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Index of Square-riggers on schedule; the New York sailing packets to England, France, and the cotton ports

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Robert Greenhalgh Albion

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INDEX

A

Abeel, Capt. E., 331
Acasta, 245, 280, 300, 333, 336, 339
Admiral, 284, 298, 344
agents, 111-12, 115, 130, 131-2, 136; list of,
302-3; see also operators
Ainsworth, Capt. A. C., 159, 315
Alabama, 290, 309-10, 332, 333, 340, 341,
343, 344
Alabama, Confederate raider, 104
Alabamian, 290, 310, 334, 336, 337
Albany, 286, 334, 336, 337, 343
Albert Gallatin, 280, 298, 330, 334
Albion, 31, 96, 103, 148, 154-5, 171, 185,
187, 203-8, 211, 212, 226, 228, 230, 276,
307, 343
Alexander Marshall, 271, 296, 298
Alexandria, Va., packets to, 303
Algiers, news of bombardment, 176
Allaire, J. P., 254
Allen, Capt. F. P., 331
Allen, Capt. H., 131, 331
Allen, Capt. J., Jr., 331
Allen, Capt. W. H., 313, 331
Allyn, Capt. F., 221, 331
Amazon, 86, 88, 198, 269, 282, 337
Amelia I, Char., 286, 334
Amelia II, Mobile, Char., 65, 290, 332, 340,


344
American Congress, 282, 298, 338, 343
American Eagle, 45, 282, 298, 334, 339
American Union, 280, 298, 334, 337
Amethyst, Boston packet, 44
Amity, 20, 24, 25, 146, 220, 228, 232-3, 235,
245, 276, 307, 338, 340, 342
Andover, 57, 292, 332
Angelique, 65, 66, 286, 311, 336, 339
Anson, 286, 311-12, 332, 339, 341
Anthony, Capt. C., 214-15, 331
Appalachicola, Fla., packets to, 60, 302
apples, in cargoes, 22, 40, 42, 307-8
Arctic S.S., 171, 338
Argo, 286, 331, 334
Arkansas, 292, 309-10, 333, 334, 336, 341
Arkwright, 296, 298, 333
Ashburton, 197, 299, 332, 333, 337, 339
ashes, in cargoes, 307
Ashley, Capt. G. W., 331
Askins, Capt. S., 331
Atkins, Capt. J., Jr., 331


Athens, N.Y., 87, 280, 327
Atlantic, 294, 315, 344
Atlantic S.S., 101
Auburn, 223, 288, 294, 335, 337
Augusta, 288, 340, 343
Aurora, 280, 333
Aymar, B., & Co., 62
Azelia, 183, 290, 332, 342, 343, 344


B

Bahamas, 11, 61, 216-17
Bailey, Capt. D. G., 153, 163, 179, 186, 193,
200, 201, 320-1, 332
Bailey, Capt. J., 332
Bailey, Capt. J. A., 332
Baltimore, 284, 334, 335, 337
Baltimore, packets to Liverpool, 47, 100;
coastal packets to, 303; packet built at,
81, 87, 284, 327
Baring Bros. & Co., 111, 115, 120, 302
Barker, J., 25
Barker & Hopkins, 54, 130
Barkman, Capt. F. J. W., 332
Barnstable, Mass., 331, 333, 342
Barnum, P. T., 247
Barrett, Capt. T. A., 332
Barrett, W., see Scoville
Barstow, Capt. B., 332
Barstow, C., 135
Barstow, J., 135
Barstow, Capt. W. C., 332
Bartlett, Capt. S., 213, 332
Bath, Me., 87, 292, 327
Bavaria, 286, 331, 332, 337
Baxter, Capt. D. C., 332
Bayard, 44, 284, 300, 33, 339, 341, 343
Bayard, W., 127
Beebe, Capt. W., 172, 332
Belfast, Ireland, packets to, 46, 100, 302
Belfast, Me., 286
Bell, A., 302
Bell, G., 118
Bell, I., 33, 127, 315
Bell, J., 84, 85, 292, 314; see also Brown &
Bell
Bell, Capt. W. R., 332
Belle, 216-17, 288, 312, 332
Bennett, J. G., quoted, 178-9
Bennett, Capt. J. H., 332
Bennett, Capt. J. S., 332

