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TELESCOPE February, 1963 Volume 12, Number 2 - 26 - Telescope TELESCOPE February, 1963 Volume 12, Number 2 - 26 - Telescope Meeting Notices BUSINESS MEETING: Board of Directors, general membership welcome to attend. Friday, February 22, 1963, 8 p.m., at Dossin Museum. GENERAL MEETINGS Subject to be announced, an entertainment meeting will be held on Friday, March 29, at 8 p.m., at Dossin Museum. In This Issue... Cover: Corps of Engineers barge MILWAUKEE, Dowling photo. The Schooner ANNE Incident, 1838, By Neil F. Morrison ............................................... 27 The Big Splash: Bradley seIf-unloader B. H. TAYLOR By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J .............................. 31 Vessels of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Part 3 By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J .............................. 32 Blueprint: Lake Superior passenger propeller HAMONIC, Part 1 .. 36 Grand Salon: Refitting the Yacht DELPHINE Photographs by William A. Hoey .................................. 38 Great Lakes Marine News, edited by Robert Radunz ................ 40 Curator's Corner, by Robert E. Lee ................................ 44 Picture Pages, by Emory A. Massman, Jr., and Gordon Bugbee, with data by Massman and Pat Labadie ........................... 45 Brad Mitchell passes along to us an appeal of Mrs. Elizabeth Stan­ ton Anderson to locate some known works of her father's drawings (apparently including some Great Lakes items) which may have passed into unknown collections. Mrs. Anderson is republishing the Stan­ ton drawings— the finest available on Nineteenth Century steam vessels— in a set of brochures in regional groups. The first two have already appeared, Great Lakes Steam Vessels and Steam Vessels of Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound. We ask any help our readers can give so that Mrs. Stanton may continue with as complete a selection as possible for this very important printing venture. The Great Lakes Maritime Institute President, the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J.; Vice-president, Capt. William J. Cowles; Coordinating Director, Robert E. Lee; Recording Secretary, otto strek; Treasurer, william a . Hoey; Directors, Donald V. Baut, Capt. Frank Becker, Henry D. Brown, Gordon Bugbee, Robert H. Davison, Kenneth L. Fairbanks, Fred Heath, William LaBon- ville, Emory A. Massman, Jr., Robert Radunz, Don Richards, Howard J. Schuldt, Jr., and William M. Worden. Telescope Editor, Gordon Bugbee; Vessel List Editor, Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J.; Photographic Editor, Emory A. Massman, Jr.; Great Lakes Marina News Editor, Robert Radunz; Correspondents, George Ayoub, Fred W. Dutton, Edwin Sprengeler, Otto Strek, Dan M. Weber, Peter B. Worden and Richard J. Wright; Associate Editors, William A. Hoey, Robert E. Lee and Otto Strek. Printed by Robert Davison, Watervilla, 0. Telescope - 27 - 125 years ago occurred the “Patriot” Rebellion in Canada. IIS one df its early in 1838, rebel forces gained a foothold on Bois Blanc (“Bob-Lo”) Island on the Riper,,; illllllf ftiere they employedgja schooner^ to bombard (IbtfKalden, on the mainland across the channel* J K llllM llI ® 1 J ' ► . f -•''••x 1 | • ||i p^rm n g '' point • in their fortunes was the skirmish tory is told below: 1 1111 THE SCHOONER ANNE INCIDENT By Neil F. Morrison The political unrest and military activities of a century and a quarter ago produced plenty of excitement along the Detroit River and Lake Erie frontiers of Essex County. Early in December, 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie and others raised the standard of revolt against the autocratic rule of the Family Compact in Upper Canada. With some exceptions, the people remained loyal, although by no means approving of the Family Compact and its policies. The closing weeks of 1837 and opening weeks of 1838 saw settlers from far and near answer the call to arms in defence of their country. In the first days of the new year, a move by the rebels and some American supporters was made against Malden (Amherst­ burg) . Later in the winter fighting occurred at Fighting Island and Pelee Island. An uneasy spring, summer and autumn culminated in the Battle of Windsor, which marked the end of the rebellion. - 28- Telescope As 1837 approached its close, a considerable number of Canadian refugees "chiefly from the London district and of English or Ameri­ can descent" had assembled in and about Detroit and organized for a move against Canada. The intention was to move across the ice of the Detroit River to Windsor about the first of the new year. The leaders believed that the weak protection along the Canadian side of the Detroit River and the distance from which aid would have to come would permit the invaders to maintain their position long enough to establish permanent control. Ill luck dogged the rebel cause. The Detroit River most unoblig- ingly remained