HMCo #299p Helianthus II

"[1916-12-08] Fri 8: Have bought the unfinished hull of #299 [Helianthus II] of John's estate.
[1916-12-09] Sat 9: Launched #299 [Helianthus II] [from Walker's Cove yard where she had been stored since her initial launch on October 16, 1916] and hauled in s[outh] shop for finish[ing] as per my plans.
[1917-02-01] Thu 1: Overcast & mild. Put final tank in #299 [Helianthus II]. Deck house is about ready for glass & hanging doors. But trunk house is just begun. Plumbing & inside fittings well along.
[1917-02-03] Sat 3: ... Very cold and h[eav]y W [wind]. Temp[erature] 5deg. [in] AM. Put one motor in #299 [Helianthus II]. Tanks all in.
[1917-03-02] Fri 2: ... Launched #299 [Helianthus II] in PM and moored at home pier.
[1917-03-22] Thu 22: Fair NE[wind]. Launch Helianthus [#288p Helianthus I] in AM and moor alongside #299 [Helianthus II] at home dock.
[1917-04-01] Sun 1: Very fine & warm. Onboard #299 [Helianthus II] part of day. ...
[1917-06-03] Sun 3: Very fine. Attempted to go out in Helianthus [#288p or #299p?] in PM but motor would not start.
[1917-09-30] Sun 30: Off in Helianthus 2nd [#299p]. (1st trip since taking out port motor.) to E. Greenwich to see flying machine starting[?]. ... Boat working fairly well at about 8-1/2 k[nots]. ...
[1917-11-01] Thu 1: Very fine & cool. Started on winter cruise in Helianthus [#299p] with Ann about 10AM. Anchored Saybrook [at] 6:30.
[1918-01-01] Tue 1: I am on a winters cruise in Helianthus [#299p]. Left home Nov 1st. [Arrived in] Charleston Nov 18-22, St. Johns River Nov 28-Dec 6, St. Augustine Dec 6-9, Palm Beach Dec 15-21, and arrive Miami Dec 23rd for a stay of about 2 mo[nths]. Fair & cool weather. At anchor. I am having rheumatism in [my] back. Fresh NW [wind].
[1919-10-01] Wed 1: Started on Last Cruise of Helianthus [#299p] going to West Har[bor], Fishers Is[land]. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1916 to 1919. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

"... The powerboat [#299p HELIANTHUS II] sold [to] Mr. Conrad was purchased of R.I. Hospital Trust Co, executors of the late John B. Herreshoff, Dec. 1916 for $3750 and was at time of purchase only partly constructed. I had the H.M.Co. complete her and the bills up to Aug. 1917 when in usable condition amounted [to] 12822.58. This does not include sundry articles I bought directly and have no details [of]. The machinery was unsatisfactory and finally in 1918-19 I refitted the vessel with steam power, at the cost made up at the time of $4599.17. Part of the work was done by H.M.Co. The balance was picked up and I have no detailed record. The sundrys of which I referred to above to put the vessel in condition as sold footed up to 2564.51 and this I have not vouchers for. [np] Total cost to time of sale 19986.26. The sale was made in fall of 1919, and included taking care of her the following winter and fitting out in spring of 1920 which cost 472.88. [np] 12822.58 [np] 4599.17 [np] 2564.51 [np] 472.88 [np] [Sum] 20459.14 [np] This does not include running expenses when in use. [np] The rig I sold to Mr. Conrad for $200, cost me when made about $400.00." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. [Letter to U.S. Internal Revenue Service.] Herreshoff Marine Museum Correspondence, Folder 51 (new), 240 (old). Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff. June 21, 1921.)

"My Own Boats. Except a few that will be mentioned as half-owner. ...
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1917 HELIANTHUS 2nd #299 - In the fall of 1916, I bought from my brother John's estate, the unfinished hull for a 65' power boat having a 17' beam and rearranged her to a most satisfactory cruising yacht, excepting the two Van Blerck [4 cylinder] motors were unsatisfactory, being very unbalanced and noisy. With both motors, she would cruise at 10 knots, but took a large amount of gasoline. In the fall of 1917, before starting on a winter cruise to Florida, I took out one motor and belted across to the starboard screw shaft, thus retaining [use of] both [propellers]. HELIANTHUS was used all the following winter and part of the summer. In the winter of 1918-19, I made plans for putting in steam power using a triple expansion [engine] from the shop [a 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" bore x 5 1/2" stroke triple engine believed to have originally been made for #242p Breeze in 1903), and I designed a new boiler to be fired by a Stanley burner to use kerosene and with Stanley automatic controls. This was installed in June, 1919, and it worked very well, giving about 8 1/2 knots or about the same as the one four cylinder 5 1/2 x 6 Van Blerck. In the fall, she was sold to B.B. Conrad of Boston. I didn't care to sell her and thought my price prohibitive, but the man took her, to be delivered in the spring of 1920." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. "My Own Boats. Except a few that Will be Mentioned as Half-Owner." Bristol, (originally compiled 1892 with additions in) 1929. In: Pinheiro, Carlton J. (ed.). Recollections and Other Writings by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Bristol, 1998, p. 119.)

"In 1918 Captain Nat had the powerboat 'Helianthus II,' sixty-five feet long and seventeen feet beam. She was twin screw, had quite a long deck house, and was really a houseboat. He took her to Florida but was never satisfied with her gasoline engines on account of their noise, vibration, and cost of fuel, so in 1919 he took out the gasoline engines and replaced them with a small Herreshoff triple-expansion steam engine and a special boiler of his design, fired with burners, and automatic controls as used in the Stanley steam automobile, using kerosene for fuel. He took this 'Helianthus' to Florida the following winter and said he liked the power plant very well, but he sold her in 1920 and designed and had built a smaller yacht, 'Helianthus III,' which was sixty-two and one half feet long and twelve feet nine inches beam." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with An Account of Some of the Yachts he Designed. New York, 1953.)

The 'Helianthus II' was sixty-five feet long and seventeen feet beam and very shallow draft, and he went south in her in the winters of 1918 and 1919. At first she was powered with two gasoline engines but Captain Nat thought them noisy and not economical so he replaced them with two of the steam launch engines built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, and designed a new boiler for her which was fired by a Stanley automobile burner that used kerosene for fuel and had Stanley automatic controls for controlling steam pressure and water level. He went to Florida with the steam power plant in the winter of 1919 and said it worked very well and gave him the cruising speed of eight and one half knots, or nearly ten miles an hour, but he sold this 'Helianthus' in the spring of 1920 ..." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with An Account of Some of the Yachts he Designed. New York, 1953, p. 314.)

"Capt. Nat Herreshoff will have a new motor yacht next year which will be an improved Helianthus, his last boat. It will be somewhat larger than the old boat which is to be sold." (Source: Anon. "Bits of Yachting News." New York Sun, December 27, 1914, p. 2.)

"... Work was started last week at Bristol on the construction of a new power cruiser for John B. Herreshoff to take the place of the Dianthus [#289p], which was recently sold to a New York yachtsman. ... [This is apparently a reference to #299p Helianthus II which was subsequently bought in an unfinished state by N. G. Herreshoff from the estate of his brother J. B. Herreshoff.]" (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, January 31, 1915, p. 40.)

"A new power yacht, 60 feet in length, is being constructed at the shops of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for John B. Herreshoff." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, March 26, 1915, p. 2.)

