Although these British ships show less breadth than the American, yet they have more breadth in proportion to length than the earlier British clippers, such as the Stornoway (1850), Lord of the Isles (1855), etc.
INDEX
Vessels not otherwise designated are American
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y], [Z]
A
Abbot Lawrence, medium clipper ship, [255], [256], [258]
Abergeldie, British clipper ship, [205]
Abrahams, J., builder, Baltimore, [357], [362]
Abrahams & Ashcroft, owners, Baltimore, [357]
Achilles, British iron screw steamer, [332]
Ackley, Samuel, builder N. Y., [16], [17]
Ada, Brit. clipper ship, tea-trade, [325-6], [371]
Adamson & Bell, China merchants, [325]
Adelaide, packet ship, [44]
—— clipper ship, [298], [360]
—— British iron screw steamer, [286]
Admiral Gardner, Brit. E. Indiamen, [25]
Adriatic, Collins Line S. S., [49], [250];
med. clipper ship, [258]
Ajax, Brit. iron screw steamer, [332]
Akbar, clipper ship, China trade, [62], [138]
Alarm, Cal. clipper ship, [289], [299], [363]
Albert Gallatin, packet ship, [42], [48], [142]
Albion, packet ship, [38]
Alert, Cal. clipper ship, [350]
Alexander Marshall, packet ship, [41]
Alfred, Brit. ship, [36-37]
Alhambra, med. clipper ship, [258], [291]
Allen, Wm. H., N. Y. packet captain, [44]
Alliance, U. S. frigate, 1778, [6], [7]
Alsop & Co., S. Francisco, agents of Challenge, [187]
Amelia Packet, Brit. barque, [180]
America, Brit. fifty-gun frigate, built at Portsmouth, N. H., [9]
Amos Lawrence, med. clipper ship, [255]
Amphitrite, Cal. clipper ship, [232], [256]
Andrew Jackson, Cal. med. clipper ship, [253], [295]; [362];
89 days to S. Francisco, [144], [178], [296], [300], [369];
other records, [247], [295], [297], [298], [368]
Andrews, Capt., later ship, [341];
Red Gauntlet, [359]
Anglo-American, packet ship, [56]
Anglo-Saxon, packet ship, [56]
Angola, clipper schooner, opium trade, [58]
Ann McKim, first clipper ship built, [60-2]
Antarctic, ship, [56]
Antelope, clipper brig, opium trade, [58], [59], [138]
—— Cal. clipper ship, [353];
records, [290], [296], [298], [299], [368]
Appleton, Wm., ship-owner, Boston, [361]
Archer, Cal. clipper ship, [248], [356];
records, [248], [298], [299], [367], [369]
Architect, clipper ship, [70]
Arctic, Collins Line S. S., [309]
Arey, Capt., Spitfire, [359]
Argo, Brit., first merchant ship with steam power to circumnavigate the globe, [287]
Argonaut, clipper ship, [196]
Ariel, clipper schooner, opium trade, [58]
—— clipper ship, China trade, [68]
—— Cal. clipper ship, [353]
—— Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [324], [347], [371];
racer, [324-30], [332-3], [335]
Aristides, Brit. ship, Australian trade, [333]
Arizona, S. S., [278]
Aryan, last Amer. wooden sailing ship, 1893, [340]
