Chapter XXII: The Fate of the Clipper Ships (2)

Fairbank & Wheeler, owners, Boston, 56

_Fairlight_, Brit. ship, 333

_Falcon_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 319-20, 324, 347, 375

Farran, Capt., _Eagle_, 350

Fast days’ runs, 179, 180, 195, 214, 219-20, 245-6, 271, 277, 281, 334

Fast passages: Atlantic, 46, 221, 247, 254, 277-8
Australian, 266, 268, 281-2, 284, 336, 338
California, 213, 218, 225, 227-8;
(eastward), 233, 293, 296, 365-9
China, 199, 207, 208, 209, 329, 335

Fastest ships: packet, _Yorkshire_, 46;
clipper, _Rainbow_, 67;
_Sea Witch_, 192;
_Gt. Republic_, 243;
_Lightning_, 278

_Fearless_, Cal. clipper ship, 271, 357

_Federal Eagle_, brig, 15

Fennell, Capt., _Flying Mist_, 363

Fernald & Pettigrew, builders, Portsmouth, N. H., 52, 152, 216, 352, 355, 356, 361, 363

Fessenden, C. B., owner, Boston, 360

_Fidelia_, N. Y. packet ship, 41, 48

_Fiery Cross_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 320, 335, 371;
race, 325-30

_Fiery Star-Comet_, 343

_Flavio_, ship, 52

_Fleetwing_, yacht, 159

---- Cal. clipper ship, 250, 260

_Fleetwood_, Cal. clipper ship, 353

Fletcher, Capt., _Maury_, 209;
_Oriental_, No. 2, 358

_Florence_, Cal. clipper ship, 289, 363

Floyd, John, builder, N. Y., 17

_Fly Away_, clipper ship, 232, 297, 368

_Flying Childers_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 236, 354

_Flying Cloud_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 153, 155, 174, 205, 217, 237, 254, 337, 342, 351;
N. Y. to S. F.

in 89 days, 144, 178-81, 248, 296, 297, 300, 365, 367;
log, 179-80, 248;
other California passages, 214-15, 224, 253, 298-9, 366, 367;
other passages, 195, 208, 222;
story of race with _Ganges_, 200-2

---- Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 208

---- Cal. clipper ship, 357; records, 295, 296, 297, 299, 368

_Flying Dutchman_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 344, 354, 375;
records, S. F., 297, 299, 366, 368;
Australia, 284

_Flying Fish_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 155-6, 173, 193, 205, 237, 302, 337, 342, 345, 351;
race with _Sword-Fish_, 212-13;
other Cal. passages, 224-6, 253, 295-9, 366-8

_Flying Mist_, Cal. clipper ship, 289, 363

_Flying Scud_, clipper ship, 284

_Flying Spur_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 325, 326

Food on board ship, 29, 78, 90, 107-8, 188, 231-2, 262

Forbes, Capt. James Nicol, _Marco Polo_, 266;
_Lightning_, 275-6;
_Schomberg_, 284

Forrest, Capt., _Rattler_, 361

_Forward Ho_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 336, 346, 371

Foster, W. H., & Co., owners, Boston, 359

---- & Nickerson, owners, Boston, 358, 363

_Francis_, brig, 84

_Francis Depaw_, ship, 47

Fraser, Capt. Geo., _Sea Witch_, 69, 145, 189, 192, 341

Freeman, Capt., _Undaunted_, 359

Friend, Capt., _Sancho Panza_, 361

Funch & Meincke, owners, N. Y. and Baltimore, 136, 350

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_Galatea_, clipper ship, 299

_Game Cock_, Cal. clipper ship, 135, 173, 205, 271, 302, 337, 342, 349;
records, 195, 299

_Ganges_, Brit. ship, 200-1

Gardner, Capt. E. C., _Celestial_, 159, 349;
_Comet_, 159, 224, 350;
_Intrepid_, 363

Gates, Capt., 360, 364

_Gauntlet_, 267

_George Canning_, ship, 47

_George Peabody_, ship, 255

Gerry, Capt., _Noonday_, 363

Gibb & Livingston, 325

Gilman & Co., 325

_Gipsey_, brig, 1804, 17

Girard, Stephen, capt. and owner, 15

Glidden & Williams, Boston, owners of line of S. Francisco clippers, 136, 141, 172, 349-61

_Globe_, Brit. merchant ship, 36

_Gloriana_, Brit. ship, 36

_Glory of the Seas_, med. clipper ship, 258, 369

Goddard, N. S., owner, Boston, 358

Goddard & Co., owners of _Race Horse_, Boston, 135, 349

_Golden Age_, clipper barque, 366

_Golden City_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 354;
records, 297, 299, 300, 367

_Golden Eagle_, Cal. clipper ship, 354;
records, 297, 299, 300, 367

_Golden Fleece_, Cal. clipper ship, 362

_Golden Gate_, Cal. clipper ship, 351;
records, 297, 298, 299, 366

_Golden Light_, Cal. clipper ship, 233, 343-4, 354

_Golden State_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 354

_Golden West_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 354

Goodhue & Co., N. Y., owners of _Mandarin_, 135, 349

Goodwin, Gov. of N. H., 165

Gordon, Capt. Geo., _Memnon_, 145

Gore, Capt., _North Wind_, 358

_Governor Morton_, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 349;
records, 253, 299, 300, 368

_Grace Darling_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 360

_Grand Turk_, Salem ship, 12

Gray, Capt. Robt., 1788, 14

---- Wm., Salem merchant, 13

_Great Britain_, packet ship, 47, 71-2, 138

_Great Republic_, clipper ship, largest extreme clipper ship ever built, 235-43, 337, 345, 357;
launch, 236-8;
masts and spars, 238-40, 242-3;
burnt, 240-2;
rebuilt, 242-3;
records, 293, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300;
log, 294;
estimated speed, 343, 294-5

_Great Western_, packet ship, 41

_Greenfield_, barque, 368;
brought first cargo of wheat from California, 254

Greenman & Co., builders, Mystic, Conn., 232

Gregory, Capt. Michael, 250, 361

Griffeths, John W., 65-66

Grinnell, Minturn & Co., N. Y., owners, packet lines, 40, 42;
Cal. clippers, 136, 153, 211, 233, 350, 351, 355, 358, 359;
flags, 42, 303

Griswold, John, N. Y.,-London packet line, 40, 42

---- N. L. & G., owners, N. Y., 60, 62, 64, 68, 156, 189, 303, 350, 358

---- Capt., _Toronto_, 162

_Guest_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 1611, 23

_Guiding Star_, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 357

---- Brit. clipper ship, 267, 268, 269, 272

_Guinevere_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, Nos. 1 and 2, 347

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Hackett, Wm. & John, builders, Salisbury, Mass; U. S. frigate _Alliance_, 1778, 6

Hale, Capt., _Guiding Star_, 357

Hall, Alexander, & Co., 58, 59, 198, 199, 208, 284, 322, 324, 371-2

Hall, Samuel, builder, East Boston, 50, 137, 205, 250;
clipper schooner, 58;
China clippers, 62, 64;