"... The 50-foot power cruiser building at Herreshoff's for John B. Herreshoff is planked and work on the interior has been started. ... [This is apparently another reference to #299p Helianthus II which was bought in an unfinished state by N. G. Herreshoff from the estate of his brother J. B. Herreshoff.]" (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 16, 1915, p. 58.)

"... For the first time in many years John B. Herreshoff missed the varsity races at New London this season. Although ill and unable to go, Mr Herreshoff sent his steam yacht Eugenia [#224p]. ... The only yacht building at Herreshoff's at present is the 50-foot power boat for John B. Herreshoff which the joiners are working on and which will be finished within the month. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, July 4, 1915, p. 44.)

"A new power yacht begun last winter for the late John B. Herreshoff was launched Saturday afternoon [October 16, 1915], at the Herreshoff boat shop. The craft is 65 feet over all, 17 1/2 feet beam, and has a draught of four feet. She was laid up for the winter at Walker's Cove soon after the launching." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, October 19, 1915, p. 2.)

"[Abstract of register or enrollment. Pos. 1501:]
Helianthus, gas yacht, of Bristol. Built at Bristol, 1917, rebuilt at [blank] 1919.
48 tons; 62.3 ft. x 17 ft. x 7.7 ft. One deck, no mast, plain-head.
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed], (consolidated) ([as] (yacht) Aug. 1, 1917. Owner: Nathaniel G. Herreshoff of Bristol. Master: Nathaniel G. Herreshoff. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence]).)
Enr[olled] and Lic[ensed], (consolidated) ([as] (CT) July 19, 1919 (rig altered to steam yacht). Owner: same. Master: same. Surrendered Oct. 22, 1919 at Boston. ([Record at:] C[ustom] H[ouse, Providence])." (Source: Survey of Federal Archives, Work Projects Administration. Ships Documents of Rhode Island. Providence. Ship Registers and Enrollments of Providence Rhode Island, 1773-1939. Providence Rhode Island, 1941, s.v. Helianthus.)

"Capt 'Nat' Herreshoff, the yacht designer, has left Bristol with his new power cruiser Helianthus, recently fitted and placed in commission, for the Winter in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico waters. The Helianthus will proceed down the coast by easy stages and will not return until next Spring. Capt 'Nat' has been subject to rheumatism for years and has found that there are palliative remedies for the troubles in the Southern latitudes during the Winter months. He is relieved of much of the hard work at Herreshoffs by A. Loring Swasey, the vice president and a well-known yacht designer." (Source: Anon. "Yachts and Yachtsmen." Boston Globe, October 21, 1917, p. 39.)

"... Saw a fine exhibition of fancy flying yesterday, at the motor-boat walk-overs; beside the loops which are common now, they come almost straight down with a corkscrew twist that makes one creepy. Weather finest of fine, E and SE, fresh. Nat Herreshoff took us all over to the alleged races in his yacht [taking also Com. Benedict, the Huntingtons and Mr. & Mrs. Led as per NGH's diary] --- a good wholesome craft, beautifully fitted and furnished, but absolutely no frills. Electric capstan. Has only one man on deck, engineer and cook, and Mrs. H., who is a charming woman. We have been on several trips with them, and they have spent many days and nights here, so much so that the Barnacle [at Coconut Grove] and boathouse are now headquarters, almost. Next year, if all goes well, they will come here, or close by, to spend the whole winter, and keep a 1-rater in my basin for sailing, of which he is as passionately fond as he ever was. He has a sailing dinghy [#191704es Alerion Sailing Dinghy for Helianthus II] with him, most beautifully built, and with cross-cut sails --- oars only. No motors, except his main one, a 40-50, which drives twin screws with a belt, getting nine knots out of the full, large-bodied yacht, which equals our 5 HP performances. He doesn't like gasoline however, and is going to put in steam, so as to go along quietly. He was much interested in my light-draft designs, especially that of Petrel, which he remembers as having sailed against his daddy's boats at Bristol in 1879. Has a fine memory, excellent taste in music, never has drunk or smoked, is one of the modest and gentle of men, and very quiet until I get him alone, talking boats, at which I've just had a bully time. It all makes me feel that I have lost much in not renewing the acquaintance much sooner. I had him put up for honorary membership in the Club for next Saturday's election. ..." (Source: Munroe, Ralph M. [Letter to Vincent Gilpin.] University of Miami Collection. February 28, 1918.)

"Capt. and Mrs Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, who have been cruising off the Florida coast since the first of January in their yacht Helianthus, have returned home." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity" Bristol Phoenix, April 23, 1918, p. 2.)

"... Capt 'Nat' Herreshoff, who cruised all the Winter in Florida waters aboard his power cruiser Helianthus, upon his return to Bristol the last of April had the Helianthus stripped and stored for the Summer at the Herreshoff storage yard. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, May 12, 1918, p. 47.)

"... The cruising power boat Helianthus, aboard which 'Nat' Herreshoff has been cruising for two weeks, returned to Bristol last week and has been transferred to her new owner, B. B. Conrad of Boston. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, October 26, 1919, p. 61.)

"The power-cruising yacht Helianthus sold last Fall by Capt Nat Herreshoff to B. B. Conrad of Boston, is fitted out at Herreshoff's and ready to come around Cape Cod for the 1920 season." (Source: Anon. "Notes From The Week's Log." New York Times, April 25, 1920, p. 56.)

"... One of the reasons that designer Nat Herreshoff is not watching the cup defender trials off Newport this Summer, as he used to do in the past, is because he now has no cruising yacht, having sold the Helianthus recently. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, June 20, 1920, p. 51.)

"... Four good-sized power boats are here also for the cruise, ... B. B. Conrad's Pomander, formerly the well-known Herreshoff-owned Helianthus; ..." (Source: Fowle, Leonard M. "Juniors Sail Mid-Week Race." Boston Globe, July 4, 1923, p. 7.)

