↑ “The Evolution of the Yacht”. The Topeka State Journal. Topeka, Kansas. ngày 12 tháng 10 năm 1899. tr. 6 – qua Newspapers.com. America's first yacht was built at Salem, Mass., in 1801, by Christopher Turner. It was owned by George Crowninshield, who christened her the Jefferson.
↑ “Romantic History of America's First Yacht”. The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer. Bridgeport, Connecticut. ngày 2 tháng 10 năm 1916. tr. 11 – qua Newspapers.com. George Crowninshield had sailed to all parts of the world in merchant ships, and he knew navigation from A to Z and from forecastle to quarter deck. His first experience as a yachtsman had been in the twenty-foot sloop Jefferson, the first craft built exclusively for pleasure America had ever had.
↑ Horgan, Tom (ngày 18 tháng 10 năm 1946). “Up and Down New England”. Nashua Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire. tr. 4 – qua Newspapers.com. Salem can boast many nautical firsts, including the first pleasure yacht to fly the American flag--the schooner Jefferson built in 1801 for Captain George Crowninshield of that port.
↑ “American Yacht Amazed Europe A Century Ago”. The Sun. New York, New York. ngày 10 tháng 5 năm 1914. tr. 43 – qua Newspapers.com. points out that the first American yacht was built for George Crowninshield in 1801 and was named Jefferson.
↑ “Yaching”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ngày 13 tháng 8 năm 1911. tr. 60 – qua Newspapers.com. America's first yacht was built at Salem, Mass., in 1801, by Christopher Turner, and it was christened Jefferson. Captain George Crowninshield owed her and found her a good sailor, though only a twenty-two-tonner. She was a privateer in 1812 and later became a fishing smack.
↑ “Yacht news”. The St. Joseph Herald. St. Joseph, Missouri. ngày 15 tháng 8 năm 1899. tr. 4 – qua Newspapers.com. America's first yacht was built at Salem. Mass., in l891, by Christopher Turner. It was owned by George Crowninshield, who christened her the Jefferson.
↑ “The First American yachts”. The Sun. New York, New York. ngày 26 tháng 2 năm 2018. tr. 43 – qua Newspapers.com. points out that the first American yacht was built for George Crowninshield in 1801 and was named "Jefferson." The next known yacht was the "Diver," owned by John C, Stevens in 1802.
↑ “Evolution of Yacht”. San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, CA. ngày 10 tháng 6 năm 1894 – qua Newspapers.com. Americas first yacht was built at Salem, Mass., in 1801 by Christopher Turner and it was christened the Jefferson. Captain George Crowninshield owned her and found her a good sailor.
↑ “Cleopatra's Barge”. The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. ngày 1 tháng 3 năm 1936. tr. 39 – qua Newspapers.com. Jefferson, a sloop which George had built in 1801 and which was the first yacht in America.
↑ “First Yacht Built in U.S.”. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. ngày 19 tháng 4 năm 1936. tr. 52 – qua Newspapers.com. FIRST YACHT BUILT IN U. S. The first yacht built in this country was the Jefferson, which was constructed at Salem, Mass., by Christopher Turner and owned by Capt. George Crowninshield. She was of 22 tons. In 1812, she was made a privateer, being the second vessel thus commissioned.
↑ “A Pioneer Yachtsman”. The St. Johnbury. Caledonian, Scotland. ngày 26 tháng 10 năm 1893 – qua Newspapers.com. The little yacht Jefferson was sold in 1815 and turned into a fishing smack, in which capacity she served for many years in the waters about Nahant and Marblehead.
