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THE HISTORY OF YACHTING
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points to a spot on the wharf of Messrs. Samuel Wonson and Sons, then owned by Capt. Robinson, as the place where this vessel was built. The name given to her was meant at first, probably, to be her particular appellation; but after she was 'masted and rigged' in a peculiar manner, which was soon adopted by others, she became the type of a class, and the designation passed from a proprietary to a common use. That she was so 'masted and rigged,' is evident from the fact that she became the type of a class."
BOSTON LIGHT, 1717
Although the foregoing evidence, both positive and negative, appears conclusive, it has been questioned by some writers; yet they have failed to produce any record of the existence of a schooner prior to 1713.
