[2] The J. Henry Edmunds was registered as a pilot Schooner with the ‘’Record of American and Foreign Shipping,’’ from 1888 to 1993.

[1] During the Great Blizzard of 1888 the pilot boats J. Henry Edmunds and E. C. Knight were blown out to sea during the storm.

[5] In November 1899, the Philadelphia Pilots' Association placed the Edmunds on a railway at the Jackson and Sharp Company for general overhauling and repairs.

[6] On September 27, 1892, the pilot boat J. Henry Edmunds was run down by a four-masted schooner Ralph M. Haywood of New York, twenty-five miles offshore.

[10] The pilot boat J. Henry Edmunds was lost on March 12, 1928, when she was grounded on the shoals of Cape Henlopen, Delaware, in dense fog and bad weather.

[11] The Pilots' Association of Philadelphia, turned her over to the underwriters after failed attempts were made to pull her off the beach.

[10][4]: p60 On March 24, 1928, the Edmunds was sold at public auction by D. W. Burbage to George Shockley of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for $350.