Ashburton, N. Y. packet, [41], [54]
Atlanta, clipper ship, Cal. trade, [298], [299]
Atlantic, first Amer. ship in India, [12-13]
Aurora, ship, [236], [299]
Austerlitz, ship, [193]
Austin & Co., builders, Damariscotta, Me., [356]
Australian, Brit. screw steamer, [286]
Avery, Capt., Euterpe, [363]
Aymer & Co., owners, N. Y., [359]
B
Babcock, Col. Harry, [160]
—— Maj. Paul, [84], [160]
—— Capt. David S., [84];
Sword Fish, [160-1], [213], [352];
Young America, [233], [360]
Bacon, Daniel C., owner, [135], [349];
Pres. Amer. Nav. Club, [202-4]
—— D. G. & W. B., owners, [304], [358]
Bailey, Capt., Yorkshire, [46]
Baines, James, owner, L’pool, [342]
—— & Co., L’pool, Australian Black Ball Line, [266], [268], [272];
vessels for, [273], [284]
Baker, Capt., [352], [357], [363]
Baker & Morrill, owners, Boston, [352], [355], [357], [361], [363]
Bald Eagle, Cal. clipper ship, [216], [237], [343], [353];
story of race, [200-2];
records, [299], [300], [366]
Baltic, med. clipper ship, [258]
—— Collins Line S. S., [309]
Baltimore, ship-building, [54], [60-62], [70], [136], [254], [350], [357], [362]
Baltimore, Havre packet ship, [41]
Bangs, Benj., owner, Boston, [360]
Barclay & Livingston, owners, N. Y., [159], [352]
Baring Bros. & Co., [203-4]
Barrington, ship, [193]
Barry, Commodore, [11]
Barry, Capt., Saracen, [361]
Barstow, Gideon, of E. Boston Timber Co., [49]
Barstow, Capt., [351], [354]
Bartlett, Capt., [352]
Barwell, Capt., [362]
Bates & Thaxter, owners, Boston, [362]
Bath, Me., ship-building, [105], [152], [351], [353], [357]
Bavaria, packet ship, [48]
Baxter, Capt., Nabob, [361]
Beacon Light, Cal. clipper ship, [362]
Beauchamp, Capt. Isaac, Defender, [255]
Beauregard, Confederate privateer, [14]
Beaver, ship, China trade, [17]
Bell, Jacob, builder, N. Y., [47], [136], [152], [164], [216], [352], [354], [358], [360];
see Brown
Bell & Co., builders, Baltimore, [136], [350]
Belle of the Sea, clipper ship, Australian trade, [284]
Belle of the West, Cal. clipper ship, [299], [356]
Belted Will, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [320], [371]
Ben Nevis, Brit. clipper ship, Australian trade, [266], [268]
Benefactor, clipper barque, China trade, [209]
Bengal, ship, [193]
Benjamin, Capt., Helena, [62]
Bennett, Capt., Oliver Ellsworth, [16]
Bergh, Christian, builder, N. Y., [17], [47], [48]
Berry, Capt., Courser, [350]
Bertram, Capt. John, Salem, [141], [166-8]
Best days’ run, [69], [70], [178], [179], [207], [220], [221], [228], [266], [278], [281], [295], [320], [327], [330], [334], [336], [338]
Bishop, J., & Co., owners, N. Y., [358]
Black Ball Line, N. Y., L’pool packets, [38], [39-40], [41], [42];
vessels, [38], [41], [52];
flag, [42];
match, [45];
captains, [39-40];
discipline, [44], [73]
Australian clippers, see James Baines & Co.