358


Index


Bennett, Capt. T., 323, 332
Bergh, C., 83-4, 87, 92, 102, 126, 208, 276-
94, 326
Bermuda, 18, 195, 210, 226
Bern, J. D., 124
Berry, Capt. C. C., 66, 332
Berry, Capt. M., 65, 171, 332
Berry, Capt. W. C., 12, 190, 332
berths at New York, 302-3
Besher, Capt. S., 172, 332
Birmingham, 278,333, 335, 336
Black Ball Line, organization, 20-31, 112-
18; significance of example, 47, 272; rela-
tion to shanties, 147; end of service, 271;
list of ships, 276; and passim
Black X Line, organization, 34, 129; end of
service, 271; list of ships, 280-2; and
passim
Blair, Capt. J. B., 332
Blakeley, Ala., 59
Bliffen, Capt. T. V., 332
Bolton, C., 127, 138
Bolton, Fox & Livingston, 302
Bonaparte, Joseph, 245
Boston, Boston-Liverpool packet, 215
Boston, packets to Liverpool, 44, 47, 85,
106, 170, 172, 213, 215, 228, 250; coastal
packets to, 18, 35, 124, 302-3; N.Y.
packets built at, 81, 87, 278-82, 296, 327;
N.Y. rivalry with, 30, 74; news via, 174,
176, 180; passengers from, 22, 205, 230-1;
Cunarders at, 189, 246, 253, 259-62, 265;
captains from, 334, 339, 344; and passim
Bowers, Capt. P. B., 332
Bowne, Capt. W., 323, 332
Boyd, J. J., 108, 126, 138, 270, 302, 315
Boyd & Hincken, 128
Bradish, Capt. W. H., 332
Bragdon, Capt. J., 332
Bremen, 171, 264-5
Brewster, Capt. G. S., 332
Bridgeport, Conn., 331, 334, 342
Bridgewater, Mass., 332, 341
Briggs, Capt. L. J., 314, 332
Brighton, 282, 300, 337, 341
Bristol, 30, 257-9
Britannia, 44, 116, 276, 308, 338, 341, 343
Britannia S.S., 237, 260
British Queen S.S., 257, 258, 259
Britton, Capt. A., 213, 332
Britton, Capt. J., 213, 332
Britton, Capt. T., 332
Brookhaven, L.I., 334, 336


Brooklyn, captains residing in, 156, 157,
332-43
Brown, A., 83, 84, 87, 276, 326
Brown, Capt. Daniel, 332
Brown, David, 84, 314; see also Brown & Bell
Brown, N., 83, 84, 87, 158, 276, 278, 284,
286, 326
Brown, W. (W. &. J. Brown), 111, 155, 302
Brown, W. H., 288, 326
Brown & Bell, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 95, 124,
276-94, 314
Brunel, I. K., 257
Brunswick, Me., 339
Bryer, Capt. J. M., 151, 313, 332
Bulkley, G., 131, 288, 302
Bunker, Capt. D. M., 333
Bunker, Capt. J., 315, 333
Bunting, Capt. R. L., 314, 333
Burgess, Capt. I., 333
Burgundy, 284, 335, 338, 341, 344
Burke, Capt. M. R., 33, 127, 333
Burrows, S., 62
Burrows, Capt. W., 333
Bursley, Capt. I., 123, 172-3, 209, 225, 251,
328, 333
Butman, Capt. B., 333
Byrnes, T. S., 118
Byrnes, Trimble & Co., 30, 118-19, 120


C

Cadmus, 104, 126, 245, 286, 300, 331, 339
Caledonia, 44, 192-3, 276, 307-8, 335, 341
Calhoun, Char., 65, 67, 99, 229, 286, 311-12,
331, 339, 342
Calhoun, Dramatic, 280, 299, 343
California, old packets to, 104-5
Cambria, 280, 300, 333, 336, 339
Cambria S.S., 253, 265
Cambridge, 91, 173, 209, 276, 332, 333, 340
Canada, 22, 97, 104, 183, 188-9, 204, 230,
276, 282, 300, 322, 332, 335, 338, 341, 344
Cape Clear, 8, 206, 211
Cape Cod, 123, 157, 170, 172, 225, 331-5,
337, 339, 341-2
Cape Elizabeth, Me., 86-7, 278, 327
Cape Hatteras, 10, 11, 67, 74, 216-17, 220,
254
Cape Sable, 215
captains, general survey, 153-70; income,
154-5, 186; tenure, 106, 109, 160-5; as
operators, 109; part ownership of packets,
107-8, 112, 115, 118, 121, 126, 129-31,
135, 313-16; individual biographical
notes, 331-44; and passim
Index


cargoes, ocean, 35-43; coastal, 70-6; im-
portance to packet service, 27-8; in later
period, 267-8; analyses of particular car-
goes, 37, 307-12; see also freight and
passim
Carnley, R., 84, 92, 126, 313-15
Caroline, Queen, news of divorce case, 176-7
Carolus Magnus, 286, 299, 338
Carow, C., 120, 313
Cartagena, packets to, 62, 231
carpenters' measurement, 298
Carter, R., 123, 126, 133, 135
Castoff, Capt. J., 333
Catharine, 286, 332, 336, 344
Caulkins, Capt. D., 333
cedar timber, 92
Celia, 288, 312, 338, 340
Center & Co., 303; see also Ripley, Center
& Co.
Chace, 286, 343
Chadwick, Capt. C., 333
Chadwick, Capt. D., 161, 245, 333
Chadwick, Capt. J. M., 314, 333
Chadwick, Capt. S., 333
Chadwick, Capt. W., 333
Challenge, clipper, 169
Champion, Capt. E., 333
Champlin, Capt. C. H., 158, 333
Champlin, Capt. H. L., 34, 126, 158, 161,
314, 333
Chancellor, 290, 333
Charlemagne, 44, 101, 193, 198, 284, 340,
341
Charles Carroll, 245, 284, 300, 320-1, 333,
338, 341
Charles H. Marshall, 271, 296
Charleston, packet service to, 35, 53-5,
130-2; cargoes from, 70-3, 311-12; route
to, 10-11; speed averages from, 63-8, 317,
324-5; summer travel from, 229; steam-
ships to, 254-5; list of packets, 286-8;
and passim
Charleston I, 54, 80, 286, 337
Charleston II, 226, 288, 332
Chase, D., 316
Chase, Capt. W. M., 333
Chatham, Conn., 87, 290, 326
Cheeseman, F., 276, 280, 286, 326
Cheever, Capt. C., 333
China trade, 101, 140, 168-9
Christiana, 282, 336, 339
Cincinnati, 290, 301, 332
Cipriant, A. J., 313


