Peter Miller
Peter Miller
1823/1824 to February 5, 1894
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City of New York from Broklyn Heights - G.Warren, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1872
Peter Miller was born in Sweden and first shipped when he was 15 years old. He would spend 36 years in the merchant trade and mainly shipped out of the port of New York. Peter Miller entered Sailors' Snug Harbor when 51 years old.
Peter spent 18 years, eight months, and 17 days at the Harbor and died when he was 70 years old. He is buried in Plot 7, Row 1, number 15, grave. According to the cemetery
map, this gives Peter a grave number of 1846.
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Europa of the Black Ball Line - Lubbock, pg. 21, The Western Ocean Packets, Boston , 1925.
Peter Miller worked for C.H. Marshall's Black Ball Line (Register Page of P. Miller). The distinguishing mark of a black Ball Packet Ship was a large Black Ball, sewn or painted on her fore sales (Lubbock, 7). The Black Ball line was made up
of Ocean Packet Ships that operated out of the port of New York in the mid to late 19th century. Herman Melville stated that the crews aboard these Packet Ships had terrible hard work owing to the packets' ability to carry such a large press of
sail to make a rapid passage to maintain the ship's reputation (Brinnin, 10).
A Black Ball Ticket for Nicholas Fish from New York to Bremen in the Black Ball Yorkeshire, 1859
Artist - unknown. 'Europe'a ship of the Black Ball Line of America, 1833, Medium: Print, taken from The Western Ocean Packets pg. 21, Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston, 1925.
Black Ball Ticket for Nicholas Fish from New York to Bremen in the Black Ball Yorkeshire, 1859, URI: https://ltwilliammowett.tumblr.com/post/672755184313729024/black-ball-line
Brinnin, John, Malcolm. The Sway of the Grand Saloon - The Social History of the North Atlantic, Delacorte Press, New York, 1971.
G.Warren-Artist City of New York From Broklyn Heights, medium: Lithograph, New York De Appleton and CO., 1872, Private Collection Connecticut, USA.
Lubbock, Basil. The Western Ocean Packets, Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston, 1925.
Miller, Peter. Register page of Sailors' Snug Harbor resident Peter Miller from the Register of Inmates C. Inmate number 33. Register is a large handwritten volume. The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College. The. Sailors' Snug Harbor records are the Property of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor. The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College. Date Created: May 13, 1876, Place: New York (State)--New York--Staten Island, publisher: The Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor.