Black Hawk, Cal. clipper ships (Webb), [291], [364];
(Currier), [364]
Black Prince, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [322], [371];
race, [325-6]
—— Cal. clipper ship, [360]
Black Warrior, Cal. clipper ship, [356]
Blenheim, Brit. merchant frigate, [36]
Blessing of the Bay, colonial barque, 1631, [2]
Blue Jacket, clipper ship, Australian trade, [270];
later ship, [341]
Bombay, Brit. E. Indiaman, [34]
Bonita, Cal. clipper ship, [356]
Bordman, Wm. H., Amer. Nav. Club, [202]
Borland, Capt., Gauntlet, [357]
Borrows & Spooner, owners, N. Y., [84]
Boston, packet ship, [52]
Boston Light, clipper ship, [253], [300], [356]
Boston & Liverpool Packet Company, [51-2]
Bowditch, Nath., navigator, [141]
Bowers, Capt., Black Hawk, [364]
Boyd, Col. Geo., 1767, [53]
Boyd, F., & Co., owners, Boston, [359]
Brenda, packet ship, [52]
Brewster, Capt. Geo., [249], [356]
Brewster, Capt. Wm., [227]
Briganza, ship, eighteenth century, [16]
Briggs Brothers (E. & H. O.), builders, South Boston, [50-1];
Cal. clippers, [152], [163], [233], [351-63]
Brighton, packet ship, [40]
Britannia, Black Ball packet ship, [38], [43], [47], [73]
Britton, Capt. John, Constitution, [43]
Brookline, ship, [52]
Brower, J. H., & Co., owners, N. Y., [295], [361], [362]
Brown, Adam & Noah, builders, [17]
—— Charles, builder, N. Y., [17]
—— David, of Brown & Bell, [47]
—— Vernon H., owner, [303]
—— Bates & Delano, builders, E. Boston, [50]
—— & Bell, builders, N. Y., [47-8], [53], [58], [63], [70], [72]
Brown, Capt., [359], [360]
Bryant & Sturgis, owners, Boston, [52]
Bucephalus, Brit. frigate, [36]
Buckinghamshire, Brit. E. Indiaman, [32], [34]
Bucklin & Crane, owners of first Cal. clipper ship, N. Y., [135], [159], [349], [350], [363], [364]
Burgess, see Snow, owners, [304]
Burgess, Capt., [349], [355]
Burgoyne, Capt., Titania, [347]
Bursley, Capt. Ira, [43], [350], [356]
Bush & Comstock, owners, Boston, [360], [362]
Bush & Wildes, owners, Boston, [362]
C
Cairngorm, Brit. clipper ship, China trade, [208]
Cairo, ship, Boston, [54]
Caledonia, ship, [47]
Calhoun, ship, [47]
California, Pacific Mail, S. S., [103]
Caliph, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [332], [372]
Callahan, Capt., Storm King, [359]
Cambria, N. Y., packet ship, [40]
Cambridge, N. Y. packet ship, [41]
Cameron, R. W.’s Australian line, [284], [304]
Canada, N. Y. packet ship, [38], [47]
—— Cunard S. S., [221], [309]
Canfield, Capt., [351], [354]
Canning, Brit. E. Indiaman, [32], [34]
Canvasback, Cal. clipper ship, [250], [360]
Capitol, ship, [193]
Carmelite, ship, 1807, [17-18]
Carnatic, Brit. ship, [36]
Carrier Dove, Cal. clipper ship, [253], [362]
Castle Eden, Brit. ship, [36]
Cathay, Kathay, Cal. clipper ship, [232], [358]
Cave, Capt., Panama, [358]
Celestial, Cal. clipper ship, first to be launched, [135], [136], [159], [349];
records, [145-6], [229], [300], [365]
Celestial Empire, Cal. clipper ship, [353]
Challenge, Cal. clipper ship, [152], [156], [164], [174], [222], [337], [350];
vicious crew, [77], [181-9];
in China trade, [196-7], [206-7];
records, [181], [299], [301], [365]
Challenger, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [206];
race, [206-7]
—— Cal. clipper ship, [271], [356], [367]
Chamberlain & Co., owners, N. Y., [351]
Chamberlain & Heyser, owners, N. Y., [351], [355]
Chariot of Fame, med. clipper ship, Australian trade, [270]
Charles Carroll, packet ship, [41]
Charles Grant, Brit. E. Indiaman, [32]
Charles H. Marshall, N. Y., pilot boat, [305]
Charlestown, ship, South American trade, [161]
Charmer, Cal. clipper ship, [253], [254], [362]