359


Clark, J., 333
Clifton, 215, 292, 337, 344
clippers, comparisons with packets, 14-15,
45, 80, 86, 192; packet captains in, 165-9,
333, 335, 337-41, 343-4
coal, in cargoes, 37-8
Cobb, Capt. E. B., 233, 314
Cobb, Capt. N., 30, 115, 117, 118, 119, 257,
313-14, 333
Cobbett, W., "blackballed," 231-2
Coffin, Capt. C. H., 333
Coffin, Capt. G. D., 333
Coffin, Capt. H. F., 333
Cohen, A., 124, 135, 315
Cole, Capt. G. A., 333
Collins, E. K., 43, 58, 61, 84, 90, 108, 123-5,
126, 136, 138, 159, 223-4, 263, 302
Collins, Capt. J., 123, 159, 334
Collins, Capt. I. G., 123
collisions, 225-6
Columbia I, Black Ball-London, 163, 192,
225, 244, 276, 282, 334, 335, 338, 341
Columbia II, Black Ball, 149, 151, 276, 313,
332, 335, 337, 340
Columbia, Char., 288
Columbus, 44, 167, 276, 298, 308, 332, 333,
334
Commodore Perry, 54, 286, 331, 342
communications, packet relations to, 174-
201
Conn, Capt. R. D., 315, 334
Connecticut, packet building in, 81, 86-7,
326; men from, 115, 130, 134, 157, 331-44
Constantine, 280, 299, 314, 330, 335, 338,
339
Constellation, 171, 250, 278, 299, 313, 331,
336, 338
Constitution, 226, 280, 330, 332
Constitution U.S.S., 80, 84
Conway, Capt., 334
Cope, T., 47
Corinthian, 104, 278, 282, 299, 300, 333, 334
Cornelius Grinnell, 282, 299, 335, 342
Corn Laws, 28, 179-81, 262
Cornell, Capt. E., 334
Cornish, Capt. G. B., 334
Cortes, 104, 177, 278, 282, 300, 334, 342
cotton, importance to packet service, 28,
34, 40-2, 49-53, 70-3; packet operators in
cotton trade, 113-14, 119, 122, 131-2, 134,
182-4; speculation in, 182-4; value of
exports, 52-3; details of cargoes, 70-3,
214, 307-12; see also textiles
360


Index


Cotton Planter, 290, 334
cotton ports, 49-76, and passim
"cotton triangle," 50-3
counting-house, 110-11
Courier, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 36, 37, 38, 103,
192, 276, 300, 307, 332 ,335
Cowes, England, 34
Crane, Capt. J. R., 334
Crary, J. S., 122
Crary, P., 122
Crassous, D., 128
Crassous & Boyd, 128
Crawford, 290, 343
Crawford, Capt. O. H., 334
Creole I, 44, 66, 136, 292, 339
Creole II, 294, 335, 340
Crescent City S.S., 256
crews, general survey, 140-73; hierarchy,
141; wages, 143; duties aboard ship, 142;
life ashore, 143-5; deterioration in
quality, 146-51, 270; casualties, 205,
209-10, 330; specimen crew lists, 328-9;
see also captains, mates
Crisis, 212-13, 280, 339, 343
Crocker, Capt. R. R., 163, 323, 334
Crockett, W., 87, 278, 282, 286, 290, 326
Cropper, Capt. T. B., 313, 334
Cropper, Benson & Co., 25, 112, 114, 182
Cunard, S., 189, 260
Cunard Line, 101, 180, 189, 201, 237, 246-7,
253, 262-3, 265-6
Curacao S.S., 257


D

Damariscotta, Me., 87, 280, 327
Daniel Webster, 296, 299, 342
Danvers, Mass., 340
Davis, Capt. G., 334
Davis, Capt. H., 334
Davis, Capt. I. H., 334
Davis, Capt. J., 334
Davis, Capt. R., 334
decks, 298-9
De Cost, Capt. N., 334
De Courcey, Capt. W., 334
Delano, F. H., 162
Delano, Capt. J. A., 334
Delano, Capt. J. C., 162-3, 192, 313-14, 334
Delaware, 118, 340, 341
Dennis, Capt. E. S., 163, 315-16, 334
Depau, F., 33, 126
De Peyster, Capt. F. A., 314, 334
Derby, Conn., 87, 288, 326
De Rham, 222, 284, 334, 343


