The Dolly Madison
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Title
The Dolly Madison
Subject
Bicentennial quilt; Dolly Madison; steamships; Connecticut River; Essex, Connecticut
Description
The Dolly Madison made her first trips on the Connecticut River in 1964, after having spent two years on the Potomac River as an excursion boat from Washington, D.C., to Mount Vernon, Virginia. Together with her sister ship , the Martha Washington, she carried many school children to visit George Washington's plantation, named in honor of Admiral Vernon, a British officer under whom Lawrence Washington had served.
Built at Warren, R.I., at the Blount shipyard in 1961, Dolly Madison appropriately returned to New England as the first craft to revive passenger service on the Connecticut River, an industry which had lain dormant since 1931 when the Hartford-New York line ceased operations.
Under command of the present owner, Mr. Gifford Warner, trips from Hartford down the river to the Sound, and across to Greenport or Sag Harbor, L.I., provided the opportunity for everyone to see the splendor of the river whose natural, unspoiled beauty can best be seen from the water.
Other voyages have taken passengers to watch the America's Cup races in the waters off Newport and to behold the fleet of "Tall Ships", a bi-centennial spectacular, in Narragansett Bay on July 1, 1976.
The ship was named by the first owners, Wilson Lines, who seemingly were unaware that her historical namesake spelled her name Dolley. Attempts to change to the correct spelling proved to be so complicated for a documented vessel that Mr. Warner decided to retain the name with which she originally was christened.
Built at Warren, R.I., at the Blount shipyard in 1961, Dolly Madison appropriately returned to New England as the first craft to revive passenger service on the Connecticut River, an industry which had lain dormant since 1931 when the Hartford-New York line ceased operations.
Under command of the present owner, Mr. Gifford Warner, trips from Hartford down the river to the Sound, and across to Greenport or Sag Harbor, L.I., provided the opportunity for everyone to see the splendor of the river whose natural, unspoiled beauty can best be seen from the water.
Other voyages have taken passengers to watch the America's Cup races in the waters off Newport and to behold the fleet of "Tall Ships", a bi-centennial spectacular, in Narragansett Bay on July 1, 1976.
The ship was named by the first owners, Wilson Lines, who seemingly were unaware that her historical namesake spelled her name Dolley. Attempts to change to the correct spelling proved to be so complicated for a documented vessel that Mr. Warner decided to retain the name with which she originally was christened.
Creator
Datlowe, Marghretta
Publisher
Essex Historical Society
Date
1976
Contributor
Little, Matthew W.
Rights
Essex Historical Society
Format
Digital Image, Adobe pdf
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Quilt_35
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
The Dolly Madison made her first trips on the Connecticut River in 1964, after having spent two years on the Potomac River as an excursion boat from Washington, D.C., to Mount Vernon, Virginia. Together with her sister ship , the Martha Washington, she carried many school children to visit George Washington's plantation, named in honor of Admiral Vernon, a British officer under whom Lawrence Washington had served.
Built at Warren, R.I., at the Blount shipyard in 1961, Dolly Madison appropriately returned to New England as the first craft to revive passenger service on the Connecticut River, an industry which had lain dormant since 1931 when the Hartford-New York line ceased operations.
Under command of the present owner, Mr. Gifford Warner, trips from Hartford down the river to the Sound, and across to Greenport or Sag Harbor, L.I., provided the opportunity for everyone to see the splendor of the river whose natural, unspoiled beauty can best be seen from the water.
Other voyages have taken passengers to watch the America's Cup races in the waters off Newport and to behold the fleet of "Tall Ships", a bi-centennial spectacular, in Narragansett Bay on July 1, 1976.
The ship was named by the first owners, Wilson Lines, who seemingly were unaware that her historical namesake spelled her name Dolley. Attempts to change to the correct spelling proved to be so complicated for a documented vessel that Mr. Warner decided to retain the name with which she originally was christened.
Built at Warren, R.I., at the Blount shipyard in 1961, Dolly Madison appropriately returned to New England as the first craft to revive passenger service on the Connecticut River, an industry which had lain dormant since 1931 when the Hartford-New York line ceased operations.
Under command of the present owner, Mr. Gifford Warner, trips from Hartford down the river to the Sound, and across to Greenport or Sag Harbor, L.I., provided the opportunity for everyone to see the splendor of the river whose natural, unspoiled beauty can best be seen from the water.
Other voyages have taken passengers to watch the America's Cup races in the waters off Newport and to behold the fleet of "Tall Ships", a bi-centennial spectacular, in Narragansett Bay on July 1, 1976.
The ship was named by the first owners, Wilson Lines, who seemingly were unaware that her historical namesake spelled her name Dolley. Attempts to change to the correct spelling proved to be so complicated for a documented vessel that Mr. Warner decided to retain the name with which she originally was christened.
Original Format
Cloth fabric, quilting square, handicraft art
Collection
Citation
Datlowe, Marghretta, “The Dolly Madison,” Essex Library Association digital quilt, accessed May 11, 2024, https://bicentennialquilt.omeka.net/items/show/35.