Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 13, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 33
Notes:
The Rose-in-Bloom was an American vessel lost in August 1806 in the Great Coastal hurricane: The ship capsized off of Barnegat Inlet, N.J., with 21 of the ship's 48 passengers killed and $171,000 (1806 USD) in damage to its cargo; survivors were rescued by the British brig Swift. John Hairr, The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina (Charleston, 2008), p. 35; Rick Schwartz, Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States (Alexandria, Va., 2007), p. 54.