Desdemona, 44, 284, 299, 300, 339, 340
Devonshire, 282, 337, 338, 339
Devonshire, Boston-Liverpool packet, 213
De Witt Clinton, 27, 290, 339
Dickens, Charles, 237, 242, 247
Dimon, J., 83, 85; see also Smith & Dimon
diplomatic despatches, 188
distances between ports, 9-11, 191
Dixey, Capt. C., 334
Dixon, Capt. T., 334
Doane, Capt. C. R., 334
Doane, Capt. I. S., 334
Doane, Capt. W. H., 334
Doane, Sturges & Co., 302-3
doctors, on packets, 250-1
Don Quixote, 44, 284, 333, 343
draft, N. Y. bar, 7; Mississippi bars, 58;
statistics, 298-9
Dramatic Line, organization, 43-4, 124-5;
end of service, 271; list of ships, 280; and
passim
Dreadnought, clipper "packet," 151, 341
Duchesse d'Orleans, 149, 286, 337, 340
Dunham, D., 254, 256
Dunham, Capt. T., 334
Dunham & Dimon, 131, 133
Durand, C., 116, 118, 138
Durfey, Capt. N. P., 335
Durham, Lord, 189
Duryea, Capt. R., 335

E
East Boston, see Boston
East Haddam, Conn., 87, 131, 288, 290, 292,
326
East River shipbuilding in, 81-4; packet
berths in, 81, 302-3; 264
Easton, N.Y., 338
E. Bulkley, 286, 332
Eckford, H., 83, 85, 290, 326
Edgar, Capt. W. C., 335
Edward, 57, 290, 336, 339
Edward Bonaffe, 44, 284, 335, 336
Edward Quesnel, 44, 284, 300, 336
Edwards, Capt. E., 335
Edwin, 290
Ekerman, Capt. J. M., 335
Eldredge, Capt. J., 323, 335
Eldridge, Capt. A., 169, 170, 171, 314, 335
Eldridge, Capt. J., 159, 170-1, 335
Eldridge, Capt. O., 335
Elisha Denison, 290, 310, 337, 343
Ellen Austin, 280, 299, 335
Ellery, Capt. 335,
Index


Emerald, 286, 300, 337, 339
Emerald, Boston-Liverpool packet, 44
Emperor, 102, 312, 332, 335, 341
Empress, 55, 130-1, 286, 342
Energy, 296, 333
England, 90, 100, 198, 276, 278, 307-8, 332,
338, 343
Erie, 162, 196, 199, 284, 300, 320-1, 335
Erie Canal, 2, 3, 4, 21, 26, 51, 52, 60, 74, 75,
115
Essex, Conn., 87, 134, 290, 326, 333, 340,
342
Europe, 44, 95, 99, 178, 189, 212-14, 236,
276, 308, 335, 338
Evans, J. K., 126
Everleigh, Capt. N. W., 315, 335
E. W. Stetson, 296, 339
Extio, 67, 290, 340, 343

F
Fairfield, Conn., 131, 286, 326, 333, 337
Fairfield, N.O., 217, 286, 338
Fairfield, Char., 288, 338
Fairhaven, Mass., 300-1, 337, 342
Falmouth, Mass., 334
Fanny, 57, 290
Fanning, Capt. T., 335
fares, coastal, 229; ocean, 233-5
"farmyard," 79, 215, 240
Far West, 294, 299, 332
Ficketts (Francis, George, Samuel and Scott
in various combinations), 83, 85, 87-8,
133, 135, 278-94, 326
Fidelia, 45, 276, 330, 334, 336, 338, 344
fire, destruction of packets by, 210, 214-15,
225, 226, 250
Fish, P., 109, 121, 138, 256
Fish & Grinnell (Fish, Grinnell & Co.), 34,
121; see also Grinnell, Minturn & Co.
"flat-floored" packets, 90, 91
flaxseed, in cargoes, 307-10
Fletcher, Capt. A. T., 335
Florian, 288, 290, 312, 336, 338, 339
Florida, 184, 195, 276, 300, 343
Florida, coast of, 11-13, 216, 218; packets
to, 302
flour, 22, 28, 40, 53, 118, 307, 309
Flying Cloud, clipper, 80, 86
fog, 7-10, 218, 220, 223, 225
Follansbee, Capt. A., 172, 226, 335
food and drink aboard packets, 240-2, 261,
264
Forbes, Capt. T., 335
Fosdick, Capt. W., 335


361


Formosa, 286, 300, 339
Foster, J., Sr., 124, 135-6
Foster, J., Jr., 124, 125, 135-6, 139, 314
Foster, Capt. R. W., 150, 316, 335
Fowler, Capt. G., 335
Fox, S. M., 127, 138, 315
Fox & Livingston, 127, 129
France, 199, 284, 300, 320-1, 335
Frances, 290, 301, 335, 336, 341
Francis Depau, 97, 284, 341
Francis, J., lifeboat inventor, 227
Francois I, 44, 99, 284, 331, 333, 340, 341,
343
Frankfort, 217, 294
Franklin, 54, 220, 286, 339
Franklin, Sir John, 122, 244
Fredericksburg, Va., 118
freight, rates, 73, 304-5; 42, 47, 107, 110;
see also cargoes
French, Capt. F. M., 335
Frost, W. T., 133, 136, 316
Frost & Hicks, 46, 136
Funck, Capt. J., 161-2, 196, 320-1, 335
Funk, Capt. E., 162, 320-1, 335
Furber, Capt. E. G., 189, 335
Furber, Capt. W. G., 335

G
Gadd, Capt. H., 335
Galena, 70, 292, 315, 338
Gallia, 286, 315, 340
Galloway, Capt. J., 335
Gardner, Capt. T. W., 335
Garrick, 44, 91, 101, 124, 150, 167, 189, 193,
198, 223-4, 280, 314, 320-1, 335, 339, 340,
341, 343
Garrick, Capt. W., 335
Gaston, 288, 292, 333, 335
George Canning, 221, 278, 331
Georgetown, D.C., packets to, 303
George Washington, 237, 278, 308, 333, 336
Germania, 286, 299, 315, 344
Ghent, Peace of, 1, 175
Gladiator, 45, 269, 282, 300, 332, 333, 343
Glad Tidings, 292, 299, 339
Glasgow S.S., 267
Glover, Capt. C. G., 335
Goodhue, J., 115, 116, 121, 138, 181
Goodhue & Co., 43, 115, 116, 117, 120, 130,
302
Goodmanson, Capt. J. P., 335
Gordon, Capt. J. R., 335
Graham, Capt. H., 22, 323, 335
Great Circle sailing, 6, 7, 51
362
Great Britain S.S., 193, 259
Great Western, 276, 313, 330, 335, 341
Great Western S.S., 39, 43, 193, 235, 257-61,
263
Green, T., 134
Greenock, packets to, 46, 100, 302
Griffing, Capt. S. B., 335
Griffith, Capt. C. R., 335
Griffith, Capt. J., 335
Griffiths, J. W., 88
Grinnell, Cornelius, Sr., 122
Grinnell, Cornelius, II, 123
Grinnell, H., 121, 138, 314
Grinnell, J., 121, 122
Grinnell, M. H., 121, 138, 314
Grinnell, Minturn & Co., 109, 116, 122, 123,
125, 129, 302; see also Fish & Grinnell
Griswold, Capt. A. H., 159, 336
Griswold, C. C., 125, 158, 314
Griswold, G., 125
Griswold, J., 34, 56, 125-6, 138, 158, 30
Griswold, N. L., 116, 125
Griswold, Capt. R. H., 159, 336
Groton, Conn., 331
Gulf Stream, 4-6, 9-13, 51, 61, 62, 64,
191, 194, 216

H
hackmatack timber, 298-9
Hackstaff, Capt. W. G., 150, 158, 336
Halifax, 18, 260, 264-5
Hall, W., 126
H. Allen, 65, 286, 311, 344
Hallett, Capt. (B.) F., 314, 336
Hallett, Capt. E. B., 336
Halsey, Capt. E. L., 336
Hamburg-American Line, 46
Hamilton Fish, 296
Hamilton, Capt. J., 169, 336
Hannibal, 196, 282, 300, 336
Hammond, Capt. E., 336
Harding, Capt. W. H., 336
Hargous, A., 62
Harkness, Capt. G. P., 336
Harris, Capt. I., 188, 313, 336
Harrison, Capt. F., 336
Hartford, Conn., 81, 87, 97, 130, 284,
326
Harvest Queen, 196, 226, 276, 299, 344
Harvey, Capt. E., 313, 336
Hathaway, Capt. W., 336
Havana, packets to, 61-3, 125, 139; steam-
ship to, 254


Index
Havre, organization of packet service, 32-4,
126-9; route to, 9; cargoes from, 38-9;
slowness of packets, 195, 198, 317-21;
steamships to, 171, 266, 270; end of
service, 271; and passim
Havre Old Line, organization, 33, 126-7;
list of ships, 284
Havre Second Line, organization, 33, 126-7;
list of ships, 284
Havre, Whitlock packets, relation to other
lines, 128-9; list of ships, 286
Havre I, 102, 284, 334, 342
Havre II, 284, 299, 315, 331, 332, 339
Hawkins, Capt. E., 313, 336
Hayden, A., 134
Hebard, Capt. F. H., 161, 336
Hector, 290, 340
Helvetia, 286, 299, 315, 336
Hendrik Hudson, 226, 237, 282, 314, 339,
340, 343
Henri IV, 44, 284, 333, 340, 341
Henry, 68, 80, 84, 342
Henry Clay, 101, 170, 198, 224-5, 226, 251,
278, 280, 284, 288, 333, 335, 336, 337, 339
Henry Hill, 290, 343
Herbest, Capt. T. R., 336
Hercules, 233, 278, 300, 335
Hermann S.S., 265
Hero, 292, 335
Hewitt, Capt. F., 149, 171, 336
Hibernia, 44, 276, 299, 300, 307-8, 338
Hibernia S.S., 253, 265
Hicks, E., Jr., 136, 316
Hicks, H. W., 119
Hicks, J. H., 119
Hicks, S., 119, 138
hides and skins, in cargoes, 71-2, 307, 309-12
Hiern, Capt. C. A., 172, 336
Higgins, Capt. L, 336
Hill, Capt. G. S., 336
Hilliard, Capt. C., 316, 336
Hincken, E., 128, 315
Hitchcock, Capt. G. H., 336
Holdredge, Capt. H., 31, 162, 328, 336
Holdredge, Capt. N. H., 162, 237, 320-1,
337
Hole-in-the-Wall, 11
Holmes, S., 57-9, 108-9, 135-6, 139, 165,
290-3, 302, 337
Holmes, Capt. T. D., 337
Holmes Line, organization, 57-9, 135-6; list
of ships, 290-3
Home S.S., 254, 261
Index


Hottinguer, 150, 173, 225, 237, 247, 249-51,
280, 328, 333
Houqua, clipper, 168
Hovey, Capt. H. R., 314, 337
Howard, 284, 288, 337, 343, 344
Howe, Capt. G., 337
Howes, Capt. E., Jr., 337
Howland, Capt. W. H., 337
Howland, G. G. & S., 101, 116
Howland & Aspinwall, 168
Hoxie, Capt. J., 337
Hoxie, Capt. W. E., 337
Hoyt, Capt., 337
Hoyt, Capt. E. S., 172, 337
Hubbard, Capt. S. E., 314, 337
Hudson I, London, 34, 104, 299, 301, 333,
339
Hudson II, London, 296, 299, 343
Hudson, N.O., 67, 202, 339
Hudson, N.Y., 87, 103, 132-3, 288, 300-1,
327, 338, 343
Hughes, Capt., 337
Hull, packets from, 46
Hull, Capt. J., 337
Hunt, Capt. Moses, Jr., 337
Huntsville, 66, 88, 153, 167, 168, 171, 292,
299, 301, 309-10, 334, 335, 339, 340, 342
Hurlburt, E. D., 60, 134, 302-3
Hurlburt, Capt. John, 337
Hurlburt, John D., 134
Hutchinson, Capt. C., 337
Huttleston, Capt. H., Jr., 337
Hutton, Capt. W. S., 337

I
icebergs, 8-10, 31, 195, 212
Illinois, 290, 299, 301, 333, 343
immigration, see steerage
Independence, 90, 153, 157, 170, 198, 278,
282, 307-8, 320-1, 332, 335, 339
Indiana, Mobile, 290, 334, 340
Indiana, N.O., 294, 299, 333
Ingersoll, Capt. B., 337
Ingersoll, Capt. T., 337
Iowa, 149, 284, 338, 340, 343
Isaac Allerton, 292, 341
Isaac Bell, 269, 284, 315, 337
Isaac Webb, 151, 271, 276, 299, 313, 332,
334, 335, 337
Isaac Wright, 163, 200, 226, 276, 313, 331,
332, 335, 338, 340


J
Jacob A. Stamler, 296, 299
James Cropper, 102, 116, 276, 335, 338


363


James Foster, Jr., 276, 299, 331, 340
James Monroe, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 40, 103,
235, 276, 301, 307, 338, 341, 343
Jennings, Capt. A. G., 337
Jersey City, 265
Jessup, E., 131
Jocelin, Capt. W. H., 337
John Jay, 104, 278, 301, 320-1, 335, 337
John Linton, 290, 343
John Minturn, 222, 294, 342
John R. Skiddy, 171, 214, 225, 278, 338, 341
John Wells, 104, 278, 299, 301, 331, 336
Jones, Capt. J. P., 337
Johnson, S., 133
Johnson & Lowden, 133, 136
Johnston, Capt. J., Jr., 337
"July Revolution," news of, 176
Junior, 290, 310, 340, 344

K
Kearney, Capt. J., 337
Kearney, Capt. P., 337
Keene, Capt. E. S., 337
Kemble, Fanny, 160, 236, 242-3
Kemp, Capt. A., 337
Kennebunk, Me., 87, 286, 327
Kensington, Pa., 81, 87, 280, 327
Kentucky I, 218, 290, 334, 340
Kentucky II, 217, 292, 309, 333
Kermit, R., 43, 46, 108, 119, 120, 124, 137-8,
184, 211, 271, 302, 313
Key West, Fla., 218, 224
Killingworth, Conn., 87, 286, 326
Kingsland, D. &. A., 133
Knight, Capt. E., 337
Knight, Capt. H., 314, 320-1, 337

L
Lafayette, Marquis de, 104, 176, 245
Lafayette, 286, 299, 301, 311-12, 332, 335,
344
Laidlaw, J., 57, 255
Lamson, C., 129, 313
Lamson, J., 313
Lane, Capt. W. B., 337
launchings, 95
Lavinia, 290, 334, 335, 339, 341
Lawrence, Capt. J. J., 337
Lawrence & Sneden, 292, 326
lead, in cargoes, 70-2, 309-10
Leavitt, Capt. T. J., 163, 338
Lee, Capt. W., 164, 212, 244, 320-1, 323, 338
Leeds, 93, 165, 208, 278, 282, 336, 342
Lefevbre-Desnouettes, Gen. Count, 203-4,
207
364


