Deactivation and Sale
She was laid up in Philadelphia in the late 1870s and remained inactive until she was sold at there to A. Purvis & Son on 27 September 1883.
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Famous quotes containing the word sale:
“I keep thinking that what I need
to do is buy my leg back.
Surely it is for sale somewhere,
poor broken tool, poor ornament.
It might be in a store somewhere beside a lady’s scarf.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)