I apologize for hijacking this thread, but I think this is the very type of thing this thread is talking about. All it takes is one post and you never know what you may find...
Here is a listing from google books in a almanac for "J. Henry Allen", perhaps it can help? Dated 1881-1882
I have also attached a link to a beautiful photo of a sailboat taken by Henry.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...enry_Allen.png