"... the noise, smell, vibration, and running cost of gasoline engines, measured against a fondness for and understanding of steam power, as well as a lifetime of experience with it, made the idea of steam still practical in NGH's mind. After a 1918-1919 cruise to Florida in the second Helianthus, a steel-framed 65-footer built during the war years, he pulled out her gasoline engine and replaced it with a steam power plant. There was a suitable unused engine lying around the shop, a new boiler was built to NGH's design, Stanley Steamer controls were fitted, and Helianthus II sailed south again during 1919-1920 in what was to be NGH's last use of steam power. Helianthus II was sold in 1920. ..." (Source: Bray, Maynard and Carlton Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989, p. 132.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections with calculations for an unidentified power yacht titled 'Design for Cruising Power Yacht. 64ft 10 1/2in o.a. 60ft w.l. Spaces at tenths of w.l. referred to w.l. plane. NGH Aug 22, 1914'. With four displacement curves annotated 'Penciled line 7 1/2in above forward, 5in above aft', 'Light line 7 1/2in below forward 5in below aft', 'Designed w.l. (mean displ.)', 'HELIANTHUS #288 [#288p]', and 'Light'. This may be an early preliminary for what eventually became #299p HELIANTHUS II." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_00640. Folder [no #]. 1914-08-22.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections with tracing marks for an unidentified power yacht titled 'Design for Cruising Power Yacht. 64ft 10 1/2in o.a. scale 1/2in. Sections at every 4th frame space. Zero[?] 6in aft of stem at sheer. Sheer line represents top of deck. Aug 22, 1914'. This may be an early preliminary for what eventually became #299p HELIANTHUS II." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE04_00650. Folder [no #]. 1914-08-22.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Order book with carbon copy duplicates of instructions given by NGH. Relevant contents:
§7: #299p HELIANTHUS II Work Order 'N.G.H. HELIANTHUS (N.G.H.) 299 Rig. [When Wanted] Soon.' (1916-08-22)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Order Book. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_00860. Folder [no #]. 1914-11 to 1925-11.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned sketch on brown paper titled 'For holding chairs in Deck house of HELIANTHUS [#288p, #299p or #378p]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_02460. Folder [no #]. No date (between 1912 and 1921 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled pantograph hull sections for an unidentified 64ft 10 1/2in power yacht titled ''Design for Cruising Power Yacht. 64ft 10 1/2in o.a. scale 1/2. Frame spaces 16in. Zero from 6ft aft stem at sheer. Sheer line is upper side of deck. Sections at Bulkheads and Partitions.'. This may be for #299p HELIANTHUS II but further research should be conducted to confirm." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Pantograph Hull Sections. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0408. WRDT04, Folder 34, formerly MRDE08. No date.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint technical drawing titled in pencil 'Reverse Gear of Van Blerck, or W.S.M. Engine'. Notes in blueprint show pattern numbers (10037, 10038, 10037, 10052, 10053) and 'Hyatt Brg [Bearing]'. Undated (similar pattern numbers were assigned between 1912 and 1914). (Might this be for #299p HELIANTHUS??)" (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (?) (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0059. WRDT08, Folder 6, formerly MRDE10. No date (1915 ???).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned sketch titled 'For #299 [HELIANTHUS II] control gear to engines'. On verso of envelope from Vulcan Process Co. of Minneapolis, Minn. to HMCo." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0284. WRDT04, Folder 27, formerly MRDE09. No date (1915-05 or later ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Typed memo on gothic font 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I.' stationery regarding indebtedness of J.H.H. [sic, i.e. JBH] to the company and how to settle. [This may be to settle bills for #299p, then under construction at HMCo and taken over as HELIANTHUS II after the death of JBH.]" (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Memorandum. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_49500. Subject Files, Folder [no #], formerly MRDE15. 1915-07-23.)
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"[Item Description:] Colored inked and penciled furniture plan titled 'Mahogany Dressing Table for N.G. Herreshoff. Scale 1/4 size. Oct[ober] 19, 1915'. Marked in pencil '1 for #299 [HELIANTHUS II]. Glass as penciled. M[ar]ch 1917' and 'Finish natural. No stain'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Furniture Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0462. WRDT08, Folder 37, formerly MRDE09. 1915-10-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sketches of two marine engines, one marked 'Dupont Motor 4 cyl', the other marked 'J.V. B. [Joseph Van Blerck] Model A4R. Model A4'. No further notes, undated (4 cylinder Van Blerck engines were used at HMCo between 1916 and 1921, e.g. for #300p SHADOW III, #299p HELIANTHUS II, #305p LADY GAY and #378p HELIANTHUS III)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE06_01230. Folder [no #]. No date (between 1916 and 1921 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical drawing titled 'Reversing and Throttle Control for … Engines on HELIANTHUS [#299p]. Scale full size. Jan[uary] 15 1916[?]'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01150. Folder [no #]. 1916-01-15.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned technical sketch titled 'Boat Lifting Gear for #299 [HELIANTHUS II]. Full size. June 15, 1916'. With list of materials." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0281. WRDT04, Folder 27, formerly MRDE09. 1916-06-15.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled sketched general arrangement plan with plan view and outboard profile of an unidentified motor or steam yacht. Untitled, no notes. On verso of an envelope postmarked 'Oyster Bay. 1916' to NGH in Bristol. This sketch appears to be a preliminary sketch for what became HMCo Plan HH.5.00098 (002-094) Re-arrangement of No. 299 [#299p HELIANTHUS II] from December 10, 1916." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE08_03060. Folder [no #]. No date (1916-12-10).)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.00098 (002-094). Blueprint general arrangement plan with plan view, sections and inboard profile titled 'No. 299 [#299p HELIANTHUS II] Rearrangement. ... Dec[ember] 10, 1916'. Same as 2004.001.0123 but with less detail." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0099. WRDT04, Folder O.S. 1, formerly MRDE02. 1916-12-10.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.00098 (002-094). Blueprint general arrangement plan with plan view, sections and inboard profile titled 'No. 299 [#299p HELIANTHUS II] Rearrangement. ... Dec[ember] 10, 1916'. Same as 2004.001.0099 but with more detail. On verso pencil drawing." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0123. WRDT04, Folder O.S. 2, formerly MRDE02. 1916-12-10.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned sketch of a box-shaped profile titled '6 of this. 1/8in Tobin bronze (2 1/2 x 4 5/8 flat). For #299 [HELIANTHUS II] Boat lifting gear'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_02540. Folder [no #]. No date (1917 or later ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned sketch of a 3 1/2in long U-shape titled 'For #299 Boat lifitng gear'. With note '2 of 1/8in Tobin bronze (3 1/2in x 5 1/2in flat). On verso some calculations." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_03040. Folder [no #]. No date (1917 or later ?).)
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"[Item Transcription:] BOAT LICENSE
Vessel HELIANTHUS [#299p], Motor Number unknown
Description 64ft 11in x 17ft 1in x 3ft 9in - deck cabin
Owner N. G. Herreshoff, Master N. G. Herreshoff
Home port Bristol, R.I.
The above-named vessel is hereby numbered and licensed to navigate within the waters of the Second Naval District, subject to the port regulations established by the local authorities.
License No. 1195
[signed H.I. Bryan]
Captain U. S. Navy Acting Commandant.
Department's letter No. 24514-438-0p-14-s, of July 2, 1917, states licenses issued by Commandants of one District are to be accepted in other Districts where a boat navigating in a District other than the one for which licensed unless the boat is to remain in the new District." (Source: U.S. Navy (creator). Boat License. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_58720. Subject Files, Folder 91. 1917-00-00.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned detail sketch titled 'Grip for Steering Wheel Shaft. HELIANTHUS (299) [#299p]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. (creator). Penciled Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0562. WRDT08, Folder 44. No date (1917 ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled detail plan showing deck house titled 'Forward House 299 [#299p HELIANTHUS II]. Jan 8, 1917. [HMCo] Dr. No. 142-80.'" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Detail Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_05390. Folder [no #]. 1917-01-08.)
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"[Item Description:] HH.5.01692 (023-037). Blueprint detail plan with section views of casing and impeller titled 'Circulating Pump For Engines of #299 [#299p HELIANTHUS II] and Others. … Janu[uary] 31, 1917'. With note 'Blueprint for shop Feb. 2, 1917'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0057. WRDT08, Folder 6, formerly MRDE10. 1917-01-31.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical drawing titled 'Connecting Gears for #299 [HELIANTHUS II]. Drawing began in Feb[ruary] 1917 and laid aside due to press of other work. 1/2 size'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01590. Folder [no #]. 1917-02.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Headquarters, Second Naval District Newport. Rhode Island Disbursing Officer's Office
June 12, 1917.
My dear Sir:-
I am in receipt of your favor dated June 12, relative to receiving payment from the Government for your Power Yacht 'HELIANTHUS,' [#299p] which has been delivered to the Commandant of the Second Naval District, at Newport.
I regret very much that I will not be able to send you the check covering payment for the 'HELIANTHUS' in time for you to convert it into Liberty Loan bonds, but at the present time the chances of getting the papers covering requisition for the check back from Washington before Saturday seem very slim.
The requisition I have had made out today, and everything will be done at this end to hasten its progress to the Department. I have requested urgent action upon it there, but a certain amount of detail work has to be transacted in Washington, and therefore the papers have to take the usual course. The check should reach you early next week, however, and I suggest you arrange in some way to take the bonds on Saturday, pending your receipt of the check a few days later.
