Brig Pilgrim - Monterey, CA - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

This is a 1971 replica of the Brig Pilgrim made by and donated by John R. Dickason.
Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"The Pilgrim was a sailing brig (180 tons, 86.5 feet (26.4 m) long) engaged in the California hide trade of the early 19th century. Although just one among many other ships engaged in the business, the Pilgrim was immortalized by one of her sailors, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., who wrote the classic account Two Years Before the Mast about its 1834 voyage between Boston and California.

The Pilgrim was built in 1825 for Boston owners Bryant, Sturgis & Co., and went down in a fire at sea in 1856."

Where is original located?: destroyed by fire in 1856. Where is this replica located?: Custom House Museum, Monterey, CA Who created the original?: unknown Internet Link about Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_(brig) Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1825

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