Cal. clippers, 135, 198, 216, 225, 232, 349-58

---- Jr., 289, 363

Hallet, Capt., _Radiant_, 355

---- & Co., owners, Boston, 356

Hamilton, Capt., _Eclipse_, 175-6, 349

Handy & Everett, owners, N. Y., 136, 349

Hanscom, Saml., Portsmouth, N. H., builder of _Nightingale_, 164-5

_Harvest Queen_, packet ship, 41

---- barque, 291

_Harvey Birch_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 344, 361

Haskell, Capt., _Norseman_, 364

Hastings, Henry, owner, Boston, 361, 363

Hatch, Capt., _Northern Light_, 228, 351;
_Midnight_, 361

Hathorne, Wm., of Hathorne & Steers, builders, N. Y., 49

Hayden & Cudworth, builders, Medford, 52, 354, 361

Hayes, Capt., lost on _Rainbow_, 68

Hays, Capt. Gilbert, of _Beauregard_, 141

_Hazard_, Cal. clipper ship, 298

Heard, Augustine, & Co., owners, Boston, 303, 351

_Hebe_, French frigate, model for British, 5

_Hector_, Brit. E. Indiamen, in first fleet, 23, 24

_Helen Mar_, packet ship, 41

_Helen Morris_, clipper ship, 258

_Helena_, early clipper ship, 62

_Helicon_, barque, 56

_Helvetia_, Girard ship, China trade, 16

Henderson, Capt., _Gazelle_, 351

Henning, Capt., Brit. ship _Alfred_, 37

_Henrietta_, yacht, 159

Henry, Capt., _Raven_, 189-92, 352;
_Skylark_, 359

_Henry Allen_, ship, 193

_Henry Clay_, packet ship, 43, 48, 141;
admired at L’pool, 89

_Henry Hill_, clipper barque, 258

_Herald of the Morning_, med. clipper ship, 253, 271, 363;
records, 253, 296, 297, 299, 300, 367, 368

_Hercules_, early ship, 16

---- packet ship, 40

_Herefordshire_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32, 345

_Hersilia_, brig, sealing voyages, 77-80

_Hibernia_, packet ship, 43, 47, 84, 160

---- Brit. clipper ship, Australian trade, 266

_Highflyer_, N. Y. packet ship, 244

---- Cal. clipper ship, 344, 354

Hill, Capt., _Challenge_, 356

Hollis, Capt., _Game Cock_, 349

Holt, Alfred, L’pool, builder of iron screw steamers, 332

Hood, Jas. M., builder, Somerset, Mass., 136, 349

---- & Co., builders, Somerset, Mass., 152, 356, 359

Hood, Walter & Co., builders, Aberdeen, _Abergeldie_, 205-6;
_Thermopylæ_, 333, 372

Hooper, J., owner, Baltimore, 357;
_Witch of the Wave_, 169

_Hope_, ship, 15

_Horatio_, ship in China trade, 141, 162

_Hornet_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 351; records, 224, 298, 299, 300, 366

_Hotspur_, Brit. merchant frigate, 36

---- Cal. clipper ship, 364

_Hottinger_, N. Y. packet ship, 41, 43

_Houqua_, clipper ship in China trade, 63, 70, 77, 84, 85, 162, 341

Howes, Capt. Frederic, 236, 353, 357, 359, 360, 362

Howes & Crowell, owners, Boston, 353, 359

Howland, Capt. Williams, 141-2, 162, 350

Hubbard, Capt., _Flying Dutchman_, 354

Huckins, Jas., Boston, owner of _Northern Light_, 163-4

---- & Co., owners, Boston, 351, 354, 356

_Hudson_, N. Y., packet ship, 40, 44

Hunnewell, Jas., owner, Boston, 354, 355

Hunt & Wagner, builders, Baltimore, 357, 363

_Huntress_, ship, 52

_Huntsville_, N. Y.,-N. Orleans packet ship, 41, 43, 84

_Hurricane_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 163, 193, 337, 351;
records, 208, 218, 248, 296, 299, 367

Hussey, Capt., _Westward Ho_, 355

_Hyderabad_, Brit. ship, 36

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_Inconium_, ship, 193

_Independence_, New York-L’pool packet ship, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48;
carried President’s message, 45

Innes, Capt., _Serica_, 326

_Ino_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 153, 351;
in U. S. Navy, 253

_Intrepid_, Cal. clipper ship, 289, 300, 363

_Invincible_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 156-7, 159, 301, 351, 366;
in Australian trade, 283

Irons & Grinnell, builders, Mystic, Conn., 295

_Isaac Wright_, N. Y. packet ship, 41, 44, 45

_Isaac Webb_, N. Y. packet ship, 41, 48

_Isaac Wright_, N. Y. packet ship, 41, 48

Ismay, Imrie & Co., L’pool, White Star Australian Line, 268

_Istamboul_, Brit. auxil. vessel, 287

_Ivanhoe_, packet ship, 48

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Jackman, Geo. W., builder, Newburyport, 52, 360-3

---- R. E., builder, East Boston, 136, 216, 270, 349, 355, 356

---- & Ewell, builders, E. Boston, 358, 359

_Jacob Bell_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 298, 344, 354

---- N. Y. pilot boat, 305

_James Baines_, clipper ship, for Australian service, 273, 279-80, 281, 288, 334, 337, 346;
carried troops to India, 281-2

_James Cropper_, N. Y. packet ship, 38, 43

_James Monroe_, N. Y. packet ship, 38

_Jamestown_, N. Y. packet ship, 43

_Japan_, ship in Australian trade, 273

Jardine, Matheson & Co., China merchants, 59, 197, 208, 325

_Jenny Lind_, ship, Boston, 56, 217

_John Bertram_, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 141, 173, 349;
records, 299, 300, 366

_John E. Thayer_, ship, Boston, 255

_John Gilpin_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 344, 354;
records, 224, 296, 297, 299, 366;
race, 224-6

_John Jay_, ship, N. Y., 47

_John Land_, Cal. clipper ship, 233, 357, 368, 369

_John Quincy Adams_, ship, Boston, 156

_John R. Skiddy_, N. Y. packet ship, 54

_John Wade_, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 351

Johnson, Capt. H. W., _Invincible_, 157, 159, 351;
story of _Diadem_, 157-9

---- Capt., _Kate Hooper_, Baltimore, 357

---- Napier & Co., 303

Johnston, Capt. John, N. Y. packets, 44, 45

Jones, Quiggin & Co., L’pool, owners of _Seaforth_, 322

Jordan, John, L’pool, inventor of composite construction, 322

_Joseph Walker_, ship, 242

_Joshua Bates_, Boston-L’pool packet ship, 55

_Judge Shaw_, ship, 293

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_Kaisow_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 372

_Kate Carine_, Brit. ship, 267

_Kate Hooper_, Cal. clipper ship, Baltimore, 357

_Kathay_, _Cathay_, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 358

Keay, Capt., tea clipper _Ariel_, 326

_Kellie Castle_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

Kemball, Capt. John, 1788, 14

Kennard & Williamson, Baltimore, builders of _Ann McKim_, 60

Kermit, Robert, N. Y.-L’pool packet line, 42, 46

Kerwin, Capt., _Golden West_, 354

_Khersonese_, Brit. auxiliary steamer, 287

Kilham, Capt., _Jacob Bell_, 354

Killick, Capt., _Challenger_, 206

King, Capt., _Race Horse_, 349

_Kingfisher_, Cal. clipper ship, 358

Klein, Capt., _Spirit of the Times_, 359

Knight, Capt., _Queen of the Seas_, 355;
_Morning Light_, 358

Knowles, Capt., _Wild Wave_, 360

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_L. Z._, N. Y. ship, 56

_Lady Melville_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Lahloo_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 372;
races, 332-3, 336

Laing & Co., builders, Sunderland, Eng., 371

Lamb, Edward, & Co., Boston, owners, 56

_Lanark_, Brit. clipper brig, opium trade, 59

_Lancaster_, packet ship, 40

Land, Capt. John, 67, 187

Landholm, Capt., _John Bertram_, 141, 349

Landor, W. S., yacht _America_, 310

Lane, Capt. Geo., _Sweepstakes_, 233, 359; Pacific Mail S. S. Co., 233

Lang, Capt., _Sea Witch_, 341

Lapham, Saml., builder, Medford, 52

Laurence & Folkes, builders, N. Y., 49

Lawrie & Co., builders, Glasgow, 372

_Leander_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 372;
records, 333-6

_Leonore_, packet ship, 54

_Libertas_, ship, 282

_Liberator_, Greek frigate built in N. Y., 47

_Light Brigade-Ocean Telegraph_, 346

_Light Horse_, barque, Salem, 1784, 12

_Lightfoot_, Cal. clipper ship, 358

_Lightning_, clipper ship for Australian trade, 273, 274-5, 285, 337, 346;
passages, 275-8, 281-8;
log, 227-8;
carrying troops to India, 282-3

---- later ship, 341

Limeburner, Capt., _Great Republic_, 243, 293, 357

Lincoln, Wm., & Co., Boston, owners, 354, 358

_Lincolnshire_, Brit. ship in Australian trade, 285

Linnell, Capt., _Eagle Wing_, 357

_Lintin_, ship. Forbes’s rig, 236

_Live Yankee_, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 300, 358

_Liverpool_, packet ship, N. Y., 42, 43, 48

---- packet ship, Boston, 52

Lockwood, Capt., _White Squall_, 142, 350

Lodge, John E., Boston, owner, 357, 359, 361

Logs: _Flying Cloud_, 178-81, 211;
_Raven et al._, 192;
_Sov. of Seas_, 219-20;
_Flying Fish_ and _John Gilpin_, 226;
_Dreadnought_, 245-6;
_Romance of Seas_, 249;
_Lightning_, 277;
_James Baines_, 281-2;
_Sweepstakes_, 290;
_Great Republic_, 294;
tea clippers, 329-30;
_Thermopylæ_, 334

_Look Out_, clipper ship, 369

_Lord Amherst_, Brit. schooner, opium trade, 58

_Lord Lyndhurst_, ship, 293

_Lord of the Isles_, Brit. clipper ship (iron), tea trade, 208-10, 267, 288, 320, 346, 376;
second of the name, 346

_Lothair_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 372

_Louis Philippe_, Havre packet ship, 41

Low, Capt. Chas. P., 145, 162, 214-15, 343, 352;
Mrs. Low, 306

---- A. A., & Brother, owners, N. Y., 63, 64, 70, 85, 87, 135, 162, 209, 227, 242, 303

_Lowell_, Boston packet ship, 52

_Lowther Castle_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32, 34

Lucas, Capt. Frederic, 254, 341, 362

_Lucilla_, ship, 52

M

McCumm, Jas., Greenock, owner of _Sir Launcelot_, 335

McDonnell, Capt. Chas., _Marco Polo_, 267-8

McIntyre, L. H., & Co., builders, Liverpool, 322

McKay, Donald, Highland chieftain, 53

McKay, Donald, clipper ship builder, 42, 53, 205, 225, 258-9, 276, 297;
boyhood, 53, 258;
New York, 53;
Newburyport, 53-5;
East Boston, 56, 62;
packet ships, 62, 270;
California clippers, 136, 142, 152, 153, 212, 216, 232, 233, 250;
_Sovereign of the Seas_, 221;
_Great Republic_, 235, 243;
medium clippers, 255, 258, 290-1;
tribute to Abbott Lawrence, 256-7;
Australian clippers, 273-83;
Civil War, 258;
last years, 258;
Mrs. McKay, 221-2;
Currier & McKay, 53-4;
McKay, & Pickett, 54

---- Hugh, builder, Boston, 217

---- Capt. Lauchlan, 217-275;
_Sov. of the Seas_, 217-19, 269, 355;
_Great Republic_, 238, 241

McKenzie, Capt., _Houqua_, 63, 145, 341

McKim, Isaac, Baltimore, owner of _Ann McKim_, 60, 61

McKinnon, Capt., _Taeping_, 326

_Madagascar_, Brit. ship, Australian line, 263-4

Magoun, Thacher, builder, Medford, 51-2

---- Medford, builder of Cal. clippers, 362-3

_Malay_, clipper ship, 299

Mallory, Chas., builder, Mystic, Conn., 358, 364

_Mandarin_, Cal. clipper ship, 135, 136, 145-6, 301, 349;
passages: S. Francisco, 146, 299;
Canton, 208;
Melbourne, 284, 288

_Manhattan_ ship, 1796, China trade, 16-17

---- N. Y. packet ship, Red Star Line, 40

---- N. Y. packet ship, Black Ball Line, 41

Manning & Stanwood, owners, Boston, 359

Manson, Capt., 357, 362

_Marco Polo_, Brit. clipper ship, Australian service, 265-6, 267-8, 275, 284, 346

_Margaret Evans_, packet ship, 89

_Margaret Forbes_, ship, Boston, 52

_Maria Somes_, Brit. ship, 36

_Marion_, Brit. ship, 36

_Marion MacIntyre_, Brit. barque, composite build, 322

_Marlborough_, Brit. merchant frigate, 36

_Marquis of Camden_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Marquis of Wellington_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

Marsden, Capt., _Melbourne_, 338

Marshall, Benj., part owner, Black Ball Line, N. Y.-L’pool, 38

---- Capt. Chas. H., owner, Black Ball Line, 41, 43, 73, 303

_Mary and John_, ship of Popham colonists, 1607, 1

_Mary Broughton_, barque, 53

_Mary Fish_, N. Y. pilot boat, 305

_Mary Howland_, ship, N. Y., 47

_Mary L. Sutton_, Cal. clipper ship, 289, 364;
records, 299, 300, 368, 369

_Mary Taylor_, N. Y. pilot boat, 305

_Mary Whitridge_, Cal. clipper ship, 86, 253, 254

Mason, John W., carver, Boston, 166

_Mastiff_, med. clipper ship, 258

Masting of _Rainbow_, 66-7

_Matchless_, clipper ship, Boston, 367

Materials of merchant ships, 3, 10, 30, 50, 210, 285, 287-8, 301, 313-15, 316, 322, 340

Mather, Capt. Saml., _Nightingale_, 207

Matheson, Sir James, owner of _Stornoway_, 198;
_see_ Jardine

Matthews, Capt., Cal. clippers, 359, 361, 363

Maury, Lieut. M. F., U. S. N., life, 146-50;
Wind and Current Charts, 147-8, 205, 226;
“Maury’s log,” 148;
Sailing Directions, 147-49;
Physical Geography of the Sea, 148;
Australian routes, 261;
opinion of _Gt. Republic_, 294

