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Shipbuilding

Mariner's Compass, ca. 1850

Mariner's Compass, ca. 1850

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Maine Historical Society

The first record of the Perkins family of shipbuilders is the entry in 1828 of the schooner "Boston Packet", built by Elisha Perkins. She was an 88 ton, 67 foot two-masted topsail schooner in regular service between the Saco and Boston.


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