Index


Leroy, Bayard & Co., 127-8
Leslie, R. C., 237
Lewis, 220, 284, 338, 340, 341
Liberia, ex-packets to, 102
Liberty, 294, 299, 331
lifesaving devices, 226-8
lightning, packets struck by, 210, 214-15,
227
line organization, significance of, 25-9, 37-8,
253
liner, early use of word, 17, 237
lines, nicknames of, 32
Lines, Capt. D., 171, 315, 338
live oak, 92, 298-9
Livingston, M., 270, 315
Liverpool I, 31, 99-100, 212, 215, 228, 276,
338
Liverpool II, 88, 99-100, 171, 270, 272, 280,
282, 299, 337, 340
Liverpool S.S., 257-8
Liverpool, reason for packet service to, 30;
route to, 7-10; shipping crews at, 143-5;
captains ashore at, 155; cotton boom at,
182-4; passenger service at, 237-8; cargoes
to, 307-8; speed averages from, 317-23;
and passim
Loines, J. & R., 119, 122
London, 197, 251, 282, 299, 336, 337
London, organization of service to, 33-4,
125-6; route to, 9; cargoes from, 38-9;
end of service, 271-2; see also Black X,
Swallowtail and passim
Long Island coast, description, 219; wrecks
on, 219-26
Lord, Capt. J. 338
Lorena, 290, 310, 343
Louisa, 288, 292, 338, 339, 340, 343, 344
Louisa Matilda, 66, 74, 216-17, 288, 344
Louis Philippe, 284, 333
Louisiana, 290, 340, 342, 343
Louisville, 66, 292, 309-10, 337, 339
Loveland, Capt. S., 338
Low, A. A., & Bro., 168
Lowber, Capt. A. B., 159, 338
Lozier, J., 276, 278, 326
Luce, Capt. J. C., 171, 313, 338
Lyme, Conn., 125, 333, 336, 338-9, 342, 343
Lyon, Capt. W. L., 338

M
Mackey, W., 84, 313
Macoduck, Capt. R. A., 338
Macon, 288, 301, 312, 339, 340
Macy, Capt. J., 323, 338


Macy, Capt. R. J., 338
Macy, Capt. S. G., 165, 323, 338
Magill, Capt. W. A., 338
Magna, Capt. J. N., 338
Maid of Orleans, 292, 299, 334
mail, 16, 27, 186-9, 205, 207, 208
mail packets, British, 17-18, 186
Maine, packets built in, 86-7, 167, 327;
captains from, 339, 341
Malibran, E., 103
Manchester, 199, 276, 284, 320-1, 338, 341,
343
Manhattan I, Red Star, 278, 336, 338, 341
Manhattan II, Black Ball, 276, 334, 336,
338, 340
Margaret Evans, 45, 126, 282, 299, 340, 342,
343
Marine Court, 148
marine insurance, 11, 45, 100, 154, 164, 165,
171, 220, 224, 228, 269
Marmion, 44, 284, 336, 337
Marsh, Capt. S. F., 338
Marshall, Capt. A. C., 313, 338
Marshall, Capt. B., 25, 37, 113, 114, 115,
138
Marshall, Capt. C. H., 90, 109, 115-17, 120,
126, 129, 135, 138, 159, 165, 168, 256,
271, 302, 313, 320-1, 323, 338
Marshall, Capt. E. C., 338
Marshall, Capt. R. C., 323, 338
Martineau, Harriet, 188, 200, 231, 237,
242-4
Massachusetts, packets built in, 87, 327;
captains from, 331-44
masts, 93-4
mates, 109, 140-1, 142, 151-3, 159
Mather, Capt. S. W., 338
Matilda, 218, 290, 310, 331
Mauran, O., 54, 130-1, 138
Maury, Lieut. M. F., 5, 6, 9-10, 12, 15, 190
Maury, Mrs. S. M., 237, 239, 247, 249-51
Maxwell, Capt. G., 245, 323, 338
Maxwell, Capt. S., 323, 338
McCormick, Capt., 338
McKay, D., 47, 81, 85, 88, 214, 225, 278
McManus, Capt. J., 339
McWilliams, Capt. J., 339
Mead, G., 118, 313
Medford, Mass., 87, 292, 294, 327
Mediator, 39, 45, 68, 126, 137, 282, 294, 315,
332, 333, 340, 342
Melville, H., 141, 143-5, 151-2
Memphis, 292, 315, 333, 334, 337, 339
Index


