Hi, in early New England, the Master Mariner Tickets were often issued and maintained through the local Masonic Lodge. I have never found a way to access them that way, however. -----Original Message----- From: mariners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mariners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steve Foote via Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 11:06 PM To: David Asprey Cc: mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAR] Master Mariner in Boston David Thanks for the quick reply. His name is Bensley Collenette - and I have found him on Mystic Seaport, but only one entry for 1889, which does give me another data point. However, I have also come across a couple of newspaper articles on him in the Boston Post on newspapers.com, which have what has really caught my interest. What I would most like to find out about was that 1894 he was a candidate for Boston Steamship Inspector, and by 1896, had the renewal of his license refused "on ground of intemperance". He appealed, and there was a hearing before the Steamship Inspector in 1896, but the newspaper article just reports that "the evidence will be sent to Washington, and the result of the hearing will not be known for several weeks." There are no further articles in the newspaper, so I wondered where I could go to find out the final outcome. Thanks, Steve Foote > On 14 Mar 2015, at 15:02, David Asprey <davidjasprey@gmail.com> wrote: > > You don't give his name. > But the ship registers online at Mystic City can be searched by ship masters: > http://library.mysticseaport.org/initiative/VMSearch2.cfm > > David > >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 1:49 AM, Steve Foote via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> I am trying to find out more about a merchant navy sea captain who >> held a US Master Mariner's license between about 1874 (year he was >> naturalized citizen), and 1896 (when his license expired). I have >> searched the list archives, and the FAQ but cannot find anything >> relevant (so excuse me if I have missed it). >> I have searched the US National Archives web site, but cannot find >> anything about Master Mariner licenses. >> >> I understand that licensing was/is the responsibility of the US >> National Coast Guard Agency, but can find nothing on their web site >> about their archives either. >> Is there an equivalent of Lloyd's Captain's Registers for the USA? >> Any help would be appreciated. >> Many thanks, >> Steve >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message