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814:, "It was Eckford's extraordinary ability to design, lay down, and build ships, ranging in size from a very small schooner to the largest frigates, working in a wilderness and in severe winter weather with sick or dissatisfied labor, and to do all this in extremely short periods of time, that maintained American superiority on Lake Ontario." Chapelle continues, "From a naval shipbuilding point of view, the outstanding men of the War of 1812 were Eckford and the Browns, Adam and Noah. Through the efforts of these three, the Navy held control of the lakes and prevented the British from invading the North and Northwest ... No officer or constructor of the Navy accomplished more. There were no competitors to the Browns and Eckford among the navy yards, or in the contract shipyards along the coasts, on the lakes... building was made infinitely more difficult than on the coast because of climate and geographical conditions, to say nothing of scarcities of labor and some materials." One advantage Eckford and the Browns may have had was a lack of attention by US government officials to their activities; Federal officials focused their efforts on the coasts, where they greatly interfered with shipbuilding decisions and progress during the war. 256: 810:
I am bold to say that there is not his equal in the United States, or perhaps the world. His exertions are unexampled...," and in a letter of 15 January 1814, Jones replied, "The talents and zeal of Mr. Eckford the builder, is a source of great satisfaction and confidence, which assures me that though the enemy has made great progress in the building of his two largest vessels, he will be over taken and surpassed in this branch of service by the superior energy and judgment of Mr. Eckford." In the words of maritime historian
40: 969:. On 15 September 1826, he and other Tammany Hall leaders were indicted for committing millions of dollars in acts of fraud against banks, insurance companies, and private citizens. The first trial in the case ended in a hung jury in October 1826. Eckford was not brought to trial again, although other defendants were convicted in a second trial. Eckford sought an apology and public statement of his innocence from District Attorney 150: 665:, New York, struggling, made suggestions to their staffs on how to improve their shipbuilding efforts. Chauncey wrote to Noah Brown to hurry north from New York City and take charge at Erie, which Brown did in February 1813 while his brother Adam remained in New York City to work with Christian Bergh in ensuring that Noah received the men and supplies he needed. Noah Brown later moved to 773:
independent of his, proposals for the Browns and Eckford to combine forces to build some of the ships do not appear to have borne fruit, and some of the ships the Browns built may have borrowed from Eckford's plans without him being otherwise involved in their construction. Despite tradition that he was, Eckford may not have been in involved the construction of
635:, New York, on the northeastern shore of Lake Ontario, where he set about establishing a naval base and shipyard. He was the first of the men at the meeting to arrive on the Great Lakes. Chauncey joined him at Sackets Harbor on 6 October 1812, establishing his headquarters there, and finding that Eckford already had a shipyard in operation and had laid the 804:
during the war, going bankrupt in the process because of difficulty the government had in paying him, although he never doubted that it eventually would. His efforts, along with those of Adam and Noah Brown, were key to American success on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. Chauncey wrote in praise
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on 8 October 1813, saying, "...yet as Mr. Eckford has built 4 vessels at this place, and has become acquainted with the resources and people of this part of the country, I think that he could have built sooner and perhaps cheaper than perhaps any other man, and as to his talents as a ship carpenter,
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Despite terrible winter weather, Eckford not only quickly established a shipyard, but also quarters for the shipbuilders, mess and kitchen buildings, a hospital, offices, and blockhouses, in what once had been merely a quiet hamlet, and made Sackets Harbor one of the US Navy's main bases during the
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in 1814. Eckford understood that the American war effort on the Great Lakes required the US Navy to keep ahead of British shipbuilding in Canada, and that speedy construction and delivery of warships was critical. Using prefabrication in New York City and on-site assembly in Sackets Harbor, he
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With both the Browns and Eckford active at Sackets Harbor, it has become a bit murky as to what extent Eckford was involved in the building of some of the ships there. He was in charge of all shipbuilding there and probably prepared plans for most of the ships, but the Browns' contracts were
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s 22-year-old son John also suffered severe burns while beating out the flames with his hands; within a few days, both Henrietta and John died of their injuries. Sarah Eckford meanwhile, never recovered from her illness; she lingered until 29 November 1828, when she died at the age of 28.
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about the problem of building a fleet of warships on Lake Ontario. Eckford, with experience in building ships in both Kingstown and Oswego, was an obvious choice for building ships for Chauncey on the Great Lakes, and Adam and Noah Brown also agreed to head north to design and build
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war, also taking the opportunity to invest in real estate in the area. With the shipyard in operation, Eckford took time away from it in December 1812 to join Chauncey in an inspection tour of American military and shipyard facilities on the Great Lakes and, finding the yards on
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Mahmud II then hired Eckford, who began to build ships in the Turkish shipyard for the Ottoman Navy, starting with a small schooner, a frigate, and a 74-gun ship constructed using a frame imported from New York City. He also began to design the 128-gun ship-of-the-line
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was considered a fine ship and she served in the Navy until 1883, and Eckford's departure from the Brooklyn Navy Yard probably had more to do with his own view of his employment there being a temporary position rather than any dispute he had with naval authorities.