_Maury_, clipper barque, tea trade, 209

Maxon & Fish, builders, Mystic, Conn., 369

Maxton, Capt., _Lord of the Isles_, 209, 320

Mayhew, Capt. P. N., _Dreadnought_, 247

_Medway_, ship, London-Melbourne line, 263-5

_Memnon_, clipper ship, China trade, 70, 202;
California passages, 145-6, 180

_Merchants’ Hope_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 232

_Merchants’ Magazine_, Hunt’s, 148

_Mercury_, packet ship, 41

_Mermaid_, clipper ship, 299

_Messenger_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 354

Metcalf & Co., builders, Damariscotta, Me., 352

_Meteor_, packet ship, 40

---- Cal. clipper ship, 354;
records, 253, 366, 368

Middleton, Sir Henry, commander of _Trades Increase_, 1609, 23

_Midnight_, Cal. clipper ship, 361

Miller, Capt., _Dauntless_, 353

Millett, Capt. I. H., _Witch of the Wave_, 172, 206, 353

_Min_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 320, 371

_Minerva_, ship, 15

---- Brit. E. Indiaman, 32, 34

_Minna_, clipper schooner, opium trade, 59

_Minnehaha_, med. clipper ship, 258

Minot & Hooper, owners, Boston, 68

Minturn, Robt., 109

_Miroslav-Young America_, 234

_Monarch_, Brit. ship, 36

---- Aberdeen clipper, 58

_Monsoon_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 351

_Montana_, packet ship, 41

_Montauk_, clipper ship, China trade, 63-4

_Montesquieu_, Girard ship, China trade, 16

_Montezuma_, N. Y. packet ship, 41, 46, 48, 89

Morgan, Capt. E. E., packet ships, 44

_Morning Light_, Cal. clipper ship, 358

_Morning Star_, Cal. clipper ship, 233, 346

Morris, Capt., _R. B. Forbes_, 139-40

_Moses Wheeler_, ship, Boston, 56

Mumford, Capt. O. R., _Tornado_, 211-12, 352

Murphy, Capt., _Black Warrior_, 356

Murray, Alexander, 11

Myers, Capt., _Flora Temple_, 357

Myrick, Capt., _Seaman_, 350

_Mystery_, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 358

Mystic, Conn., 160;
ship-building, 105, 295, 360, 364

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_N. B. Palmer_, Cal. clipper ship, 87, 152, 162, 174, 301, 306, 343, 352;
records, 178, 208, 300, 365;
race with _Flying Cloud_, 214-15

_Nabob_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 361

Napier, Johnson & Co., N. Y., owners of _Sunny South_, 250, 303

_Napoleon_, N. Y. packet ship, 40

_Nashville_, New Orleans packet ship, 41

_Natchez_, N. Orleans packet ship, 41, 68;
in China trade, 74-5, 135, 208

Nelson, Capt., _Harvey Birch_, 361

_Neptune’s Car_, Cal. clipper ship, 306-7, 337, 343, 358;
records, 253, 297, 299

_Nestor_, packet ship, 38

_New World_, packet ship, 42, 43, 56, 89, 142, 216

_New York_, packet ship, 38, 41

Newburyport, 167;
ship-builders, 18, 52;
_see_ Currier, Jackson, McKay;
ship-building, 7, 49, 68, 105, 243

Newlands, Capt. Alexander, _Lightning_, 279

_Niagara_, first ship built at E. Boston, 50

_Niantic_, Brit. ship, 176-7

Nicholas, Jonathan, impromptu lines, 170

Nickels, Capt. Edward, _Flying Fish_, 156, 213, 225, 297, 345, 351

---- Commander John A. H., U. S. N., 156

_Nightingale_, Cal. clipper ship, 164-5, 196, 302, 337, 343, 375;
China passage, 206-7;
Australian passage, 284

_Nonpareil_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 361

_Noonday_, Cal. clipper ship, 363

_Norfolk_, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 285

_Norma_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 208

_Norseman_, Cal. clipper ship, 289, 364

_North America_, ship, 1804, 17

---- clipper ship, 299

North Beach, S. Francisco, 175

_North Wind_, Cal. clipper ship, 284, 288, 358, 368

_Northern Light_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 153, 163, 164, 173, 193, 302, 337, 351;
records, 227-8, 298, 366;
quickest eastward passage from S. Francisco, 227-8

---- later ship, 340

_Northerner_, Pacific Mail S. S., 75, 189

Northfleet, Kent, ship-building, 32

_Nor’wester_, Cal. clipper ship, 361

Nott, Capt., _Don Quixote_, 357

Noyes, Charlotte, Mrs. D. S. Babcock, 161, 306

---- Joseph Stonington, 161

Nutsfield, Capt., _Taitsing_, 326

Nye, Capt. Ezra, packet ships _Independence_, 45;
_Henry Clay_, 89

Nye, Parkin & Co., China merchants, 70

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_Oberlin_, packet ship, 52

_Ocean Chief_, clipper ship, 271

_Ocean Express_, Cal. clipper ship, 253, 299, 363

_Ocean Monarch_, packet ship (McKay), 56

---- packet ship (Webb), 164

_Ocean Pearl_, clipper ship, 299

_Ocean Queen_, packet ship, 48

_Ocean Telegraph_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 271, 346, 361;
records, 218, 299, 300, 369

_Odd Fellow_, barque, 217

Ogden, David, N. Y., owner Red Cross packets, 244, 304

_Oliver Ellesworth_, ship, N. Y., 16

Oliver, Francis, E. Boston Timber Co., 49

_Olympus_, ship, 343

_Oneida_, packet ship, 41

---- ship, China trade, 155, 222

_Orbit_, packet ship, 1821, 38, 47

_Oriental_, clipper ship, 1849, China trade, 77, 84, 85, 96-8, 142, 202, 375;
carrying tea to London, 97-8, 196;
California passage, 224, 366

---- Cal. clipper ship, 1853, 232, 358

---- later ship, 340

Osgood, Capt. W. H., _Trade Wind_, 164, 352;
_Cyclone_, 356

_Oxford_, packet ship, 41

Oxnard, Henry, owner, Boston, 52

P

_Pacific_, packet ship, 1816, 38

---- ship, 47

---- Collins Line S. S., 271, 309

Pacific Mail S. S. company, 62, 75, 84, 103, 189, 233, 313;
first S. S. to reach S. Francisco, 1849, 103;
first to reach China, 1862, 319

Paige, James, E. Boston Timber Co., 49

_Pallas_, barque, Boston, 15

Palmer, Capt. Alexander, 43, 86, 162

---- Capt. N. B., 43, 63, 70, 77-86 (life), 96, 160-2, 242;
mate of _Hersilia_, 77-80;
discovered Antarctic continent, 81-3

---- N. B., 2d, 86

---- Capt. Theodore, 97, 162

_Palmer_, schooner yacht, 87

_Pamparo_, Cal. clipper ship, 358, 367

_Panama_, clipper ship (Webb), 1844, China trade, 64, 208

---- Cal. clipper ship (Collyer, 1853), 232, 284, 299, 358

_Panther_, N. Y. packet ship, 40

Parker, D. P., Boston, owner of _Lucille_, 52

Paterson, Capt., _Phantom_, 355

_Patriarch_, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 333

_Patrick Henry_, packet ship, 41, 43, 46

Patten, Capt. Joshua A., _Neptune’s Car_, 306-7;
Mrs. Mary Patten, 306-7

Paul, Capt. Josiah, _Great Republic_, 295

_Paul, Albert-Lord of the Isles_, 346

_Paul Jones_, clipper ship, 62-3, 77, 84

Peabody, Alfred, owner, Salem, 166

---- Joseph, owner, Salem, 13, 119

_Peggy_, Salem ship, brought first cargo of cotton to Massachusetts, 13

Pierce, Henry A., Boston, owner, 354, 355

_Penguin_, clipper barque, China trade, 209

Penhallow, Capt., _Sierra Nevada_, 361

_Pennsylvania_, N. Y. packet ship, 41

Perrin, Patterson & Stock, builders, Williamsburg, N. Y., 49, 152, 351

Perry, Capt., _Ann McKim_, 61

_Perseverance._, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Phantom_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 337, 345, 355;
records, 224, 290, 297, 299, 366, 368

Phillips, J. W., N. Y., owner of _Invincible_, 156

Pierce, Capt., _Celestial Empire_, 353

Pike, Capt., _Meteor_, 354

Pile, John, builder, Sunderland, Eng., 208

---- Wm., builder, Sunderland, 320

Pile & Cole, builders, Sunderland, 371

Pilkington & Wilson, Liverpool, owners, 272

Pitcher shipyard, Northfleet, Kent, 33

Platt, W., & Son., Phila., owners, 136, 164, 350, 352

_Plymouth_, packet ship, 52

_Plymouth Rock_, ship, Boston, 56

Plympton, H. P., Boston, part owner of _Defender_, 255

_Polynesia_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 355, 367

Pook, Saml., naval architect, 270-1

Potter, Capt. Geo., _Architect_, 70

---- Capt., _Matchless_, 358

_President_, 44-gun frigate, 16

---- packet ship, 40

_Prince Regent_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Prince of Wales_, “Blackwall frigate,” 36

_Princess Amelia_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Princess Royal_, Brit, ship, 36

Protection, 92, 94, 95, 316-17

Putnam, Capt., Cal. clippers, 353, 355, 357

Q

_Queen of Clippers_, Cal. clipper ship, 359

_Queen of the East_, Cal. clipper ship, 352

_Queen Mab_, packet ship, 41

_Queen of the Seas_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 355

_Queen of the South_, Brit. iron screw steamer, 286

_Queen of the West_, packet ship, 41, 43, 48

R

_R. B. Forbes_, ship, 236, 255

---- wrecking steamer, 138-40, 167-72, 238, 240, 279

_Race Horse_, Cal. clipper barque, 135, 145, 198, 349;
records, 146, 365

Races:
packet, 45;
yachts, 64, 159, 310-11;
California clippers, 145-6, 189-92, 212-13, 214-15, 225-6, 227-8;
tea clippers, 200-2, 206-7, 209, 324-30, 332-3, 335-6;
to India, 282-3

Racing:
packet ship, 45;
yacht, 226, 339;
Cal. clippers, 145, 192-3, 195, 224, 226, 228, 249;
sail and steam, 311-12

_Radiant_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 355

_Rainbow_, Brit. frigate, 1782, 5

---- first extreme clipper ship, 62, 65-7, 68, 314

---- later ship, 340

Ranlett, Capt. Chas., 208

---- Jr., 208, 341

_Rapid_, schooner, Aberdeen clipper, 58

_Rattler_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 361

_Raven_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 173, 352;
race, 189-92;
log, 192;
records, 218, 299, 300, 365

Raynes, Geo., builder, Portsmouth, N. H., 52-3, 59, 136, 141, 152, 168, 250, 350, 353

_Rebekah_, clipper barque, 366

Record days’ runs, 179, 278;
_see_ Best days’ runs

Record passages:
transatlantic, 221, 247, 309 (steamer);
California, westward, 144, 145-6, 175, 178, 295, 296-8, 298-300 (in sections);
eastward, 227;
Pacific, 195-6, 218;
China, 74, 329, 336-7;
Australian, 281, 287, 333-4

_Red Gauntlet_, Cal. clipper ship, 233, 306, 359

_Red Jacket_, clipper ship, Australian service, 247, 270-2, 337, 346

_Red Rover_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 355;
records, 253, 283, 368

Reed, Capt. Saml., _Red Jacket_, 272

_Reindeer_, ship, 56

_Reporter_, Cal. clipper ship, 345, 359, 368

_Republic_, packet ship, 52

_Rescue_, Boston wrecking steamer, 275

_Resolute_, clipper ship, 291

_Resource_, ship, 16

_Rhinebeck_, 47

_Rhone_, packet ship, 41, 44

Richardson, Capt. Josiah, _Stag Hound_, 144, 178, 350;
_Staffordshire_, 342, 352

Richie, Capt. A. A., Fairfield, Cal., 189

_Ringleader_, Cal. clipper ship, 359;
records, 284, 290, 297, 299, 367, 368, (to Melbourne)

---- later ship, 340

_Robert C. Winthrop_, Boston ship, 255

_Robert Lowe_, Brit. aux. steamer, 331

Roberts, Capt., _Storm_, 355

_Robin Hood_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 361;
records, 299, 369

Robinson, Capt. Richard, tea clippers, 199, 326, 335

_Rockland_, ship, 345

Rodger & Co., London, owner of _Taeping_, 330

Rogers, S., Salem, owner, 136

---- Capt. Wm. C., _Witchcraft_, 140-1, 350

_Romance of the Seas_, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 233, 302, 345, 359;
records, 248, 249, 296, 297, 367

Roosevelt & Joyce, builders, N. Y., 209, 232

Ropes, Capt. John F., _John Gilpin_, 345

_Roscoe_, packet ship, 41, 47

_Roscius_, packet ship, 40, 43

_Rose_, Brit. clipper schooner, opium trade, 59

Ross, Sir John, explorer, 84

_Rousseau_, Phila. ship, China trade, 16

Rowland, Capt., _Mary L. Sutton_, 364

_Royal Charter_, Brit. iron aux. steamer, 287

_Royal William_, first vessel to cross Atlantic by steam power, 313

_Rufus Choate_, Boston ship, 255

Russell, Capt., packets, 45

---- & Co., China merchants, 58, 63, 64, 70, 97, 303

_Russell Sturgis_, Boston ship, 255

S

_St. Andrew_, packet ship, 46

_St. Clair_, packet ship, 52

_St. George_, packet ship, 54

_St. Lawrence_, Brit. merchant frigate, 36

_St. Michael_, schooner, 15

_St. Patrick_, Boston ship, 54

_Salamis_, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 333

Salter, Capt. Chas. H., _Typhoon_, 161, 189, 352

_Samarang_, 346

_Sampson_, ship, 16

Sampson & Tappan, Boston, owners of _Nightingale_, 136, 155, 165, 207, 303, 350, 351, 355

_Samuel Appleton_, Boston ship, 255, 300

_Samuel Badger_, ship, 161

_Samuel Russell_, clipper ship, China trade, 70, 77, 84, 85, 142, 162, 337, 341;
records to S. Francisco, 145, 298, 300, 365, 367

Samuels, Capt. Samuel, _Dreadnought_, 44, 244, 246-7

San Francisco passages:
Atlantic ports, 1849, 101, 145;
1850, 145-6;
1851, 174, 175, 178-81, 181-5, 189-94;
1852, 212-5, 217-8, 222;
1853, 224-8, 233;
1854, 248-9;
1855, 253, 254;
1856, 290, 306-7;
1857, 293-4, 295;
General, 69, 233-4, 365-9;
long, 193;
Pacific ports, 195, 211, 219

_San Francisco_, clipper ship, 367

_Sancho Panza_, Cal. clipper ship, 361

_Santa Barbara_, 86

_Sapphire_, packet ship, 51

_Saracen_, Cal. clipper ship, 361

_Saratoga_, packet ship, 43

Sargent, Capt. Henry, _Phantom_, 345

Saunders, Capt. Thos. M., Salem, from cabin boy to captain, 119-20

_Savannah_, ship, 47

---- first sailing ship with auxl. engine to cross Atlantic, 1819, 313

_Schomberg_, Brit. clipper ship, built for Australian service, 284-5

Scott, John, & Co., builders, Greenock, 208

Scott & Co., builders, Dumbarton, 372

_Sea Serpent_, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 141, 196, 211, 302, 350;
records, 175, 208, 224, 298, 366