I am sure your patriotic act in turning your boat over to the Government and then converting the proceeds into Liberty Loan bonds will be appreciated. Thanking you for your courtesy in the transaction, and assuring you that I shall do everything possible to expedite the transmission of the check to you, I am ...
Very respectfully yours," (Source: Cowie, T.J. (Paymaster General, U.S. Navy). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_58630. Subject Files, Folder 91. 1917-06-12.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Headquarters, Second Naval District-Newport. Rhode Island Supply Office
Enclosed please find quadruplicate copies of certified bill for Patrol Boat 'HELIANTHUS' [#299p] S.P. # 585,
Please sign and return these bills to this office as soon as possible.
Respectfully yours, ..." (Source: Chenaud[?], Chas.[?] (Paymaster, U.S. Navy). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_58640. Subject Files, Folder 91. 1917-06-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical sketch titled 'Drive wheel & shaft for Circulating Pumps. No. 299 [#299p HELIANTHUS II]. Full Size. June 13, 1917'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0297. WRDT04, Folder 27, formerly MRDE09. 1917-06-13.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical sketch titled 'Fitting for 3/8in copper tube connections. To be used for Gasoline #299 [#299p HELIANTHUS II]'. Marked 'Not used'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0282. WRDT04, Folder 27, formerly MRDE09. 1917-07-21.)
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"[Item Description:] Lloyd's insurance policy for #299p HELIANTHUS II" (Source: Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_59090. Insurance Policy. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder [no #], formerly 254?. 1917-08-01.)
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"[Item Description:] re insurance for #299p HELIANTHUS II" (Source: Johnson & Higgins (insurance brokers). Letter to Young, Charles Wesley (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Secr.). Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_59080. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder [no #], formerly 254?. 1917-10-27.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint steam engine detail titled 'Model 735, Part No. 302-A. Mainburner Casting. Scale Full Size. Date Feb[ruary] 5, 1918'. With 'Bill of Material' and ink stamp 'Jan. 29, 1919'. (NGH used a Stanley Burner in #299p HELIANTHUS II in February 1919)." (Source: Stanley Motor Carriage Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0061. WRDT08, Folder 6, formerly MRDE10. 1918-02-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Re taxes. Sent from #299p Helianthus in Miami." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Collector of Internal Revenue. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_60880. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder [no #], formerly 261?. 1918-02-18.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Copy.
Yacht HELIANTHUS [#299p]
Daytona, March 15, 1918
Mr. Kirk Munroe
Secretary Biscayne Bay Yacht Club
Coconut Grove, Fla.
My dear Sir.
I wish to thank the Members of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club for the very unexpected honor they have bestowed on me, in making me an Honorary Member, and say how fully I appreciate it.
The many acts of kindness I have received from its members during my sojourn in Miami this Winter has added greatly to my pleasure and also to the desire to 'come again'.
Very sincerely yours ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Munroe, Kirk. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_43930. Correspondence, Folder 96, formerly 83. 1918-03-15.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Envelope from Treasury Department to NGH marked in pencil by NGH:] Memo - HELIANTHUS, #299, papers left at Prov[idence] Custom House July 27, 1918. For period of laying up.
HELIANTHUS 3rd (378) [#378p] papers sent to Prov[idence] Custom Ho[use] early in Nov. 1922 for period of laying up. Other papers included." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Envelope. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_58660. Subject Files, Folder 91. 1918-07-27.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical sketch titled 'Condenser for HELIANTHUS 2nd (#299) to be made from 2 second hand condensers from ELECTRA launches [probably #255p and #257p]. 18 1/2sqft surface' and marked 'Scale 3/4ft per ft. Dec[ember] 8, 1918'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_02940. Folder [no #]. 1918-12-08.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.08166 (097-043). Blueprint technical drawing of a triple expansion steam engine. Untitled (original plan in Hart Nautical Collections is titled '4 1/2in x 6 1/4in x 10in x 5 1/2in Engine'). No notes (this engine was used for #142p BREEZE in 1904 and is believed to have been fitted to #299p HELIANTHUS II in 1919). Undated (the original plan is also undated but, judging from sequence of plan numbers, believed to be from 1904 or, more likely from the winter of 1918/1919 when NGH re-designed the machinery for HELIANTHUS II)." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0060. WRDT08, Folder 6, formerly MRDE10. No date (winter of 1918/1919 ??).)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Two versions of a textually identical typewritten letter, both with added handwritten notes:] 1. In re conversation in this office concerning boiler for steamer HELIANTHUS [#299p]. This boiler, as designated can be allowed 245 pounds working pressure, and would require a 1in safety valve for this pressure. In order to be allowed 330 pounds the following alterations are necessary.
2. Through brace in steam drum to be 1-9/16in least diameter, if made of tested material, or 1-3/4in least diameter if untested stock is used.
3. Through braces in mud drums to be 27/32in least diameter. For 330 pounds steam pressure a 3/4in safety valve is sufficient.
4. An angle stop valve should be fitted instead of elbow on feed line.
5. An auxiliary feed line should be provided, piped either to steam, or mud drum, and with a stop valve placed as close to boiler as possible.
6. A cross valve should be fitted in place of T on main steam nipple from drum, or a stop valve placed close to T. If valve is inaccessible, an extension handle should be fitted.
7. The blow off valves should be fitted as close to mud drums as possible.
8. Extra heavy pipe should be used.
9. All parts of superheater should be of forged or cast steel, and all fittings subjected to superheated steam should be of the same material.
10. Material for drums should be in accordance with Rule II, Section 27, General Rules & Regulations.
11. Through braces in drums should be in accordance with Rule II, Section 16, General Rules & Regulations.
12. Steel castings should be in accordance with Rule II, Section 28, General Rules & Regulations." (Source: Jackson, Albert R. (Department of Commerce, Steamboat Inspection Service). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.107. Box HAFH.6.3B, Folder Boilers - Correspondence. 1919-01-07.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled 'List of parts for HELIANTHUS [#299p] boiler', dated January 29, 1919 (on back of Franklin Institute card advertising January 9, 1919 Meeting)" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Calculations. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_56482. Subject Files, Folder 69, formerly 156. 1919-01-29.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint steam engine detail titled 'Superheater for Boiler'. Filed with 2004.000.0061 and 2004.000.0063 which are related to designs for the new Stanley Burner for #299p HELIANTHUS II of February 1919." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Blueprint. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0062. WRDT08, Folder 7, formerly MRDE11. No date (1919-02 ??).)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical drawing titled 'Small Upright Drill for drilling holes in Stanley Burner (# 54 drill). Feb 1919'. (NGH used a Stanley Burner in #299p HELIANTHUS II in February 1919)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01340. Folder [no #]. 1919-02.)
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"[Item Description:] Ink on paper technical drawing titled 'Burner tofr[?] and vaporizer. HELIANTHUS [#299p] Boiler. Half size. Feb[ruary] 3 1919'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01230. Folder [no #]. 1919-02-03.)
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"[Item Description:] Ink on paper technical drawing titled 'Stanley Burner for HELIANTHUS (#299) Boiler. Full Size. Feb[ruary] 4, 1919'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01070. Folder [no #]. 1919-02-04.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint steam engine detail titled 'Stanley Burner for HELIANTHUS (#299) Boiler. Full size. Feb[ruary] 4, 1919'. On verso a penciled sketch of a gauge glass." (Source: Stanley Motor Carriage Co. Correspondence (blueprint) to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0063. WRDT08, Folder 7, formerly MRDE11. 1919-02-04.)
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"[Item Description:] Ink on paper technical drawing titled 'Combustion Chamber & Mixing Chamber. Burner for HELIANTHUS (#299) Boiler. 1/4 size. Feb[ruary] 6 1919'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01220. Folder [no #]. 1919-02-06.)
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"[Item Description:] Ink on paper technical drawing titled 'Boiler Uptake and Ventilating Shaft. HELIANTHUS (#299). Scale 1/12. Feb[ruary] 8 1919'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01210. Folder [no #]. 1919-02-08.)
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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.03441 (043). Ink on paper technical drawing titled 'HELIANTHUS [#299p] Piping. April 19, 1919'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_00990. Folder [no #]. 1919-04-19.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled calculations for #299p HELIANTHUS II electrical dynamo, Required speed of dynamo for charging, Speed of engine with new regulator, etc., dated August 11, 1919 (on back of Franklin Institute card advertising January 30, 1919 Alumni Meeting)" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Calculations. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_56480. Subject Files, Folder 69, formerly 156. 1919-08-11.)
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"[Item Transcription:] In case you do not recognize the name of the writer would say that I am the gentleman who accompanied Mr. Swazey at the inspection of your yacht [#299p HELIANTHUS II]. I understood from him that you might consider selling same in the Spring, as you intended going South on her this winter.
If you have reached that decision, I would be very pleased to have you put a price on her.
Awaiting your reply, I remain,
