Jacob Aaron Westervelt (January 20, 1800 – February 21, 1879) was a renowned and prolific shipbuilder who constructed 247 vessels of all descriptions during...
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Jacob Westervelt may refer to: Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800–1879), shipbuilder and New York City Mayor Jacob Westervelt (sheriff) (1794–1881), High Sheriff...
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Paper Company and inventor Jacob Westervelt (1794–1881), Sheriff of New York County from 1831 to 1834 Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800–1879), shipbuilder in...
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York City in 1853, which was under the presidency of the mayor Jacob Aaron Westervelt. The building stood on a site behind the Croton Distributing Reservoir...
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pride of a relatively young nation and all that she stood for. Jacob Aaron Westervelt, at that time Mayor of New York, was the President of the exhibition-committee...
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Woodhull 1849 1851 1 Whig 71 Ambrose Kingsland 1851 1853 1 Whig 72 Jacob Aaron Westervelt 1853 1855 1 Democratic 73 Fernando Wood (1st term) 1855 1858 2 Democratic...
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actress Huyler Westervelt (1869–1949), pitcher who had a 7–10 record in his single MLB season with the New York Giants Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800–1879)...
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Jacob Westervelt (July 27, 1794 – May 10, 1881) was the Sheriff of New York County from 1831 to 1834. He was president of Lafayette Bank of New York City...
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series West Point (1847), a full-rigged sailing vessel built by Jacob Aaron Westervelt USS West Point (ID-3254), a cargo ship built in 1918 USS West Point...
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he took office as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands. Jacob Aaron Westervelt was a renowned and prolific shipbuilder and Mayor of New York (1853–1855)...
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Opdyke In office January 1, 1855 – December 31, 1857 Preceded by Jacob Aaron Westervelt Succeeded by Daniel F. Tiemann Member of the U.S. House of Representatives...
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Golden State was an extreme clipper ship built by Jacob Aaron Westervelt in 1852 in New York City and launched on January 10, 1853. In 1883 she was renamed...
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Hand’s surviving drawings, and material relating to shipbuilder Jacob Aaron Westervelt. The original Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum was established...
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shoal-draught boat. She was built in December 1853 by Aaron J. Westervelt, of the Jacob A. Westervelt Sons & Company for Sullivan & Pratt and the New York...
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Catherine was a 19th-century New York pilot boat built in 1848 by the Jacob Aaron Westervelt shipyard. She was hit and sunk by the steamship Haverton in 1885...
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Management Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931), Governor of Louisiana Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800–1879), shipbuilder and Mayor of New York City (1853–1855)...
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islands that Palmer explored, the clipper ship N.B. Palmer (built by Jacob Aaron Westervelt) and the Antarctic icebreaker RV Nathaniel B. Palmer are named after...
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Central Park. Despite setbacks, including Kingsland’s successor Mayor Jacob Westervelt’s reticence towards both park contenders, Central Park prevailed. On...
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American Revolutionary War brigadier general Westervelt JC Westervelt family including Jacob Aaron Westervelt Early settlers to Bergen, New Netherland Ship...
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Comptroller In office January 1, 1853 – December 31, 1858 Mayor Jacob Aaron Westervelt Fernando Wood Preceded by Joseph R. Taylor Succeeded by Robert T...
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30 January 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 4 January 2021. "New York Yards. Jacob A. Westervelt & Co. Launched". The New York Herald. New York, New York. 29 June...
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the Whigs as a candidate for mayor of New York City, but lost to Jacob Aaron Westervelt. He retired from his business in 1857. In 1859, he moved to Stamford...
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55th mayor of NYC), Gideon Lee (shoemaker, 61st mayor of NYC), and Jacob Aaron Westervelt (shipbuilder, 72nd mayor of NYC). Explanatory notes For context...
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and the Antarctic. Jacob Aaron Westervelt was an apprentice for Christian Bergh in 1817 for five years.: p177 In 1822, Westervelt formed a partnership...
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War general, Anthony Wayne Westervelt - named after the famous Westervelt family of Bergen County and Jacob Aaron Westervelt, a shipbuilder and mayor of...
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Brooklyn. He then was employed as a foreman for Jacob Aaron Westervelt (later mayor of New York). Under Westervelt, he built the USS Brooklyn (1858). Soon after...
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resigned from. In 1880, he became a Commissioner of Docks to fill Jacob Aaron Westervelt's unexpired term. He resigned as commissioner for health reasons...
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Edinburgh & Northern Railway Company. 26 September United States Jacob Aaron Westervelt New York Mary and Catherine Pilot boat For Josiah Johnson Sr. 29...
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Abyssinian Barque For John Charlton. 10 January United States Jacob Aaron Westervelt New York Golden State Clipper For Chambers & Heiser. 10 January...
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N.B. Palmer (clipper) (category Ships built by Westervelt & MacKay)
as a fine example of the American clipper ship. Nathaniel Palmer Jacob Aaron Westervelt A.A. Low Old China Trade Lars Bruzelius (1996). "Clipper ships:...
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