open and the United States federal and Michigan state authorities became increasingly watchful of rebel activities. The rebel leaders decided to shrift their sphere of operations to Malden (Amherstburg). On the morning of January 6, 1838, the schooner ANNE proceeded down river from Detroit "under the command of Cap­ tain R. Davis, formerly of the London district, Upper Canada," and with a good-sized force of rebels on board. Other refugees and their American allies were instructed to con­ gregate secretly at the small village of Gibraltar on the Michigan mainland, across from the lower end of Grosse Ile. All of this was preparatory to a move scheduled against Malden for January 8. This date appealed to the invaders because it was the anniversary of an American victory over the British forces at New Orleans 23 years previously. The American leader at the battle had been Andrew Jackson, affectionately called "Old Hickory" by the Americans, and president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. It is not necessary to follow in detail the confusing moves of the invading forces nor the awkward manoeuvring of the ANNE in her last hours. An account of the final incidents connected with the ill-fated ship follows: ***** "Toward evening (cf January 9) the wind had risen and blew directly on the Canadian shore. Orders came from Sutherland directing my attention to a craft, which he apprehended might be used by the force at Malden for transportation to the island Bois Blanc, or Bob-Lo (then used by the rebels), and in case of the movement being attempted, desiring that we would sink her. We again weighed anchor, and the sailing master believing that he could pilot the ANNE in the gale that was then blowing to the foot of the island, we once more made sail under rather unpropitious circumstances. As we neared the town, volley after volley was poured into us with considerable effect and with more skill than the night before. It was no boys' play now. Many of our men were wounded and considerable damage was done to the rigging. Captain Davis, who was holding on to the anchor, was shot in the wrist and groin, of which he afterwards died, and away went the anchor. "The enemy aimed with fatal precision at the helmsman and he fled below, leaving the boat to her own will, and as the down-hauls had - 2 9 - Note: Mr. Neil Morrison is best known as the author of Garden Gateway to Canada, the history of Essex County and the vicinity of Windsor, Ont. His article published here was written for the London (Ont.) Free Press issue of January 19, 1963, one of a series by him on the Patriots' Uprising of 1837-38. The Algonquin Club of Detroit and Windsor is sponsoring a lecture series this winter and spring upon these events of 125 years ago (those interested in attending should consult our Coordina­ ting Director, Bob Lee, at the Dossin Museum). In their Jan­ uary meeting the incident of the schooner ANNE was described by David Botsford, curator of the Fort Malden Museum at Amherstburg, Ont. The museum grounds contain the earthworks and one of the buildings of the British fort which became im­ portant after the British gave up Detroit in 1796. Several display buildings, including the modern structure shown at right, contain a substantial collection of items of regional history. Its fine Great Lakes collection is reinforced as the repository of Marine Historical Society of Detroit, which for many years has held its annual June picnic meetings there. The well-known block-houses of A display building at Fort Malden Bob-Lo Island were built after Museum, whose collection includes the invasion threat collapsed. the flag and cannons of the ANNE. -3 0 - Telescope been cut away by the shot, the sails could not be managed. Unskilled as mariners, confusion reigned among us, and the schooner drifting with the ice, we were in a few moments aground on the main shore, our deck presenting an inclined front to the irritated and triumph­ ant marksmen of the enemy. With much labor we brought our cannon to bear upon the shore. Another volley and a rush to board us. The moon was shining bright and we were easily seen and marked by their riflemen, while they were concealed behind the fences and trees of an orchard close at hand. A little boy, a Canadian refugee engaged in bringing us loaded muskets, was killed in the act, fell overboard and his body was found on shore the next morning. All around me were soon disabled." ***** Surrender to the boarding party who waded out from shore in icy water soon followed. The prisoners, numbering about thirty and some of them seriously wounded, were taken to the Matthew Elliott home, temporary barracks of the defending forces. About three or four a.m. Colonel John Prince entered the room where the victors were warming themselves before a fireplace. He inquired for "General" Theller, who was lying on the floor in a corner, covered by a blanket and resting his head on a piece of wood as a pillow.
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