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This photograph depicts a schooner sailing on the water.

This photograph depicts the boat Comet in the process of being constructed in Lewis Clark's boat shop.

This photograph depicts the boat Narragansett being prepared to be launched with Lewis Clark standing next to it in the foreground of the image.

This photograph depicts a group of six people seated on a boat near the water.

This photograph depicts a canal boat being tied up by two people along the shoreline.

This photograph depicts people boarding the steamboat Chateaugay at the end of a long gangway. There is a smaller boat in the foreground.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Comet sailing on the water.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Comet in Essex Harbor.

These scans were taken of primary source documents that are related to the construction of the schooner General Grant. The records include letters, bills, invoices, receipts, order forms, financial statements, and a loan form using General Grant as collateral.

This binder of research includes multiple draft editions of unpublished material dated March 4, 2007, titled "Building the Sailing Canal Boat General U.S. Grant on Willsboro Point, New York" by Morris Glenn, Darcey Hale, and Bruce Hale for the Clark Complex Documentation Project. This provides an overview of the Clark Collection documents related to the building and management of the schooner General U.S. Grant and its history in relation to Lake Champlain.

These scans were taken of primary source documents that are related to the Clark family and their boatbuilding business. The records include shipping accounts, financial statements, letters, bills, legal documents, and a single newspaper clipping. In this collection there is also an account book and shipping log belonging to Orrin Clark from 1862, and a wharf book from 1868. Neither of these were scanned as they were too fragile to do so without bending their spines. The documents date between 1836 and 1868.

This binder of research includes a draft edition of unpublished material dated June 25, 2005, titled "Lewis Clark & Boatbuilding" by Morris Glenn. This is accompanied by scans of documents and newspaper articles, including a scanned article from the Plattsburgh Press Republican from August 20, 1881, called "Article on the Acquisition and Refitting of the 'Comet'" by Palmer E. Havens. There is a copy of email correspondence between Darcey Hale and Morris Glenn about the connection between the Stower and the Clark families. There is a scanned diary entry of Alvaro Adsit’s which discusses the construction and launch of Sandalphon. Lastly, there are transcribed diary entries from Rhoda P. Clark and Solomon W. Clark about the sinking of Sarah Ellen.

This photograph depicts a lighter loading logs on the Boquet River.

This photograph depicts the boat Narragansett on a shoreline as it is preparing to be launched. In the photograph four people are standing and two are seated nearby in the foreground.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Narragansett sailing with at least a five-person crew.

This photograph depicts the Narragansett with at least a five-person crew on deck.

This photograph depicts the boat Narragansett under sail with Alvaro Adsit and Lewis Clark on deck.

This image depicts the Narragansett sailing with two people on deck.

This photograph depicts a sailboat accompanied by a smaller boat on the water.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Comet in Essex Harbor.

This photograph depicts the Narragansett sailing.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Narragansett, bordered by a fence, with Lewis Clark seated next to it.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon sailing off Burlington Breakwater while towing a skiff.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon sailing with a dinghy attached to it and trailing behind.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon sailing at Plattsburgh.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon sailing with two crew members on board.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon, accompanied by a dinghy, sailing with a large crew on the deck.

This photograph depicts the interior cabin of the sailboat Sandalphon.

This photograph depicts a sailboat being tied up by one person while another stands on the deck of the boat.

This photograph depicts two sailboats on the water before a race circa 1899-1903.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon sailing with four crew members on the deck.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon in the Burlington Harbor.

This photograph depicts the sailboat Sandalphon in a race on the water.

This photograph depicts the steamboat Ticonderoga in Essex with the shoreline prominently visible in the foreground.

This binder of research contains unpublished material titled "The Clark Quarry, Farm, and Boat Building Complex on Ligonier Point, New York" by Morris F. Glenn, Bruce Hale, and Darcey Hale for the Clark Complex Documentation Project and is dated December 1, 2008. It outlines the various properties owned by the Clarks and the businesses and farms that were operated by the family members.

This photograph depicts the steam tug Rescue, with three people standing on its deck and nine people standing on the ground below.

This photograph depicts the steam tug Rescue, with three people standing on its deck and nine people standing on the ground below.