_Sea Witch_, clipper ship, built for China trade, 68, 69, 73, 75-7, 136, 156, 337, 341;
passages, 68-9, 189-92 (race);
records, 145, 174, 208, 214, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 365

Seacomb & Taylor, owners, Boston, 270

_Seaforth_, Brit. ship, first vessel with steel spars and rigging, 322-3

_Seaman_, Cal. clipper ship, Baltimore, 136, 174, 350;
records, 299, 300, 365

Sears, Capt., _Robin Hood_, 361

Seaver, Hon. Benj., Boston, 225

_Seminole_, ship, 369

_Serica_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 320, 346, 371;
races, 324, 325-30

_Severn_, ship, 16

Shackfords, captains and builders, Portsmouth, N. H., 52

_Shakespeare_, packet ship, 40, 43, 48

_Shand_, Brit. ship, 344

Shaw, Maxton, & Co., owners, London, 319-20

Sheathing, copper, 61, 285, 320, 322;
yellow metal, 237

Sheer, 18, 237, 320

Sheffield, Capt. J. P., _Hersilia_, 77-80

Shelburne, N. S., 53, 217

_Sheridan_, packet ship, 40, 45, 48

Shoof, Capt., _Black Hawk_, 361

_Shooting Star_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 173, 193, 337, 343, 352;
records, 214, 222, 298, 299, 366

Shuter, Thos. A., owner, London, 34

_Siddons_, packet ship, 40, 43, 48, 84

_Sierra Nevada_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 283, 361;
records, 295, 296, 369

_Silas Richards_, packet ship, 40

Silsbee, Capt., _Syren_, 352

_Silvia de Grasse_, packet ship, 41, 47

Simmons, Capt., _War Hawk_, 363

Simonson, Capt., _Daring_, 362

_Simoon_, Cal. clipper ship, 355

_Sir George Seymour_, Brit. ship, 36

_Sir Launcelot_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 324, 332-3, 335-6, 346, 371

_Sir Robert Peel_, packet ship, 48

_Sirius_, Brit. steamer, 313

_Sirocco_, clipper ship, 298, 299

Skiddy, Francis, 43

---- Capt. William, 43

_Skylark_, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 359

Smith, Adam, _Wealth of Nations_, 92

---- James, & Son, owners, N. Y., 106

---- Stephen, builder, 47

---- T. & W., builders, Newcastle, Eng., 35, 36

---- & Co., builders Hoboken, N. J., 152, 351

---- & Co., builders, St. John, N. B., 266

---- & Dimon, builders, N. Y., 45, 47, 65, 68, 70, 135, 349

---- Capt., 355, 362

_Smyrna_, brig, first Amer. vessel in Black Sea, 15

_Snapdragon_, Cal. clipper barque, 232, 299, 359

Sneeden & Whitlock, builders, Greenpoint, L. I., rebuilt _Great Republic_, 242

Snow & Burgess, owners, 304

_Snow Squall_, Cal. clipper ship, 284, 352

Somes, Jos., owner, London, 34, 35, 36

_Sophia Branilla-Falcon_, 347

_South America_, packet ship, 43

_South Carolina_, ship, first to leave S. Francisco in 1849, 101

_Southampton_, packet ship, 46

_Southern Cross_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 195, 352

_Sovereign_, packet ship, 40

_Sovereign of the Seas_, Cal. clipper ship, 216-21, 235, 237, 281, 337, 344, 355;
speed, 220-1;
records: California, 213, 217, 299, 366;
N. Y.-L’pool, 220-1;
Australia, 269-70

---- No. 2, 258

---- No. 3, 341

_Sparkling Wave_, clipper ship, 300

Speed:
Conditions and tests, 9-10, 11, 39, 46, 71, 90, 134, 192, 198, 205, 243, 286, 294-5, 321, 336-7
Vessels built for, 57, 60
Speed of Brit. and Amer. frigates, 4, 8, 10;
E. Indiamen, 30, 35;
opium clippers, 59;
Amer. clippers, 135-6, 153, 193, 278, 282 (highest rate);
of Brit. tea clippers, 320-1, 324, 334, 335-6;
of steamers, 221, 278, 309

Speed in knots, 71, 161, 169, 178, 220, 251, 276, 278, 281, 282, 328;
average, 46, 180, 219-20, 245, 278, 338

Spicer, Capt., _David Crockett_, 356

_Spindrift_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 333, 335, 346, 371, 375

_Spirit of the Age_, Brit. clipper ship, 208

_Spirit of the Times_, Cal. clipper ship, 359

_Spitfire_, Cal. clipper ship, 359

_Splendid_, packet ship, 48

Spofford & Tillotson, N. Y.-L’pool packet line, 42-3

Spooner, _see_ Borrows

Sprague & James, builders, Medford, 52, 58

_Stadt Antwerpen_, Belgian barque, 343

_Staffordshire_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 193, 217, 342, 352;
records, 214, 300, 366

_Stag Hound_, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 142-3, 151, 205, 211, 216, 237, 337, 341, 350, 375;
records, 178, 195, 208, 298, 299, 365, 367

_Star of Empire_, packet ship, 270

_Star of Peace_, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 333

_Starlight_, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 361

_Starr King_, Cal. clipper ship, 255, 299, 362

Steele, Robt., & Son, builders, Greenock, 319, 320, 322, 324, 346, 347, 371, 372

Steers, Geo., designer and builder, 49, 250

_Stephania_, packet ship, 41

Stephen, Alex., builder, Glasgow, 322, 371

Stoddard, Capt., 349, 358

Stevens, Capt., _Southern Cross_, 352

_Storm_, Cal. clipper barque, 298, 355, 366

_Storm King_, Cal. clipper ship, 359

_Stornoway_, Brit. clipper ship, 198, 202, 205, 206-7, 376

_Strabo_, ship, 52

_Sultana_, barque, 56

_Sunny South_, clipper ship, China trade, 250;
slaver, 251

Supremacy, 339;
American, 311, 314;
British, 210

_Surprise_, Cal. clipper ship, 135, 136-8, 174-5, 196, 202, 205, 207-8, 271, 337, 341, 350;
records, 175, 195, 206, 208, 296, 297, 298, 299, 365

_Susannah_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

Sutton & Co., N. Y., owners, 106, 303

_Sweepstakes_, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 233, 301, 345, 359;
records, 289-90, 296, 297, 298, 299, 368;
log, 290

_Sword Fish_, Cal. clipper ship, 84, 152, 153, 159, 193, 206, 306, 337, 352;
records, 208, 224, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 366;
race, 212-13

_Syren_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 352

T

_Taeping_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 322, 371;
races, 324-30, 332-5

_Taitsing_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 324, 347, 371, 375;
race, 324-30

_Talbot_, ship, 52

_Tampico_, brig, 84

_Tayleur_, Brit. ship (iron), for Australian service, 267

Tea Trade, iii:
to England: Amer. clippers in, 96-8 196-7, 200-2;
_see_ Tea clippers;
amount, 320;
freights, 196, 207, 323;
premiums, 324, 330

_Telegraph_, clipper ship, Cal. passages, 299, 368

Templer, Henry, owner, London, 34

_Teutonic_, White Star S. S., 312

Thacker & Mangels, owners, London, 34

_Thames_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 35

Thayer, Capt., _Cleopatra_, 353

_Thermopylæ_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332-6, 347, 371, 375

