Thanks Jean. Can anyone recommend a researcher in the Boston area who may be able to help me navigate the Shipping Inspectors records? Thanks, Steve Foote > On 17 Mar 2015, at 20:00, mariners-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Master Mariner in Boston (Jean Eichhorn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:42:12 -0400 > From: "Jean Eichhorn" <jean0305@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [MAR] Master Mariner in Boston > To: "'Steve Foote'" <steve@foote-family.com>, <mariners@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000301d05fff$c627a310$5276e930$@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MARINERS list administrator, send an email to > MARINERS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MARINERS mailing list, send an email to MARINERS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of MARINERS Digest, Vol 10, Issue 47 > ****************************************