1870 — Oct 9~, Steamer Mariposa (NOLA to NYC) lost/foundered off East Coast of FL– 36

— 36 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 133.
— 36 Lytle and Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the [U.S.] 1807-1868. 1952, p. 270.
— 36 Nash, Jay Robert. Darkest Hours. 1977, p. 686.
— 36 Singer, S. D. Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing (2nd Ed.), 1998, p. 225.
— 35 Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Proceedings of [19th]… 1871, p. 44.

Narrative Information

Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels: “On the 5th of October, 1870, the steamship Mariposa left New Orleans, Louisiana, bound to New York, and she is supposed to have been lost on or about the 9th of the same month, on the east coast of Florida. She was a wooden ship propeller, of 1,081 tons, built in 1864, at Brooklyn, New York, and was considered a first-class ship. There were no passengers on board at the time of the disaster. The crew, consisting of thirty-five persons, are supposed to have been lost, as they have not been heard from since. The estimated value of vessel was $150,000, and of cargo $130,000, making a total loss of $280,000.” (Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of… “Second Supervising District” report. 1871, p. 44.)

Lytle and Holdcamper: “Mariposa…1,089 tons…foundered…10 9 1870…Off Florida…36 [lives lost].”

Singer: “Mariposa – Sternwheel steamer, 1,089 tons, built in 1864 at Greenpoint, Long Island, N.Y. Foundered off the Florida Coast, Oct. 9, 1870. Thirty-Six lives lost.” (Singer 1998, 225.)

Sources

Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press Inc., 1972.

Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, Held at Washington, D.C., January, 1871. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871. Accessed 8-25-2020 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=sLhTAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Lytle, William M., compiler, from Official Merchant Marine Documents of the United States and Other Sources; Holdcamper, Forrest H. (Editor, and Introduction by). Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. “The Lytle List.” Mystic, CT: Steamship Historical Society of America (Publication No. 6), 1952. Accessed 8-16-2020 at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018039084&view=1up&seq=9&size=125&q1=ceres

Nash, Jay Robert. Darkest Hours – A Narrative Encyclopedia of Worldwide Disasters from Ancient Times to the Present. New York: Pocket Books, Wallaby, 1977, 792 pages.

Singer, Steven D. Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing (2nd Ed.). Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, Inc., 1998. Partially digitized by Google. Accessed at: http://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false