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John Lester Barstow to Laura
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    • Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
    • Date Created: 1863-03-26
    • Description: Topics include Barstow's sickness, of him sent to New Orleans for rest but ordered back to his regiment as Heitzel's Brigade was to retreat, a very hard rain that flooded the camp, Admiral David Farragut at the siege of Port Hudson (on March 14), the retreat of General Banks and his army to Baton Rouge, his feelings other southern cities will soon fall and he will be going home, burning of the steamer, BioBio and perhaps the burning and loss of the mail with it and requests for photographs.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence


    Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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      • Date Created: 1955-04-12
      • Description: April 12, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga is positioned in the berthing basin on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. Behind the ship is seen the Colchester Lighthouse, one of the buildings of the museum. Photo 162.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Vermont [Steamboat]
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        • Description: Photo of the steamboat ferry, Vermont owned by the Champlain Transportation Company, with a large number of people on deck and in the foreground. Undated. 1920s? 1930s? The original Vermont side wheeler was built in 1808 by John and James Winans in Burlington, Vermont. It sank in 1815 but its engine and boiler were recovered and sold to the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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          • Date Created: 1955-02-09
          • Description: February 9, 1955. The steamship, Ticonderoga (built in 1906), slowly inches its way across a frozen field on its way to a permanent site, the Shelburne Museum. The boat is welded to its cradle pulled by winches. Railroad tracks were laid in sections of 300 ahead of the vessel. Progress per day was never more than 250 feet. Photo 132.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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            • Description: November 5, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen in a basin dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay. The lower half of her paddlewheels have been temporarily removed so as to allow the boat to fit in the basin. Her engines are not running during this part of the operation. Photo 40.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
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              • Creator: Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904.
              • Date Created: 1862-07-01
              • Description: Writing to his father, Gov. Holbrook, from the steamer, Morning Sight near Vicksburg topics include asking if he can have a battery to command, mentions Fort Pike, the desire to join the artillery service, the hope to be given captaincy, and the slow bombardments by the rebels but there was an attack by 3000 Confederates thinking to board the Union mortar boats only to be beaten back when fired upon.
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William C. Holbrook Correspondence


              Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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                • Creator: Williams, Lyman S., 1839-1905.
                • Date Created: 1863-09-07
                • Description: Williams has left NYC via steamboat, Rip Van Winkle and thought to be on way to Albany, NY ; had a chance to visit with friends ; draft continued with no trouble but threats were made to burn the city if the draft was brought to NYC.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Lyman S. Williams Correspondence


                Ticonderoga
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                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: Steamship Ticonderoga inside the breakwater in Lake Champlain. She is loaded with passengers. She was built in 1906 in Newburgh, New York and the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont. She weighs 892 tons, is 220 feet long and can carry a max of 1070 persons. Undated but may be early 1950s.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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                    • Date Created: 1954-11-05
                    • Description: November 5, 1954. The steamboat Ticonderoga is seen here at the southern end of Shelburne Bay before it begins its overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. A tugboat is drawn along side the vessel is this marshy basin. Photo 62.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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                      • Description: Cows in the pasture of the Bicknell dairy farm stand next to the steamship Ticonderoga. The W. B. Hill Co., building movers of Tilton, New Hampshire, navigate the paddle-boat overland to the Shelburne Museum. Photo undated but probably March 1955.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs