This was the 58-gun frigate HMS President, berthed at the West India Docks and training ship of the local Royal Naval Reserve. They were joined in 1872 by the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers. This ship was named Old President on 25 March 1903, and was sold for scrapping on 7 July 1903.
Average Household Debt Tops $90,000. A recent study shows that the average U.S. household debt has now passed the $90,000 mark, which includes household that are debt free. The 2015 American Household Credit Card Debt Study also showed that the average household with debt owes $130,000. Mortgage debt, with each household having an average mortgage of $168,614.
The Fed released household credit card debt data from the survey Sept. 4, 2014. The family unit. For 2013, the survey found that the average card debt was $5,700 for households that carry a balance --38 percent of all households. The family at the midpoint of the range had a balance of just $2,300, indicating that the average is skewed toward the high end by families that carry large balances.