Office of the Historian

EXHIBIT R.

Treasury Department, April 5, 1900.

United States of America.

Pursuant to section 882 of the Revised Statutes, I hereby certify that the annexed are true and correct copies of the records in this Department.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Treasury Department to be affixed on the day and year first above written.

[seal.]
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Secretary of the Treasury.
  • S. J.
  • S. M. G.
Treasury Department, Bureau of Navigation,
Washington, D. C., April 5, 1900.

Sir: Referring to your letter dated the 4th instant, I transmit herewith a certified copy of a record in this Department relating to the time of certain yacht races in the United States.

Respectfully,

T. R. Sanders,
Acting Commissioner.

Mr. Geo. R. Tingle,
Room 3, 1008 F Street NW., Washington, D. C.

The following table, which has been corrected to date, setting forth the facts, will be found valuable for reference:

Date. Name. Owner. Course. Time.
h. m. s.
Aug. 22, 1851 America John C. Stevens and others
} From Cowes around Isle of Wight (Aurora second).
{ 10 37 0
Aurora Thomas Le Marchant
Aug. 8, 1870 Magic Franklin Osgood
} N.Y.Y.C. course (Cambria of tenth).
{ 3 58 21
4 37 38
Cambria James Ashbury
Oct. 16, 1871 Cambria Franklin Osgood
} N.Y.Y.C. course
{ 6 19 41
6 46 45
Livonia James Ashbury
Oct. 18, 1871 Columbia Franklin Osgood
} 20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook light-ship and return.
{ 3 7 41½
3 18 15
Livonia James Ashbury
Oct. 19, 1871 Livonia James Ashbury
} N.Y.Y.C. course (Columbia disabled).
{ 4 2 25
4 17 35
Columbia Franklin Osgood
Oct. 21, 1871 Sappho W. P. Douglas
} 20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook light-ship and return.
{ 5 39 2
6 9 23
Livonia James Ashbury
Oct. 23, 1871 Sappho W. P. Douglas
} N.Y.Y.C. course.
{ 4 46 17
5 11 55
Livonia James Ashbury
Aug. 11, 1876 Madeleine J.S. Dickerson
} do
{ 5 23 54
5 34 53
Countess of Dufferin. Maj. C. Gifford
Aug. 12, 1876 Madeleine J.S. Dickerson
} 20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook light-ship and return.
{ 7 18 46
7 46 0
Countess of Dufferin. Maj. C. Gifford
Nov. 9, 1881 Mischief J. R. Bush
} N.Y.Y.C. course
{ 4 17 9
4 45 39
Atlanta Alexander Cuthbert
Nov. 10, 1881 Mischief J.R. Bush
} 16 miles to leeward from buoy 5, off Sandy Hook and return
{ 4 54 53
4 33 47
Atalanta Alexander Cuthbert
Sept. 14, 1885 Puritan J. M. Forbes
} N.Y.Y.C. course
{ 6 6 5
6 22 24
Genesta Sir R. Sutton
Sept. 16, 1885 Puritan J. Forbes and others
} 20 miles to leeward off Sandy Hook light-ship and return.
{ 5 3 14
5 4 52
Genesta Sir R. Sutton
Sept. 7, 1886 Mayflower Gen. C. J. Paine
} N.Y.Y.C. course
{ 5 26 41
5 38 43
Galatea Lieutenant Henn, R. N.
Sept. 11, 1886 Mayflower Gen. C. J. Paine
} 20 miles to leeward off sandy Hook light-ship and return.
{ 6 49 0
7 18 9
Galatea Lieutenant Henn, R. N
Sept. 27, 1887 Volunteer Gen. C. J. Paine
} N.Y.Y.C. course
{ 4 53 18
5 12 41
Thistle James Bell
Sep. 30, 1887 Volunteer Gen. C. J. Paine
} 20 miles off Scotland light-ship and return.
{ 5 42 56
5 54 45
Thistle Jame Bell
Oct. 7, 1893 Vigilant Morgan-Iselin syndicate
} 15 miles to leeward
{ 4 5 47
4 11 35
Valkyrie Lord Dunraven
Oct. 9, 1893 Vigilant Morgan-Iselin syndicate
} Triangle, 30 miles
{ 3 25 1
3 35 36
Valkyrie Lord Dunraven
Oct. 13, 1893 Vigilant Morgan-Iselin syndicate
} 15 miles to windward
{ 3 24 39
3 25 19
Valkyrie Lord Dunraven