The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem . SHIP ULYSSES (2d) OF SALEM RIGGING A TEMPORARY RUDDERPainting by Anton Roux, Marseilles, Model made SHIP ULYSSES i2d> OF SALEMl 1804 by Capt. William Mugford to illustrate his temporary rudder. Ulysses [2d], ship, of Salem, built at Haverhill, Mass., 1798, 340 tons. Three water-color paintings, each signed, — Anton Roux aMarseille, 1804, illustrating: the loss of the ships rudderin a gale, the adjustment of a temporary rudder, the safe arrivalof the ship at Marseilles. Each picture has an explanatoryinscription. For his achievement, Ca
The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem . SHIP ULYSSES (2d) OF SALEM RIGGING A TEMPORARY RUDDERPainting by Anton Roux, Marseilles, Model made SHIP ULYSSES i2d> OF SALEMl 1804 by Capt. William Mugford to illustrate his temporary rudder. Ulysses [2d], ship, of Salem, built at Haverhill, Mass., 1798, 340 tons. Three water-color paintings, each signed, — Anton Roux aMarseille, 1804, illustrating: the loss of the ships rudderin a gale, the adjustment of a temporary rudder, the safe arrivalof the ship at Marseilles. Each picture has an explanatoryinscription. For his achievement, Capt. William Mugfordof Salem, the commander of the ship, received the Magellanicgold medal from the American Philosophical Soc. of Phila-delphia. The Archives of Useful Knowledge, Vol. Ill, No. 2,October, 1812, contains a description of Capt. Mugfordsextemporized rudder with an illustration. C Also, full hullmodel, showing the method of attaching the rudder, madeby Capt. Mugford and given the East India Marine Societyat the time. The museum has documents and correspondenceconnected with the matter and the ships sea-letter for thevoyage,
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