Item
Rousseau
- Title
- Rousseau
- Identifier
- VES00001
- Type
- barkentine (Getty AAT 300264737)
- Creator
- Nicholas Vandusen
- Date
- L 1801; RET 1886; BU 1891
- Coverage
- Port of registry: Philadelphia, PA
- Subject
- merchant vessels (Getty AAT 300264550); whaling vessels (Getty AAT 300232758)
- Description
- Built by Nicholas Vandusen for banker and merchant Stephen Girard. Trade with China. Began as a merchant vessel for Girard, then became a whaling vessel when sold to George Howland (Goerge Howland & Sons) in 1831.
- Associated Artifacts
- The Rousseau Chest
- Associated Organizations
- George Howland & Sons
- Item sets
- Vessels