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Original Journal From America’s First Luxury Yacht Sells for $100K With Bonhams Skinner
Manuscript Journal of the Yacht Cleopatra's Barge on a Voyage of Pleasure. Image courtesy of Bonhams Skinner. In the early 19th century, the Salem-based Crowninshield family was flush with cash. The merchant family had made a fortune by supplying ships during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.…