Sources behind the history

The Mary and Hannah

The Crooked Lake Review, Fall 2000

Last checked 2026-10-22

• The Mary and Hannah: a newspaper, an urn and different names · Inset THE GENEVA GAZETTE, Wednesday November 26, 1823, From the New-York Statesman Nov. 17, INLAND NAVIGATION: Captain Jackson, supercargo Osborn, owners Jackson and Osborn on Seneca Lake; cargo wheat, butter and beans.
• The Mary and Hannah: a newspaper, an urn and different names · Narrative after the newspaper inset, paragraphs beginning Shipping concerns, Several were recorded and Maybe the reporter: Bell’s transcription of an 1823 silver urn names John J. Osborne and Samuel S. Seely; Bell explicitly notes the conflict with Jackson and Osborn.
• The Mary and Hannah: a newspaper, an urn and different names · Later research narrative beginning The family name is spelled and To date: Bell records unresolved wife names, variant spellings and boat fate as of her Fall 2000 investigation. Later urn-custody narrative not used as a current access statement.