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Re: Steamboats of the Black Hawk War
« Reply #15 on Jan 14, 2006, 2:07pm »		[Quote]
Just as a point of reference. I checked on Captain Throckmortons bio in Whitneys. His short bio there also refers to Throckmorton (Joseph Throckmorton) as Captain, but indicates that he was in the "river trade", and does not give much more information.
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« Reply #16 on Jan 14, 2006, 2:21pm »		[Quote]
Here is some additional information on Throckmorton and the Steamboat Warrior;

Name: WARRIOR
Type: Sidewheeler
Size: 100 Tons, 111.5' X 19' 5". 1 deck. No mast.
Power: High pressure engine. 3 boilers.
Launched: 1832, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Destroyed:
Area: 1840, U. Miss. R.
Owner(s): Joseph Throckmorton and William Hempstead of Galena, Ill.
Captain and pilots: Capt. Throckmorton, Joseph
Comments: A troop carrier during the Black Hawk War, she had a six
pound cannon mounted on her bow.
Towed a safety barge 111.8' X 19' 5".
Mentioned in William Petersen's book
"Steamboats on the Upper Mississippi".

Name: Throckmorton, Joseph, of St. Louis
Boat(s): 1832: built the WARRIOR
1847, Apr. Capt. on CORA
1854-56, Sept. 16, Part owner and master, GENOA
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« Reply #17 on Jan 14, 2006, 9:55pm »		[Quote]
Going off information of people who protray the USN for Seminole Wars mention that most private vessal Captians wore some kind of outfit that would have been similar to the USN. However, it largely depends on who are and what your tastes were, some just wore fancy civie clothing.
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« Reply #18 on Jan 21, 2006, 11:33pm »		[Quote]
This the 'regulations' of a merchant seamen of England around the 1830s:
Each seaman took his own chest in which the typical contents would be:
ؠ6 or 7 changes of clothes - woollen vest, a cloth shirt and a canvas jacket (le paletot)
ؠsocks
ؠ2 woollen shirts
ؠ1pr cloth trousers
ؠ4 prs woollen underpants
ؠ5/6 prs of gloves or mittens
ؠ2 pr laced boots and 1 pr leather sea boots or sabot with leather uppers.
ؠan overcoat (double wool)
ؠa pillow and mattress
ؠa complete set of oilskins - pants, coat & sou'wester
ؠa cap
ؠcandles (used until mid-August)
ؠcandlestick
ؠStatuette of ND and religious pictures
ؠStraw to stuff into boots
HOwever it doesn't mention what styles and colors the looked like....
Here's the regulations of the 1830s USN, from Steve Hesson one of foremost historians in naval history:
ART. 600. Petty officers shall wear the following marks of
distinction:
Boatswain's mates, gunner's mates, carpenter's mates, masters at
arms, ship's stewards, and ship's cooks, by an anchor on the right
sleeve of their jackets in winter, and frocks in summer.
Quartermasters, quarter gunners, captains of forecastles, captains of tops, armorers, coopers, ship's corporals, and captains of the hold, by an anchor, in the same manner, upon their left sleeve.
The anchor shall be not more than three, nor less than two inches in length, placed half way between the elbow and shoulder, upon the front of the sleeve: it shall be white when worn on a blue garment and blue when worn on a white garment.
ART. 601. The outside dress clothing of the petty officers,
seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, shall consist of blue cloth jackets and trowsers, blue vest, blue cloth cap or black hat, black handkerchief, and shoes, when the weather is cold; when the weather is warm, it shall consist of white frock and trowsers, black or white hats, or blue cloth caps, as the commander may direct, having regard to the convenience and comfort of the crew, black handkerchiefs and shoes.
The collars of the frocks were between four and six inches in lengts, basicly big shirt collars. Also, on blue they were white with white cuffs, and a white bib down the front. On white, the collar, cuffs and bib were blue. The white hats they are talking about are straw. The black are the broad brimmed hat.
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