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This ledger contains the boats registered in January, 1878.
The list of captains and owners includes women and African Americans. William Bauman who transcribed the list noted that by the time the boating season got underway, the boat captain listed in the Boat Register created Jan 1, 1878, was not necessarily the boat captain listed later in The Alleganian, the Cumberland newspaper.
As Unrau noted: