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USS Albany (1846)
USS ''Albany'', the first United States Navy ship of that name, was built in the 1840s for the US Navy. The ship was among the last of the wooden sloops powered by sail and saw extensive service in the Mexican–American War, Mexican War. Before and after her combat service, ''Albany'' conducted surveillance and observation missions throughout the Caribbean. In September 1854, during a journey along the coast of Venezuela, ''Albany'' was lost with all hands on 28 or 29 September 1854. Included among the 250 men lost were several sons and grandsons of politically prominent men. Description and construction ''Albany'' was one of a group of eight Full-rigged ship, full-rigged, three-mast (sailing), masted wooden Sloop-of-war, sloops built in the early 1840s that were the last American sailing sloops to be commissioned.E. B. Potter,''Sea Power: A Naval History.'Chapter 11: Navies in Transition (Administrative Changes) Naval Institute Press, 15 Jun 2014. 9781612517674 The ship measu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Currier
Nathaniel Currier (March 27, 1813 – November 20, 1888) was an American lithographer. He headed the company Currier & Ives with James Ives. Early years Currier was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel and Hannah Currier. He attended public school until age fifteen, when he was apprenticed to the Boston printing firm of William and John Pendleton. The Pendletons were the first successful lithographers in the United States, lithography having only recently been invented in Europe. Currier learned the process in their shop. He subsequently went to work for M. E. D. Brown in Philadelphia, in 1833. The following year, Currier moved to New York City, where he was to start a new business with John Pendleton. Pendleton backed out, and the new firm became Currier & Stodart, which lasted only one year. Currier & Ives In 1835, Currier started his own lithographic business as an eponymous sole proprietorship. He initially engaged in standard lithographic business of printing sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |