
1621:New Jersey pilot boats
1044:Jacob Aaron Westervelt
785:(Shipbuilding History)
727:(Shipbuilding History)
611:Hannan, Caryn (2008).
463:Hannan, Caryn (2008).
269:Gratitude (pilot boat)
226:Battle of Lundy's Lane
208:gained victory in the
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974:Lawrence & Foulks
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59:Stamford, Connecticut
1743:Delaware pilot boats
1653:James Gordon Bennett
1446:William H. Aspinwall
1129:New York pilot boats
16:American shipbuilder
1441:William H. Starbuck
1321:Jacob A. Westervelt
1191:Charles H. Marshall
999:C. & R. Poillon
425:Darien, Connecticut
210:Battle of Lake Erie
206:Oliver Hazard Perry
182:Adam and Noah Brown
88:Darien, Connecticut
38:builder Jacob Bell.
1683:Thomas D. Harrison
1470:Boston pilot boats
1436:William H. Bateman
1376:Mary and Catherine
1316:James M. Waterbury
1241:Edward F. Williams
1166:Anthony B. Neilson
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228:on July 25, 1814.
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