Special Online Exhibit
Museum Exhibits
Masthead light c. 1850-75; sea chest c.1859 with 20th Century art commemorating the commissioning of Freeman Snow, shipmaster of ship JOHN M MAYO; and Nate Black's barbershop.
Shipmasters
18th Century Block Front Desk
This mahogany desk belonged to the Clark family of Stoney Brook Road. Upon this desk the articles of separation were signed in 1803, officially dividing North Harwich Parish from Harwich, thereby creating the town of Brewster.
The desk was on loan to the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate in Winterthur, Delaware,
as part of their exhibit "Harbor and Home Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710 - 1850",
March 21 - May 25, 2009.
Barque Kedar
This watercolor painting by the French artist,
Honore Pellegrin, depicts the Barque Kedar
entering the port of Marseilles in June 1855.
Benjamin Fessenden was her Shipmaster.
This watercolor painting by the French artist, Honore Pellegrin, depicts the Barque Kedar
entering the port of Marseilles in June 1855.
Benjamin Fessenden was her Shipmaster.
Mountain Wave
This 1854 watercolor was painted by Nicolas Cammillieri,
a Maltese port artist. Captain Isaac Fessenden was Shipmaster of this Boston vessel.
This 1854 watercolor was painted by Nicolas Cammillieri, a Maltese port artist. Captain Isaac Fessenden was Shipmaster of this Boston vessel.
Undaunted
This oil painting of the ship, Undaunted, was executed by the Belgian artist Egide Linning in 1857. In 1859, part of Captain William Freeman’s crew mutinied and the Captain was severely wounded. However, he remained with the ship and turned the mutineers over to the U.S. Consul at St. John, Nova Scotia.