Thomas, C. W. & H., N. Y., owners of _Hurricane_, 163

---- Geo., Rockland, Me., builder of _Red Jacket_, 270

_Thomas_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 24

_Thomas Coutts_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Thomas Granville_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Thomas H. Perkins_, ship, Boston, 255

Thorndike, Capt., _Live Yankee_, 358

Tindall & Co.’s Australian line, 263

_Tingqua_, clipper ship, 298

_Titania_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 336, 375;
still in service, 347

Toby & Littlefield, builders, Portsmouth, N. H., 52, 233

Todd, Capt., 2d _Witch of the Wave_, 364

Ton in cubic feet, 104, 196, 323, 335, 373-5

Tonnage, aggregate:
Afloat, 289;
built, 3-4, 52, 151;
captured, 7;
owned, 13, 71, 292
(steam), 308;
sent out, 33;
sold, 292

Tonnage, detail:
American, early, 1, 2, 4, 6, 14-18, 51-4, 80, 119;
packets, 38, 40, 42, 45, 46, 142, 243;
opium clippers, 58-9;
China clippers, 60, 62-5, 68, 70, 96, 250;
California clippers, 135-6, 142, 153-6, 159, 161-6, 216, 233, 254, 349-64;
Australian clippers, 235, 242, 265-7, 270, 273;
pilot boats, 193, 305;
increase in, 42, 151, 216
British: E. Indiamen, 23, 25, 32-7;
Aberdeen clippers, 58;
tea clippers, 198, 199, 205-6, 208, 320, 322-3, 333, 371-2;
Australian clippers, 267, 284, 338;
steamers, 286, 287

Tonnage Laws, 20, 198-9, 315, 323, 373-6;
_see_ Tax

_Topaz_, packet ship, 51

_Tornado_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 211, 283, 343, 352

_Toronto_, packet ship, 48, 162

_Trade Wind_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 164, 193, 337, 343, 352;
records, 224, 299, 366

_Trades Increase_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 1609, 23

Train, Enoch, Boston, owner, 54-5, 153, 221, 255

Train’s Line, Boston-L’pool packets, 55-6, 270, 275

Trask, Capt. Benj., packet ships, 43

_Trenton_, packet ship, 52

_Trident_, ship, 1805, 17

_Trieste_, barque, 291

_Triton_, ship, 1805, 17

Trufant & Drummond, builders, Bath, Me., 152, 351, 357, 360

Tucker, Capt., _Swallow_, 362

Turner, Capt., _Starr King_, 362

_Tuscarora_, packet ship, 40

_Twilight_, Cal. clipper ship, 295, 364, 369

_Two Friends_, brig, 15

_Typhoon_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 161, 337, 342, 352;
race, 189-92;
records, 192, 208, 299, 300, 365

U

_Undaunted_, Cal. clipper ship, 345, 359

_Union_, sloop, 15

Upham, Hon. Chas. W., 169

Upton, Geo. B., Boston, owner, 56, 136, 155, 233, 304

_Utica_, packet ship, 41

V

Vail, Thos., builder, N. Y., 16

_Valparaiso_, ship, 164

_Vancouver_, ship, 208

_Vanguard_, packet ship, 48

_Venice_, ship, 161

Very, John Crowninshield, 163

---- Capt. Saml., _Hurricane_, 163, 351;
Mrs. Very, 306

_Vicksburg_, ship, 47

_Victoria_, packet ship, 44, 47

_Victory_, packet ship, 244

_Viking_, Cal. clipper ship, 360

_Vimiera_, Brit. ship, 267

Vincent, Wm., builder, N. Y., 16

_Voltaire_, ship in China trade (Girard), 16

_Vulcan_, Brit. ship, first iron sailing ship, 1818, 313

W

Wakeman, Capt., _Adelaide_, 360

_Wanderer_, Brit. clipper schooner, opium trade, 59

_War Hawk_, Cal. clipper ship, 363

Wardle, T., & Co., N. Y., owners of _Eclipse_, 136, 349

Warner, Capt., _Sov. of the Seas_, 269-70;
_Donald McKay_, 281

_Washington Irving_, packet ship, 56

Waterman, Capt. G. B., _Highflyer_, 344, 354

---- Capt. Robt. H., 73-7, 145, 189;
_Britannia_, 73-4;
_Natchez_, 68, 74-5;
_Sea Witch_, 68-9, 73, 75, 208;
_Northerner_, 75, 189;
_Challenge_, 156, 181-9, 350;
Mrs. Waterman, 75

---- & Elwell, builders, Medford, 52, 63

Watkins, Capt. Jas., _Akbar_, 62

Watson, Capt., _Polynesia_, 355

Webb, Isaac, builder, N. Y., 47, 48, 53, 74, 217;
& Co., 40

---- Wm. H., son of Isaac, builder, 42, 48, 62, 63, 135-6, 142, 152, 156, 159, 164, 212, 216, 232-4, 250, 291, 349-52, 354, 359

---- Wilsey, father of Isaac, 47

---- & Allen, builders, N. Y., 48

Weld, W. F., & Co., owners, Boston, 304, 357

---- & Baker, owners, Boston, 363

Wells & Emanuel, owners, N. Y., 106, 304

_West Point_, packet ship, 44, 48

Westervelt, Aaron and Daniel, sons of Jacob A., 49, 233

---- Jacob A., builder, N. Y., 48-9, 216, 227, 232, 250, 297, 352-4, 358-9

---- & Co., 49

---- & Sons, 49, 152, 162, 351

---- & Mackay, 46, 48

_Westward Ho_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 237, 255;
records, 224, 253, 295, 297, 298, 300, 366, 367, 368

_Whirlwind_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 284, 343, 355

_Whistler_, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 360

_White Squall_, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 142, 196, 242, 337, 350;
records, 298, 299, 300, 366

_White Swallow_, clipper ship, 298, 369

Whitridge, Thos., & Co., owners, Baltimore, 254

Wigram, Robt., builder and owner, London, 35, 36, 285

_Wild Dayrell_, Brit. clipper schooner, opium trade, 59

_Wild Hunter_, clipper ship, 368

_Wild Pigeon_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 353;
records, 299, 300, 366

_Wild Wave_, Cal. clipper ship, 360

_William G. Anderson_, U. S. clipper barque, 141

_William Tell_, packet ship, 41, 47

_William Thompson_, packet ship, 38

Williams, J., & Son, builders, Williamsburg, N. Y., 136, 152, 349, 352

---- Jabez, builder, N. Y., 216, 355

---- Capt. John E., _Andrew Jackson_, 247, 295, 362

---- & Guion, owners, 304

Willis, Capt., Cal. clippers, 351, 361

Wilson, W., & Sons, owners, Baltimore, 356, 357

_Windhover_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 336, 346, 372

_Windsor_, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32

_Windsor Castle_, Brit. ship, 36

_Winged Arrow_, clipper ship, 299, 300

_Winged Racer_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 344, 355, 367

Winsor, Capt. C. F., 344, 351, 354, 356

_Witch of the Wave_, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 153, 166-72 (trip on), 173, 353;
records, 206, 299

_Witchcraft_, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 140, 211, 302, 350;
records, 178, 248, 296, 365, 366, 367

_Wizard_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 355

Wolfe, W. A. & A. Foster, Jr., N. Y., owners of _Courier_, 54

Woodhouse, Capt. Philip, packet ships, 43

Woodside, Capt., _Wizard_, 355

Wooton, Jas. A., packet ship captain, 44

_Wylo_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 372

Wyteerhoven, Capt., 343

Y

_Yang-tze_, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 322, 333, 347, 371

_Yorkshire_, packet ship, 41, 46, 48, 89

_Yorktown_, packet ship, 48

_Young America_, Cal. clipper ship, 84, 232, 233-4, 301, 306, 337, 360;
records, 233-4, 297-300, 367-70

Z

Zerega, Capt., _Queen of Clippers_, 359

Zerega & Co., owners, N. Y., 56, 359

FOOTNOTES:

[1] A frigate was a ship designed to be a fast, armed cruiser and mounted from twenty to fifty guns; when a naval vessel mounted less than twenty guns she became a sloop of war, and when she mounted more than fifty guns she became a line-of-battle ship. The frigate was always a favorite type of vessel with the officers and men of the navy, as she was faster and more easily handled than a line-of-battle ship, and was at the same time a more powerful fighting and cruising vessel than a sloop of war. Frigate-built means having the substantial construction, arrangement of the decks, masts, spars, rigging, and guns of a frigate.