—— later ship, [341]
Chase, T., & Co., owners, Boston, [363]
Chase & Tappan, owners, Boston, [357]
Cheesborough, Capt. Robt. B., [254], [363]
Chinaman, clipper ship, [325-6], [346]
Chrysolite, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [199], [202], [205], [206-7]
Chrystall, James, British owner, [35]
City of Glasgow, Inman Line, S. S., [314]
City of Pekin, Pacific S. S., [86]
Clarke, Capt., Canvasback, [360]
Cleopatra, Cal. clipper ship, [216], [353];
records, [253], [299], [367]
Climax, Cal. clipper ship, [298], [353]
Coggin, Capt., Panparo, [358]
Coleman, Wm. T., & Co., owners, N. Y., [106]
Collins, E. K., manager of Dramatic Line, [40], [43]
—— Capt. John, Shakespeare, [43]
Collins Line S. S., [250], [271], [309], [312]
Collyer, Thos., & Mm., builders, N. Y., [49], [232], [358]
Columbia, 1773, first Amer. ship to sail round globe, [14], [51]
—— N. Y. packet ship, [38], [40], [43];
No. [2], [48]
Columbus, N. Y., packet ship, [41], [43], [45], [52]
Comet, Cal. clipper ship, [152], [153], [159], [193], [337], [343], [350];
records, [213], [224], [227], [297], [299], [365];
China passage, [208];
Australian trade, [283]
—— later ship, [340]
Commodore Perry, ship, Australian trade, [273]
Composite build, [321-2], [371-2]
Condry, Dennis, owner of Delia Walker, [53-5]
Congress, ship, [47]
Connell & Co., builders, Glasgow, [324], [371], [372]
Conner, Capt., Carrier Dove, [362]
Constant Warwick, first frigate built, [5]
Constantine, packet ship, [141]
Contest, Cal. clipper ship, [216], [227], [344], [353];
records, [224], [296], [297], [299], [366];
race with Northern Light, [227]
—— Brit. ship, [267]
Coolidge & Co., owners, Boston, [361]
Cooper & Slicer, owners, Baltimore, [359]
Cope, Thos., Phila., owner of packet line, [40]
Copper fastened, [10], [30], [33], [34], [61], [285];
sheathed, [61], [285], [320], [322]
Coquette, clipper barque, China trade, [64]
Corinthian, packet ship, [40]
Cornelia, ship, [48]
Cornelius Grinnell, packet ship, [42], [56], [141], [236]
Cornwallis, ship,
[193]
Cortes, N. Y. packet ship, [40]
Courier, packet ship, 1816, [38]
—— early clipper ship, 1842, [54], [62], [162]
—— Cal. clipper ship, 1855, [298], [363], [367]
Courser, Boston packet ship, [52]
—— Cal. clipper ship, [299], [350], [366]
Cox, J. W. builder, Robbinston, Me., [233], [359]
Creesy, Capt. Josiah P., boyhood, [153-5];
Oneida, [155];
Flying Cloud, [153], [211], [248-9], [253-4], [297], [351];
race, [214-15];
“obituary,� [222-3];
Mrs. Creesy, [306]
Creole, N. Orleans packet ship, [41]
Cressy, Brit. ship, [36]
Crest of the Wave, Brit. clipper ship, [208]
Crocker & Warren, owners, N. Y., [304], [356], [359]
Crosby, Capt., Kingfisher, [358]
Crowell, Capt., Boston Light, [356]
Crowell & Brooks, owners, Boston, [360];
see Howes
Crowninshield, Jacob, owner, Salem, [13]
Cunningham, Capt., [354], [363]
—— Bros., owners, Boston, [364]
—— & Sons, [354]
Cunningham’s rolling topsails, [163]
Currier, John, Jr., builder, Newburyport, [52], [68], [232], [357], [364]
—— & McKay, [53-4]
—— & Townsend, [52], [243], [354]
Curtis, J. O., builder, Medford, [52], [152], [216], [352], [355], [357], [361], [363]
—— Paul, builder, Chelsea, [136], [350];
E. Boston, [216], [350], [353], [354], [355], [359], [362]
Curtis & Peabody, owners, Boston, [354], [356], [361]
Cutler, Capt. Benj. F., Mary Whitridge, [254]
Cutting, Capt. Robt. C., packet ship Adelaide, [44]
Cutting, Francis B., part owner of Dreadnought, N. Y., [244]
Cutty Sark, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [332], [336], [346], [372]
Cyclone, Cal. clipper ship, [300], [356]
D
Dale, Capt Fleetwood, [353]
Daniel Webster, packet ship, [56]
Daniels, Geo., owner, Boston, [233], [303]
Daring, Cal. clipper ship, [253], [362]
Dashing Wave, Cal. clipper ship, [356], [369]
Dauntless, Cal. clipper ship, [343], [363]
David Brown, Cal. clipper ship, [232], [356];
records, [248], [290], [296], [297], [298], [367], [368]
David Crockett, Cal. clipper ship, [232], [356], [369-70]
David Malcolm, Brit. ship, [36]
Dean, Capt. Stewart, sloop Enterprise, 1785, [6]
Deas, Capt., Ganges, [200-1]
Decline of American shipping, [290], [292-3], [314-17], [341]
Defender, med. clipper ship, [255-6], [300]
De Horsey, Capt. of H. M. S. Brisk, [251-2]
Delano, Capt., Ariel, [353]
—— Capt. Joseph, packets, [43]
—— Warren, owner, Boston, [70];
Amer. Nav. Club, [202]
Delia Walker, ship, [53], [54]
Dent & Co., owners, China, [59]
Depaw, Francis, owner of Havre packet line, [41]
De Peyster, Capt. F. A., packets, [43], [45]
Derby, Elias Haskett, Salem merchant, eighteenth century, [12-13];
Jr., Capt., Atlantic, [12]
Devonshire, packet ship, [48]
“Diadem,� Brit. brig., Capt. Johnson’s story, [157-9]
“Diving Bell,� Lord of the Isles, [209]
Doane, Capt. Justin, [225], [354], [360]
Donald McKay, clipper ship, Australian trade, [273], [280], [346]
Don Quixote, packet ship, [41]
—— Cal. clipper ship, [357];
records, [253], [299], [367], [368], [369]
Dorchester, Boston ship, [54]
Dorsetshire, Brit. E. Indiaman, [32]
Douglas, Mr., chief officer on Challenge, [182-3]
Dragon, Brit. E. Indiaman, [23], [32]
Dramatic Line, [40], [42], [45]
Draper, 18th cent. ship, [16]
Dreadnought, [44], [235], [243-7]
Duchesse d’Orléans, Havre packet ship, [41]
Duke of York, Brit. E. Indiaman, [32]
Dumaresq, Capt. Phillip, [62], [71], [138], [175], [205], [233], [289], [297], [350], [353], [359], [363]
E
Eagle, N. Y. packet ship, [38]
—— Cal. clipper ship, [297], [299], [350], [367]
Eagle Wing, Cal. clipper ship, [357], [367]
Earl of Balcarras, largest ship of Brit. E. India Co., [32], [33], [34]
Echo, early N. Y. ship, [16]
Eckford, Henry, builder, N. Y., [17], [47]
Eclipse, Cal. clipper ship, [136], [175-6], [211], [349], [364]
—— later ship, [340]
Edward Everett, ship, [255]
Edwin Forrest, Cal. clipper ship, [357]
Elder, Randolph & Co., builders, [347]
Eldridge, Capt. Asa, [43], [247], [271]
—— Capt. John, [43], [271]
Eldridge, Capt. Oliver, [43], [64], [70], [271]
Electric, Cal. clipper ship, [299], [300], [360], [367]
Electric Spark, Cal. clipper ship, [299], [362], [368]
Eliza Shaw, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, [322], [371]
Ellis, Capt., [241]
Emanuel, see Wells
Emily C. Starr, barque, [345]
Empress of the Seas, Cal. clipper ship, [232-3], [357]
Englis, John, [149]
Enright, Capt. Anthony, Chrysolite, [199]
Erie, Havre packet ship, [41]
Erl King, Brit. auxiliary steamer, China trade, [331]
Espirito Santo, [78-9]
Esterbrook, Capt., Winged Racer, [355]
Esther May, clipper ship, [369]
Ethiopian, Brit. ship in Australian trade, [333]
Eureka, Cal. clipper ship, [351]
Euterpe, Cal. clipper ship, [289], [363]
F
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]
G
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]
H
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]
I
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]
J
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]
K
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]
L
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]
N
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]
O
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]