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Photo #: NH 67079

Totten (American Merchant Steamship, 1853-1881)


Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1952, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume III.
This steamer was rebuilt in 1857 and subsequently operated under the name Chesapeake. On 7 December 1863, while en route from New York to Portland, Maine, she was captured by a group of Confederate sympathizers who had taken passage in her. They intended to take her to Wilmington, North Carolina, but the ship was recaptured in Nova Scotian waters. The authorities at Halifax subsequently returned Chesapeake to her owners.

Courtesy of Erik Heyl.

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17 October 2001