Eagle (Packet, circa 1838-1846)

Date

• July 7, 1841

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1838 at St. Louis, Missouri
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Abandoned in 1846
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Lamothe (master)
• OTHER INFORMATION: First home port, St. Louis, Missouri
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Notice (dated July 7, 1841) advertising a chartered boat trip aboard the Eagle from Alton to St. Louis, Missouri to view "four Negroes executed".