Yours very truly, ... [Incl NGH reply note:] Ans[wered] Aug 22. Naming $21000 if I decide to sell in 3 weeks." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. (incl NGH reply note). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54330. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-08-21.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I am in receipt of your letter of the 22d and note that you would consider sailing your yacht [#299p HELIANTHUS II].
As I am purchasing a boat principally for Mrs. Conrad's use I should want her to see it before making a final decision. I will call you by telephone sometime within the next week or so and we can then arrange for Mrs. Conrad to come to Bristol and look the yacht over.
Yours sincerely, ... [Incl NGH note:] Note. Mr & Mrs Conrad & friend came Sept 5th and verbally agreed to take her at $21000 cash down to be delivered next May in good condition and running order to be cared for at my expense in the meantime. This is provided I will agree to sell her before Sept. 15." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. (incl NGH note). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54340. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-08-25.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten letter marked 'Copy':] September 13, 1919
Mr C.C.[sic, i.e. B.B.] Conrad
Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods, N.H.
Dear Sir
When you were here on 5th inst I told you I would write you in about a week regarding selling HELIANTHUS [#299p].
Although there appear to be almost overwhelming obstacles to my being able to make the much cherished trip to Florida this winter I would like a little more time before actually giving it up and saying I will part with HELIANTHUS.
In the meantime I think it well to repeat our verbal agreement, as I recollect it that there be no misunderstanding, i.e. you to pay me $21000 for the yacht HELIANTHUS soon as I decide I cannot use her this winter. I am to lay yacht up and care for her during the winter season and fit her out in the same manner and have her in as good conditions as I would for myself, and deliver her to you without further expense to you with all equipment and furnishing she now has except a few personal articles such as pictures, books, charts & c. that are now on board, at my dock in Bristol between May 15 and June 15 that you may desire.
If the deal comes about I would suggest as a fair and reasonable arrangement that you pay $20,000 when closing the agreement and the balance of $1,000 at the time of delivery and after I or my representative have made a trial of the yacht with you or your representative on board, of 2 hours duration, during which runs over a measured base will be made to demonstrate a speed of at least 8 knots in calm weather.
Kindly let me know if this is as you understand it and acceptable to you.
Very truly yours
(signed) Nathl G. Herreshoff
[Horizontal line followed by another NGH draft reply marked 'Copy':] September 16, 1919
Mr. C.C.[sic, i.e. B.B.] Conrad
Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods, N.H.
Dear Sir
I have decided to give up my winters trip to Florida, so you can have HELIANTHUS.
I am awaiting to get reply to mine of 13th inst.
Very truly yours, ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter (copy) to Conrad, Bertram B. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54370. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-13 and 1919-09-16.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [On 'The Mount Washington', Bretton Woods, N.H., hotel stationery:] In answer to yours of September 13th, would say I accept all conditions in your letter, with the following addition and exceptions:-
I to pay you one half down upon signing of the agreement [to sell #299p HELIANTHUS II], and the balance on delivery as per your letter. You to install smoke stack in place of what now is being used as a smoke stack, also install signal mast for private signals, owners flag, meal flag, etc., also scrape deck and finish same properly.
I am to remain here about two weeks more and if possible would like an answer within that time, as the Captain I desire is waiting to see whether I purchase a yacht or not. In case I could not get this Captain, I should not buy a yacht.
Sincerely yours, ... [Incl NGH draft reply which is crossed out paragraph-by-paragraph, suggesting either that it was not sent or (more likely) that each paragraph was crossed out after it had been copied to the final letter:] Ans[were]d Sept 21th.
Dear Sir,
In reply to yours of 16th and confirming mine of [blank] I will accept your change as to payment from your original proposal to pay onehalf down or $10500, when signing agreement, and $105000 when the delivery as per my letter of Sept 13th as your[?] agreement in duplicate inclosed. There is now a signal mast for private signal and I will add a cross yard if you want it to set meal flag & c. and remove paint from deck so it can be kept bright. The yacht now has a real smoke stack with the ventilating[?] flue[?] kept low to the deck which is much more sightly than the absurd erections often seen erected above the decks of power boats nowadays.
If you donot like the appearance of the cowl on the top of the smoke stack to keep the rain from going[?] down on tho the boiler when it is not in use, that is very easily taken off, but I would advise you to leave it in as by keeping the wet off the boiler it will prolong its life by several years.
Agreement for the sale of the yacht HELIANTHUS belonging to N.G.H. of Bristol, R.I. to B.B. Conrad of Boston, Mass.
Upon receiving from the said Conrad the sum of ten thousand five hundred (10500) dollars with the signing of this document, on or before the 30th of this September the said Herreshoff, his heirs and assignors[?] agree to sell to said Conrad his yacht HELIANTHUS in condition she now is and[?] and as inspected by Conrad the early part of this month with the following exceptions. Mr.[?] Herreshoff is to remove personal articles such as pictures, books, charts & c. Said Herreshoff also agrees to take good care of the yacht this coming winter, paint and varnish her in good running order and also to make the following additions and alterations. [Incl NGH reply which was added the following day:] Reply by telegram Sept 22, [19]19.
Cannot accept your suggestion for partial payment but will accept your original offer with reserve as per mine of thirteenth, including bright deck. Kindly reply immediately, N.G.H." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54350. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-16.)
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"[Item Description:] [Telegram from Bretton Woods, N.H.:] Accept Your Connection[sic] as To Payment [for #299p HELIANTHUS II] You To Install Stack Mast Scrape Deck." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. Telegram to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54391. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-22.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled draft telegram on verso of an envelope from F.P. Howe to NGH:] C.C.[sic, i.e. B.B.] Conrad. Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods, N.H.
Cannot accept your suggestion for partial payment [for #299p HELIANTHUS II] but will accept your original offer with reserve as per mine of thirteenth including bright decks. Kindly reply immediately.
Sent 8-30 a.m. Sept 22nd. N.G. Herreshoff." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Correspondence (telegram (draft)) to Conrad, Bertram B. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54400. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-22.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Carbon copy:] Confirming my telegram of yesterday:- 'Cannot accept your suggestions for partial payment [for #299p HELIANTHUS II] but will accept your original offer with reserve as per mine of thirteenth including bright decks. Kindly reply immediately.' and your reply of same date: 'Accept your connections as to payment you to install stack, mast and scrape deck. B.B. Conrad', which I presume should have read:- 'Accept your correction as to payment etc.' which I understand is an acceptance of my letter of the 13th, with the addition that I am, when fitting out in the spring, to have the deck planed off so to be bright, as it was originally, put a cross yard on the signal mast with signal halyards, and as you say, 'install smoke stack in place of what now is being used as a smoke stack'. I will make any reasonable change in the smoke stack that does not incur an expense of say over $25.00, but I am at a loss to understand what you mean, as there is at present a real smoke stack of the proper size for the power installation, and it projects through a ventilating flue that is low to the awning, and has a very efficient cowl over it that absolutely keeps the rain out and properly ventilates both galley and engine room.
I think if you will look the arrangement over a little more thoroughly you will be convinced it now is as perfect an arrangement as can be devised for the purpose.
There is a rain cap over the top of the smoke stack that is a little unusual in a vessel, but quite common on large smoke stacks. It very effectually keeps the rain from running down and damaging the boiler when not in use and I would advise you to leave it on, but it is only a very little work to remove it.
I will proceed to have a form of agreement made out in duplicate for sale, care and delivery as per letter of the 13th with amendments, and upon receiving your check for $20,000.00 I will execute on my part and send you with bill of- ale and the ship's papers transferred to your name. I would like to close it on or before the first of October, and in that event will lay the yacht up for the Winter. Otherwise, I am inclined to withdraw her and make my intended trip South.
Yours very truly, ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter (copy) to Conrad, Bertram B. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54440. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-23.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Telegram from Bretton Woods, N.H.:] No Answer To My Wire Is Offer [re. purchase of #299p HELIANTHUS II] Accepted Wire Answer. [Incl. NGH draft reply:] Answer at 2 pm 24th.
Accepted if correctly understood and as detailed in my letter of yesterday." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. (incl NGH reply). Telegram to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54390. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-24.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [On 'The Mount Washington', Bretton Woods, N.H., hotel stationery:] Your letter of the 23rd received also telegram of today [re. sale of #299p HELIANTHUS II].
I note you wish to close by Oct 1st, therefore I enclose check for $1000.00 to show good faith and bind trade, wire pay balance $19000 upon my return home from my vacation about the 5th of October. If you will kindly have form of agreement mailed to my business 25 Water St. Boston any day after Oct 2nd it will then be ready for immediate execution upon my return home.
Yours very truly ... [Incl NGH draft reply dated Sept 26, 1919:] I received yours of 24th inst this morning with inclosure of check for $10000 as partial payment to bind bargain of sale of yacht HELIANTHUS [#299p] which I hereby acknowledge.
