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"Cadet" (Brig)
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The brig "Cadet," 207 tons, was built by Thatcher Magoun of Medford, Massachusetts in 1821 and registered at Boston in 1826 and 1828. The original owners of the vessel were William Babson, Jr., Elias Davis, William Grover, John Somes, James Saville, Winthrop Sargent, and William Parsons, Jr. The master was William Grover. When she was registered at Boston in 1836, the owners were listed as John J. Babson, William Babson, Edward Babson, John Somes, and William Grover. Subsequent additional listed owners were Edward E. Dawson, David F. Babson, David S. Day, Elias S. Davison.
Reference:
Ship Registers of the District of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1789–1875 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1944).
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Newspaper
Gloucester Telegraph Ship News
American Antiquarian Society
List of ships arriving and departing the ports of Gloucester and Boston, with details of cargo.
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Transcription by Stephanie Buck.
Cape Ann Museum Library and Archive
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Oil on canvas
17 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass., Gift of Isabel Babson Lane, 1946 (1147.a)
Photo: Cape Ann Museum
Detail of brig "Cadet."
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Painting on board
72 x 48 in.
Collection of Erik Ronnberg
Chart showing the voyage of the brig Cadet to Surinam and return, March 10–June 11, 1840.
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Manuscript
Cape Ann Museum Library and Archive
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Oil on canvas
27 x 34 in.
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Mass.
Edward Babson was master of the brig "Cadet" at the time when Lane painted the vessel’s portrait.
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