The question is often asked, what becomes of all the vessels that have been built? Upon this question official records throw some light. The last accessible statistics show that during the ten years from 1879 to 1889, nineteen thousand one hundred and ninety United States vessels were wrecked on or near the coasts, or on the inland waters of the United States, and during the same period, sixty-six hundred and forty-one British vessels. The following is an imperfect list of skippers since 1828: Benjamin Nye Adams George Adams George N. Adams John Allen George Allen Winslow Allen Thomas Atwood Wm. Atwood Solomon Attaquin Coleman Bartlett Frederick Bartlett Nathaniel Bartlett Benjamin Bates Braman L. Bennett John Briggs Frederick Burgess Henry Burgess James Burgess Phineas F. Burgess Horatio G. Camero A. R. Carnes John Chase John B. Chandler Samuel Chandler Ephraim F. Churchill Joseph Churchill Lionel Churchill Edward Clough Isaac Connors James Cornish Thomas E. Cornish Edward Courtney Ichabod Davie Lemuel Doten Nathaniel Doty Horace J. Drew Stephen D. Drew Daniel Eldridge Barnabas Ellis Stephen Finney Henry Gibbs Grenville W. Griffin John Griffin Wm. Grindle Frew Gross Thomas Hannagan Branch Harlow Charles Harlow Richard W. Harlow Nathan Haskins Robert Hogg Gideon Holbrook Barzillia Holmes George Holmes Solomon M. Holmes Isaac Howland John Howland Lemuel C. Howland Abiatha Hoxie Nathaniel Hoxie Robert Hutchinson Benjamin Jenkins Wm. Jordan James S. Kelley Lewis King Robert King William King Wellington Lambert Wm. Langford Moses Larkin Ezra Leach Lemuel Leach David Manter David L. Manter George Manter Prince Manter Owen McGahan Jake McCarthy Jerry McCluskey Duncan McDonald Eli H. Minter George Morey Wm. Morrisey John Morse Josiah Morton Lemuel Morton Levi P. Morton Wm. Mullins Grant C. Parsons John Parsons Ezra Pierce Ignatius Pierce Richard Pike Calvin Raymond Henry Rickard Warren P. Rickard Francis Rogers George Rogers David Robertson Joseph Ross Thomas Ryan Andrew Sampson Joseph Sampson Nathan B. Sampson Sylvanus Sampson Angus Scott Daniel Sears Hiram B. Sears Wm. Sears Nathaniel Simmons James Simmons Wm. Stephens Isaac Smith Joseph Smith Luther Smith Peter W. Smith Thomas Smith — Sparrow Isaac Swift Philip Snow Nahum Thomas Lewis W. Thrasher Oliver C. Vaughn Perez Wade John B. Walker Robert Washburn Solomon Webquish John Whitmore Samuel O. Whittemore Joseph Whitten Samuel M. Whitten George R. Wiswell Lemuel R. Wood Edward Wright