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After returning to New York City, Eckford quickly became involved in naval design and construction at his yard there. The market for such ships was depressed after the war, however, so he took a job with the Navy as chief naval constructor at the
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At the Sackets Harbor shipyard, where Eckford had a work force of over 200 carpenters by April 1813 and of over 400 by April 1814 and where he employed over 800 men by January 1815, Eckford and the Browns combined to build all US Navy
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s family moved in New York City's higher social circles, and he expanded his business interests, including ventures in the shipping, banking, insurance, and publishing sectors. He also became involved in politics, serving in the
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Returning to New York City in 1809, Eckford bought out his partner Beebe and became sole owner of a new shipyard he established which would remain his main place of business for the rest of his life. For Astor, he built the brig
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When word reached Sackets Harbor in late February 1815 that the War of 1812 had ended, Chauncey ordered Eckford and his employees to suspend all operations at Sackets Harbor and return home, leaving the never-launched USS
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to pursue revolutionary politics while Eckford stayed behind in Kingston to continue to learn the shipbuilding trade. In 1794, Eckford joined a Freemason Lodge in Kingston, beginning a long association with
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Suspending all work at his New York shipyard, Eckford gathered his apprentices and his best workers and set out a few days after the meeting with Chauncey for the approximately 300-mile (480-km) journey to
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began looking for help in rebuilding its fleet. Eckford, seeking to rebuild his fortune and reputation after the scandals of 1826 and 1827, left New York in June 1831 aboard the new 1,000-ton, 26-gun
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as an apprentice at his yard. In the following years, Eckford would take on many other apprentices who would become important naval architects and shipbuilders in their own right, including
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Thanks to Eckford's political connections, five different Congresses considered bills for the financial relief of Eckford and his heirs over the course of many years following the scandal.
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s construction of US Navy gunboats in 1808. Chauncey visited New York City in the first week of September 1812 to meet with Eckford and his fellow shipbuilders Christian Bergh and
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took only 21 days from keel-laying to launch in 1813. Eckford also demonstrated a facility for dealing with labour crises, as demonstrated by an incident on 1 May 1814, when a
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In the late 19th century, a series of cigar bands commemorating important figures of the 19th century included Henry Eckford along with industrialist and philanthropist
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In addition to his financial and legal problems, Eckford faced family tragedy. His oldest child Sarah, widowed when Joseph Rodman Drake suddenly died of
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had arrived as a gift of the American government. Once he realised that she was a privately owned ship and was for sale, he purchased her. In the
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in 1817, which he probably viewed as a temporary position until the market improved for privately built ships. While there, he and his apprentice
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In 1791, at the age of 16, Eckford left Scotland – to which he never returned – to begin a five-year shipbuilding apprenticeship with his mother
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In the 1820s, American shipyards began to build ships for foreign navies. Eckford was part of this trend; in 1830, for example, he built the
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and blocked her completion. Chapelle, however, claims that no acrimony at all can be found in documents regarding the construction of
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Selig, pp.34–35, although p. Chapelle, pp. 220, 225, 247, mentions only the year 1808 in relation to the gunboat construction work.
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in the early 19th century. After building a national reputation in the United States through his shipbuilding successes during the
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Again in private life, Eckford returned to commercial shipbuilding, including the construction for John Jacob Astor of the ships
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s fleet, while Bergh agreed to remain in New York City and oversee the transportation of men and materiel north to Lake Ontario.
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in particular was noted for her great speed thanks to the streamlined hull form Eckford designed for her, making the trip from
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Eckford did his first shipbuilding work for the US Navy beginning in 1806, when the Eckford & Beebe shipyard built coastal
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late in 1792, Eckford followed to continue his apprenticeship, but the two soon went their separate ways, with Black moving to
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reputedly was a fast sailer, although she did not make particularly good time on her voyage from New York to Constantinople.
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Various 19th-century baseball teams in the United States were named in honour of Henry Eckford. The most prominent one was
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in 1816, and the couple gave Eckford his first grandchild in 1819. Anither daughter, Janet Eckford, married the American
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for the Navy. In July 1808, Christian Bergh invited Eckford to join him in building the 14-gun US Navy brig
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to carry guns and also had launched eight new purpose-built warships. Among the converted ships was the
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The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920 A Comprehensive History, with a Listing of Builders and Their Ships
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This article is about the Scottish-born American naval architect. For the British horticulturist, see
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s 19-year-old daughter Henrietta was badly burned when a fireplace set her dress on fire, and Eckford
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In April 1799, the 24-year-old Eckford married 20-year-old Marion Bedell. They had nine children:.
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were built thereafter. Eckford resigned from his post at the yard on 6 June 1820, the week after
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and launching her. The Sackets Harbor yard also built smaller ships in record time; the schooner
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soldier on sentry duty at Sackets Harbor shot and killed a carpenter after the launching of USS
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launched on Lake Ontario during the war. By 1814, the Sackets Harbor yard had converted some
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in 1820, fell ill in the autumn of 1827. On 23 January 1828, while caring for Sarah, Eckford
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This source mentions a financial disaster striking him around the time of his move to the
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Jampoler, p. 40, describes this story as arising from a single source, Henry Howe, in
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In 1817, the Brooklyn Navy Yard laid down the largely Eckford-designed 74-gun frigate
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s name was "Edward Beebe," while Chappelle, p. 249, gives his name as "Lester Beebe."
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s best naval architects and shipbuilders. Later in the year, he constructed the ship
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In 1796, Eckford reached the age of 21 and completed his apprenticeship, becoming a
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region, and he had known Eckford since Chauncey had been master of John Jacob Astor
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achieved what were considered breathtaking construction rates. Among the yard
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Eckford's political activities led him to become part of the leadership of
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Naval architect, shipbuilder, industrial engineer, politician, businessman
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The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development
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Eckford's quick start in Ottoman service ended when he died suddenly in
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and a Freemason lodge, where he met such prominent New Yorkers as
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Their daughter Sarah Eckford married the noted American poet
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was launched, and returned to running his private shipyard.
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launched in 1813, to the never-finished 3,200-ton, 106-gun
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Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York
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The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857–1870
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s most spectacular feats was the rapid construction of
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began in June 1812, Eckford offered his services to
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in 1806–1807 and had supervised Eckford & Beebe
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