[2] When peace was declared in 1783, the Government of the United States sold or otherwise disposed of all its vessels, a fact that was quickly taken advantage of by the Barbary corsairs. They at once began to prey upon American merchant shipping in the Mediterranean and even in the Atlantic, and made slaves of the captured crews. The French and English, too, in their wars with each other, by no means respected the neutrality of American commerce, the former being the worse offenders. It was not, however, until 1794 that Congress again authorized the formation of a navy, under the Secretary of War, and in 1798 the office of Secretary of the Navy was created. Among the vessels built in 1794-98 was the frigate _Constitution_, the famous “Old Ironsides” which still survives. The separate States had meanwhile maintained vessels for the protection of their own coasts, and, of course, there had been no cessation in the building of merchant ships during the period preceding the War of 1812.

[3] A typean was the head merchant of one of the Company’s “factories” or mercantile houses, such as were later known in China as “hongs.”

[4] _Annus Mirabilis_, stanza 89 (1667).

[5] Second American edition, translated by H. Reeve, pp. 403-4.

[6] _New York Commercial_, October 8, 1851.

[7] William John, in an article on clipper ships in _Naval Science_, vol. ii. (1873), p. 265.

[8] The various systems of calculating the tonnage of vessels which were in force in Great Britain prior to 1854, (see Appendix iv.,) gave the breadth measurement a preponderating influence upon the result, and as taxation, port, and light dues, etc., were based upon the registered tonnage of a vessel, there was economy in decreasing the breadth of a vessel at the expense of the other dimensions. Ship-builders and owners in England showed a much greater tendency to profit by this feature of the law than did those in the United States, where substantially the same system was in force. In this country some very narrow vessels were built for the New Orleans and West India trade, in the period 1820-1845, but it was found that the saving in taxation did not pay for using such an undesirable type of vessels, so they were given up. As a rule, American owners and builders preferred to build vessels of a type which they regarded as the best for speed and for the trade in which they were engaged, without regard for the tonnage laws.

[9] The _Challenge_.

[10] Forbes’s rig was invented by Captain R. B. Forbes, and was first put on the topsail schooner _Midas_ in 1841, afterwards on the auxiliaries _Edith_, _Massachusetts_, and _Meteor_; ships, _R. B. Forbes_, _Lintin_, _Flying Childers_, _Aurora_, _Cornelius Grinnell_, and probably others. In this rig the topmast was fidded abaft the lowermast head, and the lower topsail yard hoisted on the lowermast head from the eyes of the lower rigging to the cap. The lower topsail had two reefs with reef-tackles, buntlines, and clew-lines, as in the single topsail rig. The upper topsail hoisted on the topmast and had the same gear as the lower topsail. Sometimes the topmast was fidded before the lower masthead, and then the lower topsail yard hoisted on the doubling of the topmast. This rig was an improvement upon the single topsail rig, but was eventually superseded by Howes’s rig, which was invented by Captain Frederic Howes, of Brewster, Massachusetts, who in 1853 first put it on the ship _Climax_, of Boston, which he commanded. Captain Howes took out a United States patent for his rig in 1854. In this rig, the lower topsail yard is slung by a truss at the lower mast cap; indeed, Howes’s rig is the double topsail rig of the present day, though one does not often hear the name of Captain Howes in connection with it.

[11] Mr. Everett is reported to have said “eighty-two,” but if he did so, it was a mistake, for forty-two is the true number.

[12] These slabs were subsequently removed, one side being washed away.

[13] The following are some of these house flags: The crimson field and black ball, of Charles H. Marshall; the red, white, and blue swallowtail, of Grinnell, Minturn & Co.; the yellow, red, and yellow horizontal bars with white “L” in centre, of A. A. Low & Brother; the thirteen blue and twelve white squares, of N. L. & G. Griswold; the crimson field and yellow beehive, of Sutton & Co.; the crimson field, white border, and white “D” in centre, of George Daniels; the red, white, and red vertical stripes with red “B” in centre, of Vernon H. Brown; the blue and white half-diamonds, of Russell & Co.; the crimson field and white diamond, of Augustine Heard & Co.; the white above blue and red ball in the centre, of Sampson & Tappan; the white above yellow and red star in centre, of Glidden & Williams; the narrow blue and white horizontal stripes with red ball in the centre, of Napier, Johnson & Co.; the white field and blue cross, of George B. Upton; the crimson swallowtail and blue cross, of Charles R. Green; the white swallowtail, red cross with white diamond in the centre, of R. W. Cameron; the crimson swallowtail, blue cross, and white ball in the centre, of Wells & Emanuel; the blue above white, white ball in blue and red ball in white, of D. & A. Kingsland; the white field and red cross in the centre of D. G. & W. B. Bacon; the white swallowtail and black S. & B., of Snow & Burgess; the white field and black horse, of William F. Weld & Co. The flag of Howland & Aspinwall had a blue square in the upper corner of the luff and lower corner of the fly; the rest of the flag was white with narrow blue lines in the lower corner of the luff and upper corner of the fly, which formed squares, and also formed a white cross extending the full hoist and length of the flag. David Ogden’s flag was a white field and red cross; Crocker & Warren’s, blue above yellow with a yellow “C” in the blue and blue “W” in the yellow. Then there was the red swallowtail with white cross and black star in the centre, of Samuel Thompson & Nephew; the blue field, white diamond, and black star, of Williams & Guion; the crimson field and black “X” of John Griswold. These were the private signals of most of the leading New York and Boston ship-owners, which, half a century ago, enlivened the water front of New York, though there were some others which have now faded from memory.

[14] Walter Savage Landor.

[15] _Democracy in America_ (1835); Second American edition, p. 408.

[16] See Appendix IV.

[17] A lorcher is a fast Chinese vessel, used a good deal by fishermen, and in former times by the Chinese pirates and smugglers.

[18] The _Thermopylæ_ repeated this remarkable passage of sixty-three days from London to Melbourne during the following year.

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

their chests, mess-kids=> their chests, mess-kits {pg 28}

A seires of voyages=> A series of voyages {pg 75}

upon the the transom=> upon the transom {pg 188}

a ship-bulding yard=> a ship-building yard {pg 271}

receiving letters and newspapars=> receiving letters and newspapers {pg 319}

David Crocket=> David Crockett {pg 369}

McKensie, Capt., _Houqua_, 63, 145, 341=> McKenzie, Capt., _Houqua_, 63, 145, 341 {pg 391 index}