The link in my previous message apparently doesn't work, so here's the URL and a transcript. http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/34019/data?n=1 Steamer China of Buffalo Sold Anchor Line Sells Vessel to Jacques & Co. of Montreal (by G.N.W. Telegraph) Toronto, Feb. 17— the announcement is made from an authoritative source that the fleet of steamer coming into the local harbor will have an acquisition this coming season in the CHINA of the Anchor line, which for some years past has been on the route between Buffalo and points on the upper lakes. The CHINA, it is stated, has been acquired by the Jacques interested in Montreal and will be placed on a route taking in Montreal, Toronto, Detroit and Cleveland as a passenger and freight boat. She will be run in connection with the steamers of the Merchant's line. J.C. Evans, the Buffalo representative of the Anchor Line, said concerning the above: "It is true that A.C. Jacques & Co. of Montreal have bought the boat. The CHINA had not yet changed hands, but, the transfer will be consummated March 1. The boat is not to come to Buffalo." Buffalo Evening News Friday, 17 Feb 1905 Steam screw CHINA, U.S. No. 5972, of 1,239.26. Home port, Erie, Pa. Merchant Steam Vessels, U.S., 1871 Lisa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lisa Petersen On Jun 2, 2015, at 3:00 AM, mariners-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 18:27:29 -0400 > From: Lisa Petersen <lisap@kinquest.com> > Subject: [MAR] crew lists for steamer CHINA on Lake Erie, 1905 > To: mariners@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <0B996F75-EF9B-47CC-B709-DF174972B356@kinquest.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hello all, > > I'm trying to follow up on a clue given in the crew agreement of the ship Pythomene that shows Arthur Sorensen having previously sailed on the s/s CHINA. My problem is determining which steamship CHINA! > > He signed on as an O.S. on the Pythomene at Portland, Oregon, on 8 Aug 1905. There was a steamship CHINA owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company that sailed in & out of San Francisco, and the U.S. National Archives in San Bruno has shipping articles for this ship from the right time period, but no Arthur Sorensen was found by the Archives staff at my request. > > Since Arthur Sorensen was from Cleveland, Ohio, and was only 19 in 1905, I looked for steamers on Lake Erie thinking perhaps he got his start there. This is a possibility: > > Steamer CHINA of Buffalo Sold > > Should there have been shipping articles or crew lists for this s/s CHINA, and if so, where might they be now? > > Thanks, > > Lisa Petersen >