The form of agreement, in duplicate was mailed to you yesterday afternoon and I think it covers everything of which we have agreed upon in our correspondence.
I will look forward to receiving the executed agreement, as to your pard[?] together with ch[eque] for $19000 on your return to your office.
I am sorry to have made mistake in your initials. I am a little hard of hearing and when you gave me your address when you were here I took it down as C.C. The agreement should be corrected.
Very truly yours, ..." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54420. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-24.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I am inclosing you herewith form of agreement in duplicate for the sale of the yacht 'HELIANTHUS' [#299p].
If it appears all right to you please execute on your part and return, together with check for first payment, and I will execute and return one copy to you.
As you understand, I desire to have this transaction made immediately, and if not completed by the end of this present month, I shall probably withdraw and make the trip south as I had already mentioned to you.
Very truly yours ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Conrad, Bertram B. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54460. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-09-25.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Your letter of Sep 23 [1919] was received. I knew you had gone to meet the yachtsmen [to compare marconi and gaff rig on #721s CAROLINA and #715s GRAYLING] and it was all right. Your talk with them must have been interesting. I didn't know that[?] I would get down in the evening but I was pretty tired and thought I'd better rest.
I was much pleased with your Bermuda friends Mrs. McCallan and her daughter. I who am so fond of brown eyes was particularly struck with the soft beauty of the little girl's eyes.
I feel that I was fortunate too in happening down just when Mrs. Churchill[?] was there. The little Flossie who used to sit at the end of my drawing table and made pictures with my colored pencils forty years ago. The past Summer has been a notable one for me. I have met so many of the old friends. Friends in whose hearts I still have a place though so many years have passed.
I thought of you yesterday, so lovely a day. Doubtless you were off in the HELIANTHUS [#299p]. I hope that before it is too cold[?] you will get up here. It is still very green and pleasant. The frost has held off wonderfully. No real frost yet though the thermometer has stood at 34deg for several mornings.
Mary has been quite comfortable for the past few days and the accompanying seenchin[?] has been very welcome.
I sent to [your brother] Lewis the other day four packages of meal which was all I had then but I have ground since, and sent two more by post --- two of the six were for you. Thank you for the cleeck[? clock?]. Remember me to Mrs. McCallan and the little girl if they are still with you, and to all you say best wishes.
Sincerely yours, ... [Incl. envelope with penciled note by NGH 'I think this my last letter from George. NGH'.] [George Phillips died December 16, 1919.]" (Source: Phillips, George. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_06990. Correspondence, Folder 24, formerly 210. 1919-09-29.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Herewith you will find check for $19,000 together with two copies of agreement dated September 25th by and between yourself of the first part and B. B. Conrad of the second part in the matter of the transfer of ownership of 'HELIANTHUS' [#299p]. This check, together with the one for $1,000 sent by Mr. Conrad from Bretton Woods, completes the payment of $20,000 designated to be paid upon execution of the agreement.
Will you, therefore, kindly have one copy signed by yourself and witnessed and returned to Mr. Conrad at once?
Yours truly, ...
P. S. Mr. Conrad wishes to have his interest in the vessel covered by insurance in his name and, therefore, suggests that you have insurance policies which are now made out in your name assigned to him. Please advise by return mail as to this latter, giving the amount of insurance you now have on the boat." (Source: Moeser, D.E. (writing for Conrad, Bertram B.). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54480. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-10-03.)
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"[Item Description:] Enclosed find check for $700 as per agreement in letter received last week from the Herreshof[sic] Mfg. Co. [apparently for additional work on #299p HELIANTHUS II]. [Incl NGH reply note:] Replied from Office Oct 15 and indorsed[sic] bill of sale, ship's papers & receipt of tax." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. (incl NGH reply note). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54500. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-10-14.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled note by NGH, apparently for himself, on verso of 'General Chemical Company' cheque note:] HELIANTHUS [#299p], Oct 15.
Papers turned over to Mr. Conrad.
To be done on my part.
Clean out bilge under aft state-room.
Install line[?] bearing.
Oil casing around knuckle joint.
Varnish deck house.
I am to take care of her for the winter as for myself.
Fit her out in the Spring and have her in good running order, and to make trial trip as per agreement in hands of H.M.Co Inc.
To be charged to Mr. Conrad's acc[oun]t:
Change name & hailing port to POMANDER, Boston.
Arrange for engineer to manipulate engine in addition to present arrangement by putting in signal bell.
Arrange throttle to be easily adjusted and install 2 pressure guages in engine room to St chest[?] & 1st intermediate.
A. L. Swasey may direct some alterations.
N.G.H. Oct 15 1919
[Note in margin:] Guages received and will be set in the spring." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54310. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-10-15.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I have yours of the 14th inst. with inclosure of check, for which I thank you.
Inclosed please find bill of sale of HELIANTHUS [#299p], also entollment paper and receipt for tax, which, as you will see, expires next July. These you will want to take to the custom house to have enrollment transferred to your district, and you will also want to arrange there for the change of name.
Very truly yours, ..." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Conrad, Bertram B. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54470. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-10-15.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Form 725 U. S. Internal Revenue
War Excise Tax Pleasure Boats
No 3697
This certifies that Nathanael G. Herreshoff of Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Bristol has paid tax of $48.75 for the 9 months ended June 30, 191[blank] on a boat [#299p HELIANTHUS II] described in his return as follows:
Motor Boat.
Net tons 48. Length over all 65 feet.
This card must be kept on board while the boat is in use and must be shown on demand to any Internal Revenue or Navigation Officer
Collector of Internal Revenue
District Conn.
" (Source: U.S. Internal Revenue (creator). Certificate. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54300. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. No date (sent with NGH to B.B. Conrad letter 1919-10-15).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Yours of October 15th with enclosures [re. sale of #299p HELIANTHUS II] received and upon taking same to the custom House in Boston I was informed that I would have to get permanent papers of Boston enrollment at custom House in Providence, also certificate of no liens, and inform the Rhode Island Custom House that the Boston custom House has Bill of Sale on record.
I was further told that any citizen of Rhode Island can act as Master for me and have the necessary papers made out and forwarded, no ... [Incl NGH note:] Ans[wered] Oct 17. Papers fixed at Prov. & forwarded." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54510. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-10-16.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I would like to know if your engineer would be interested to work for me as engineer next season, taking it for granted that you will not want him. If so, will you kindly put him in touch with me.
I would also like to know what the fuel capacity is on the yacht [#299p HELIANTHUS II] and how many gallons she uses on a average per hour. Also, is it necessary to have a licensed captain and engineer on this boat?
In fitting her out next season I shall want to change her name to 'POMANDER' and will ask you to kindly change the name wherever it appears on the yacht.
Your Mr. Swasey was in to see me today and I made a few suggestions as to changes I shall want to make next season which he will submit to you. He said he would give me an estimate of the cost as soon as possible." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54490. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-10-17.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I am in receipt of yours of October 17th [re. sale of #299p HELIANTHUS II] and appreciate very much your kindness in this matter.
Will you kindly instruct the engineering department of the Herreshoff Company to make the changes suggested by you in our last interview, which were to have the control both in the pilot house and engine room, also add the necessary guages in the engine room.
If you happen to have a photograph of the yacht I would very ... [Incl NGH note:] Ans[wered] Nov 4. Inclosed[sic] photo." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54520. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-10-20.)
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"[Item Transcription:] I am in receipt of yours of the 4th and thank you very much for the photograph [of #299p HELIANTHUS II]. Should you succeed in finding the other one I would be pleased to receive it.
I have now received permission to change the name, having all the necessary papers in my possession.
Will you kindly let me know what you would charge for the jury masts and sail?
Yours very truly, ... [Incl NGH note and draft reply on verso:] Ans[wered] Nov 15. See over." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54530. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-11-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Yours of the 15th received and I note your asking price for jury rig [for #299p HELIANTHUS II] is $200. I consider this reasonable and should I decide to purchase same will inform you later. Respectfully yours, ..." (Source: Conrad, Bertram B. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54540. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1919-11-19.)
