Description

Drawings for U.S.S. Congress & Revenue Cutter Fessenden, lot of 2, includes inked drawing on onionskin paper entitled U.S.S. Steamer Congress Scale 1/5"= one foot being a foreshortened ink drawing of this naval vessel with bow and stern with decks in detail cross-section, 8.5" x 28", AND second ink drawing on heavy white paper entitled Deck plans of Revenue Stmr. Fessenden, 8.5" x 21.75".

The U.S.S. Congress was a Contoocook Class Clipper Screw Sloop, 290' x 41', armed with 14 nine inch guns and one or two 60-pounder Parrotts. Built in 1870 she lasted only six years because of poor quality hull construction. The Fessenden was a Chase Class side wheel steamer built for Great Lakes service at Cleveland in 1865 and was in operation until 1882.

Condition

1st with scattered foxing, 2nd with even toning, both VG.