Lost at Sea — The Last Voyage of The Cythera — In Surprise Nor’easter Blizzard of March 1888

My great, great-grandfather was the ship’s owner and captain — he went down with the ship along with all on board

Jennifer Friebely
ILLUMINATION-Curated
11 min readDec 8, 2020

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The. Cythera” By Nanthaniel Stebbins — American & English Yachts, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11328238

In March 1888, William A.W. Stewart was one of the most noted yachtsmen in New York — or for that matter on the entire…

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