"""Figurehead from barkentine Altamaha.  Built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1846 named """"Gypsy Queen"""".  Later renamed """"Termagant"""". Sold to an American Company and renamed """"Altamaha"""" with her home port in Boston. She was on her way to Boston from Georgia when, she struck the partially submerged wreck of the Vanderbilt yacht """"Alva"""".  Attempting to save the vessel, Capt. Parsons beached her on Inward Point on Monomoy. Crew was saved. #chathamhistoricalsociety, #atwoodhouse, #capecod, #chatham, #ship"""
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