Rob, you're welcome. I wish you both a wonderful 41st Anniversary celebration. In the same Facebook page, there were six sections of the Newburyport Herald covering events that occurred on clipper
Staghound from July 8th, 1851 through November 21st, 1861. Then there's a single entry from May 15, 1925, discussing artifacts of Donald McKay including the Cornelius W. McKay
Staghound model and letter generously donated to the Old State House Marine Museum by the late Captain Arthur Clark of Newburyport, Mass. They were put on display to raise awareness of an effort to raise a memorial to the memory of Donald McKay. Wednesday, September 17th, 2024, almost exactly a century later (actually 99 years, 4 months and 2 days) I received pictures of that marvelous model and associated 4-page letter. Monday, August 25th, 2025, courtesy of the MIT Maritime Museum, I finally received the long sought after Cornelius W. McKay
Staghound plans (referred to as a drawing) in his November 18th, 1896, letter to Captain Arthur H. Clark. Dating from that initial letter, it's been 127 years, 10 months and 1 day since that profound full letter has been uncovered and 128 years, 10 months and 7 days since the even more detailed
Staghound plans have seen the light of day! And if you count from when the model and plans originated, most likely October 1850, that would be a staggering 173 years, 11 months until I received pictures of the Cornelius W. McKay model and 174 years, 10 months since rediscovering those elusive plans...as Spock would say "Fascinating."
As Spock would say "Fascinating."