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"[Item Description:] new tender [MONTAUK] for #725s RESOLUTE, I did not mean to imply that I thought you were opposing us at every turn regarding alterations to RESOLUTE, and I further wish to state that I have all along agreed with you entirely that it is best for us to leave well enough alone, new alloy gaff, reconditioning RESOLUTE, bringing your little boat [#718s ALERION III] from N.Y. to Bristol, George [Nichols] has written that Jack Morgan will offer you the MERMAID for sale and you should take her, Swan is figuring on a large steamer for Mr. Winton [this will be #377p ARA], total amount of the shop includes 16 S-boats and 8 12-1/2 footers, begin to think that we are now going to show some profits, VANITIE should be sailing by May 1st, glad you have stopped bothering with Dr. Reynolds, reply from NGH: expected letter from James Swan but nothing came, materials for alloy gaff, awaiting address in N.Y. for ALERION III to ship to, if I do not take her home, could you not select one or two of your crew, do not want to have her towed by large steamer, too much danger of swamping in rough water or through c.b. casing, am rather in favor of taking #236p MERMAID, as towboat it would be best to overhaul #234p FRIDAY and put new motor in her, the one [port engine] I took out of #299p HELIANTHUS III would be the thing for her" (Source: Emmons, Robert W. (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_27260. Subject Files, Folder 8, formerly 90-95. 1920-03-24.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled dimensioned technical sketch titled 'Throttle Lever for POMANDER [#299p ex-HELIANTHUS II]. Not to scale. June 3, 1920'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Sketch. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_02950. Folder [no #]. 1920-06-03.)
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"[Item Description:] congratulations on #725s RESOLUTE win; deplores that #299p HELIANTHUS was sold; love #710s OLEANDER but no one to race against" (Source: Sawyer, Mildred. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_06900. Correspondence, Folder 24, formerly 210. 1920-07-28.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Our sincere congratulations to you and all those interested in the outcome of the big race. The 'RESOLUTE' [#725s] certainly showed herself to be worthy of the designer and those who handled her, and shows that it is not easy for them to build a boat and come across the water and take the Cup back, but they certainly are good sports, and will probably try again.
We understand Mr. Conrad is also pleased with his boat [#299p HELIANTHUS II]. I guess they had considerable trouble with the pilot [burner], and inasmuch as we have made very great improvements in our pilots, even within the last year or two, we suggested that if they did not succeed in getting the burner to operate satisfactorily, that they put in one of our late pilots and try it. We understand that they did this.
In any case we understand they are using the boat now, and that it is performing well.
Now that you have the races off your hands, would you not like to come up and spend a day with us. We have made a lot of refinements and improvements in our cars, and we feel sure that you would be interested in them. Try and arrange to come and see what we are doing." (Source: Stanley, Carlton F. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_52510. Subject Files, Folder 44, formerly 59 (58?). 1920-08-02.)
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"[Item Description:] Blueprint typewritten specifications for #299p HELIANTHUS II with inked in changes and additions making this a draft for the specifications for #378p HELIANTHUS III. Marked in ink in upper left corner 'Sidney D.W.H'. 9 pages." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator) or Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (creator). Specifications. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDW02_00600. Folder [no #]. No date (ca 1921-02 ??).)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled note:] #299 HELIANTHUS [#299p]
1st acct. 4757.94
2. acct. 2768.95
3. to Mch 1 1933.63
4. Mch to June 1 1007.33
5. June 1 to Sept 1 2354.73
[Sum] 12822.58
20% overhead (Part included) 2564.51
[Sum] 15387.09
Cost of new machinery installment in 1919 4599.17
[Sum] 19986.26
Sale price 20700.00
Expenses fitting out & trial 472.77
Net price 20459.14
Profit 240.86
Sale of Rig 200.00
Cost of same (estimated) 400.00
Loss 20000
Correct to best of my knowledge N.G.H. Feb. 9. 1921[np] 20386.26
472.88
[Sum] 20859.14
20900.00
40.86 [Apparently compiled for tax purposes.] " (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54550. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1921-02-09.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled note:] HELIANTHUS [#299p] charges 1919
Dec 31 18 bill 432
Feb 21 19 bill 797.60
Mch 10 bill 438.59
Apr 18 bill 484.99
May 26 bill 161.12
Estimate of other shop charges 100.00
[Sum] Shop charges, material & labor 1986.62
Stanley M.C. Co. bills 62.50
21.38
34.07
16.60
[Sum] 134.44
Engine by exchange say 950.00
Pumping machinery about 800.00
De Coings[?] wages Ap 8 to July 328.99
12 w[ee]ks @ 27
My time say 400
[Sum] 4599.17
Approx. cost to fall 1917 without rig or changes of machinery 15387.09
[Sum] 19986.26 [Apparently compiled for tax purposes.] " (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54560. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. No date (filed with 1921-02-09 HELIANTHUS II tax matter).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Please excuse my delay in returning your income tax returns.
Before closing your case, I would appreciate further information on these two items:
(1) What is meant by 'The Farm'? Is it used as your summer home, or is it rented? If neither, what?
(2) When was your yacht [#299p HELIANTHUS II] purchased, exact date, how much was paid for it? If constructed by your company please let me have an itemized list of how cost is arrived at.
Of what do improvements of $472.88 consist?
Also details regarding cost of rigging for yacht, which is apparently $200.00 more than selling price.
Please let me have this information at your earliest convenience. if you wish to explain in person, let me know a date that will suit your convenience.
Very truly yours, ...
Enclosures: Returns for 1918, 1919 & 1920. [Incl NGH draft reply dated June 21, 1921:] In reply of yours of 18th. 'The Farm' is the old name of the D'Wolf estate on Griswold Ave. which was owned by my first wife and I am holding for our children. It was used as our summer home until 1913, but since has been closed. I have a man taking care of the farm, but there is no income. On the reverse I am out yearly a little more than the tax. The tax is included in the return.
The powerboat [#299p HELIANTHUS II] sold [to] Mr. Conrad was purchased of R.I. Hospital Trust Co, executors of the late John B. Herreshoff, Dec. 1916 for $3750 and was at time of purchase only partly constructed. I had the H.M.Co. complete her and the bills up to Aug. 1917 when in usable condition amounted [to] 12822.58. This does not include sundry articles I bought directly and have no details [of]. The machinery was unsatisfactory and finally in 1918-19 I refitted the vessel with steam power, at the cost made up at the time of $4599.17. Part of the work was done by H.M.Co. The balance was picked up and I have no detailed record. The sundrys of which I referred to above to put the vessel in condition as sold footed up to 2564.51 and this I have not vouchers for.
Total cost to time of sale 19986.26. The sale was made in fall of 1919, and included taking care of her the following winter and fitting out in spring of 1920 which cost 472.88.
12822.58
4599.17
2564.51
472.88
[Sum] 20459.14
This does not include running expenses when in use.
The rig I sold to Mr. Conrad for $200, cost me when made about $400.00. " (Source: Peterson, A. Wendell (Int. Rev. Agent) (incl NGH reply). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54570. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. 1921-06-18.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Penciled note on verso of 'Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, Name of Vessel HELIANTHUS (#299p), License expires July 18, 1920' envelope:] Correspondence relating to sale of HELIANTHUS, No. 299, to Mr. B.B. Conrad in fall of 1919. (Name changed to POMANDER.)
Memo, Charges to me after sale. Fall 1919 139.50
Fitting out 1920 333.38
[Sum] 472.88" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Note. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_54590. Subject Files, Folder 51, formerly 240. No date (filed with 1921-06-18 HELIANTHUS II tax matter).)
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"[Item Description:] Re tax audit. '... in relation to the sale of the yacht [#299p HELIANTHUS II] in 1919-1920 I wish to say [the tax collector] has not given my word fair consideration and that he has not given her fair valuation and that I feel that Mr Hrawsey's[?] Dept is extorting a tax on an income that did not exist'." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Internal Revenue. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_61100. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder [no #], formerly 261?. 1921-07-26.)
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"[Item Description:] broken leg, violin making, just returning from Florida in #378p HELIANTHUS III, #299p HELIANTHUS II had a Stanley system of burning liquid fuel" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Stanley. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_00630. Correspondence, Folder 1_14, formerly (84). 4/17/(1922).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink) trials booklet titled '1911. Trial Trips and Experiments'. Relevant contents:
§43: #182p POLYANTHUS ex-EUGENIA II Trial Run with former #299p HELIANTHUS motor (1919-07-23)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator) and Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_04280. Folder [no #]. 1911-06 to 1926-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled detail plan for an unidentified power yacht with midship section (incl. bathtub) and elevation view of a deck house. Untitled, undated, a few annotations. Might this be related to #299p HELIANTHUS II or #378p HELIANTHUS III?" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Detail Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE02_05540. Folder [no #]. No date.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled technical drawing of an unidentified subject. Untitled, undated. Annotations read 'Water tank 28in [unreadable] 30in dia. 5ft 8in high. 300 or 300 gal[lons]', 'flywheel 16in' and '5x3 Engine'. Filed with other plans, some of which related to #215p ROAMER< #299p HELIANTHUS II, and #308p HELIANTHUS III." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01170. Folder [no #]. No date.)
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"[Item Description:] Penciled and ink on paper technical drawing of an unidentified subject. Untitled, undated. One annotations reads '14[?] for 1/2in pipe coupling'. Filed with other plans, some of which related to #215p ROAMER< #299p HELIANTHUS II, and #308p HELIANTHUS III." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Inked Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE11_01190. Folder [no #]. No date.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #299p Helianthus II even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Helianthus II (HMCo-made index card)
• Helianthus II (MIT Museum-made index card)
• Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.

Name: Helianthus
Type: Gasoline
Length: 65'
Owner: Herreslioff, N. G.

Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

• Helianthus II
• Helianthus II
• Hedalca ex-Helianthus II
• Pomander ex-Helianthus II
• Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.

Name: Helianthus II
Type: 65' gasoline
Owner: N. G. Herreshoff
Year: 1917
Row No.: 275

Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

Year: 1914
E/P/S: P
No.: 299
Name: Helianthus
OA: 65' 0"

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

"Dimensions from U.S. Navy Boat License No. 1195 for Helianthus (HMM Subject Files, Folder 91 (new), Access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 15, 2017.

"Helianthus II was fitted in June 1919 by NGH with a 4 1/2" & 6 1/4" & 10" bore x 5 1/2" stroke triple steam expansion engine that was on hand at HMCo and a new boiler fired by a Stanley burner to use kerosene and with Stanley automatic controls. The only steam engine with these dimensions known to have been built by HMCo was for #242p Breeze in 1903. It is believed that it this engine which was used for Helianthus." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. June 11, 2019.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Gross Register Tons (55) from the 1920 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (Net Register Tons were reported as 48) and converting to lbs by dividing through 2000 (short tons). Note that this figure can only be a rough estimate because register tons as reported in Yacht Registers correlate only loosely with actual displacement figures." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 17, 2015.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.