Moses Adams had his own shipyard and built eighty-five schooners and pilot boats.
18 Facts About Moses Adams
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Moses Adams was the first vessel that was launched sideways from Essex.
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On December 6,1884, Moses Adams launched a 130-ton schooner for the Tea Wharf Company of Boston.
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On March 24,1886, Moses Adams built a new schooner JJ Merritt, Jr.
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Moses Adams was built after a model by Captain George M McClain.
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Moses Adams built the fishing schooner Fredonia in 1889, which was designed by Edward Burgess.
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Moses Adams was a yacht for banker Commodore John Malcolm Forbes of Boston, but later became a Gloucester fisherman schooner.
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Moses Adams built the Burgess designed fisherman schooner Nellie Dixon in 1889 from the same plans as the Fredonia.
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Moses Adams built the 90-ton schooner Emma and Helen for Hon.
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In November 1891, Moses Adams built a 75-ton unnamed schooner with a radical design for Captain Steele.
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Moses Adams was named for Melvin O Adams, an American attorney and railroad executive.
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Moses Adams's design was by Boston yacht designer Edward Burgess, known for his America's Cup defenders.
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In 1894, Moses Adams built the pilot boat Joseph Pulitzer, No 20, for New York Pilots.
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Moses Adams was a replacement for the Pilot Boat Edward Cooper, that sank off Sandy Hook in 1892.
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Moses Adams was named in honor of Joseph Pulitzer, a New York newspaper publisher.
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Moses Adams was said to be the fastest of the New York pilot fleet.
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Moses Adams beat the Boston pilot boat, Hesper, No 5, on a race leaving Gloucester.
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Moses Adams died, at age 56, on July 16,1894, in Essex, Massachusetts.