Merchants' Exchange, 111
Mercury, 286, 299, 315, 334, 335
Meteor, 30, 278, 301, 333, 335, 339
Meyer, Capt. F. R., 339
Miami, Fla., 218
Middle Haddam, Conn., 87, 292, 326
Middletown, Conn., 81, 87, 284, 286, 303,
326, 336
Milledgeville, 216, 288, 312, 340
Miner, Capt. A., 124, 339
Minerva, regular trader, 16, 21
Minturn, C., 123
Minturn, E., 123, 138
Minturn, R. B., 121, 123, 138, 314
Mississippi, 292, 309-10, 332, 334, 336, 339
Mobile, commercial importance, 59; packets
to, 60-1, 134, 302-3; speed statistics,
62-8, 317, 324-5; cargoes from, 70-3, 310;
list of ships, 290; steamship service to,
255; and passim
Montezuma, 45, 198, 225, 276, 332, 334, 338,
341
Montano, 33, 44, 284, 301, 333, 342
Montreal, 159, 280, 298, 301, 333, 335, 342
Moore, Capt. G., 193, 314, 339
Moore, Capt. G., Jr., 339
Moore, Capt. R. H., 339
Morgan, C., 132, 254-5
Morgan, Capt. E. E., 109, 126, 138, 156,
161, 165, 242, 245, 314, 339
Morgan, J., 278, 288, 326
Morrill, A., 133
Morris, Capt., 339
Morse, S. F. B., 99
Mulford, Capt. A. B., 339
Mulliner, Capt. W. R., 339
Mumford, Capt. O. R., 169, 339
Munro, Capt. J. S., 165, 220, 239
mutinies, 147, 148-51, 173, 251, 332, 336
Mystic, Conn., 336-7

N
Naghel, Capt. F., 339
Nantucket, 116, 165, 300-1, 333, 335, 338,
343
Napoleon, Emperor, arrival of news con-
cerning, 75-6
Napoleon, 122, 235-6, 278, 308, 342
Nashville, 66, 309-10, 340, 344
Natchez, 66, 87, l01, 168, 292, 301, 309, 340
Natchez S.S., 255
naval stores, 22, 40-2, 53, 71, 307-8
Navy, packet captains in, 331-2, 338, 341-2
Nelson, Capt. H., 339


365
Nelson, W., 135-6, 315
Ne Plus Ultra, 272, 296, 299
Neptune, 276, 299, 340
Nestor, 146, 148, 220, 228, 276, 338, 340,
342
New Bedford, 81, 87, 103-4, 121, 122, 134,
157, 162, 164, 278, 282, 300-1, 327, 331,
334, 336-7, 341, 342
New England, packets built in, 87, 327;
invasion of New York, etc., 115-16, 119,
121, 124, 125, 126, 131, 156-7
New Hampshire, 86-7, 157, 327; captains
from, 339, 344
New Haven, Conn., 303, 334, 338
New Jersey, 309; captains from, 335, 337,
338
New Jersey coast, description, 219; wrecks
upon, 219-25; life-saving on, 227-8
New Line to Liverpool, organization and
absorption, 45, 123; list of ships, 280;
and passim
New London, Conn., 221, 300-1, 303, 331,
336, 337
New Orleans, commercial significance, 56;
organization of packet service, 57-9,
134-7, 302-3; route to, 10-13; cargoes
from, 70-3, 309-10; speed of passages
from, 63-8, 317, 324-5; news via, 175;
cottom boom at, 182-5; steamships to,
225-6; list of ships, 290-5; and passim
New World, 88, 280, 299, 314, 320-1, 337
New York, relation to packet service, 2-3,
47; situation in 1815, 1-3; harbor, 3, 7,
29-30; rivalry with other ports, 2-4, 30,
38, 47, 75; relation to Liverpool, 30;
exports from, 52-3; packet construction
at, 81-7, 326; center of passenger traffic,
230; and passim
New York I (Black Ball), 276, 332, 337, 338
New York II (Black Ball), 276, 330, 331,
332, 334, 337, 338
New York (Havre), 284, 338, 342
New York (Charleston), 288, 337
Newark, 73, 218, 288, 312, 332, 334, 335
Newark, N.J., 73, 103, 132, 337
Newburgh, N.Y., 300-1, 341
Newburyport, Mass., 81, 87, 278, 292, 294
Newcastle, Me., 87, 282, 286, 296, 327
Newland, Capt. E. F., 339
Newman, Capt. S., 339
Newport, R.I., 121, 300
news, transmission by packets, 174-86;
value of commercial, 112
366


Index


news boats, 177-9
newspapers, packet notices in, 96-8
Niagara, 67, 286, 311, 332, 334
Nichols, Capt. S., 65, 339
Nolte, V., 183
Norfolk, Va., 174, 303
Normandie, 97, 213-14, 284, 340
North America, 44, 159, 222, 260, 276, 296,
307-8, 334, 337, 338
Northerner S.S., 255
Northumberland, 45, 226, 282, 336, 338, 342
Norwich, Conn., 81, 87, 116, 212, 280, 303,
326, 334, 336
Nye, Capt. E., 153, 170, 224, 320-1, 339

O
oak timber, 92, 298-9
Ocean Monarch, Boston-Liverpool packet,
250
Ocean Queen, 282, 336, 342
Ocmulgee, 288, 292, 301, 338
Oconee, 288, 292, 337, 338, 344
Old Lyme, Conn., see Lyme
Oneida, 286, 335, 343
O'Neill, Capt., 339
Ontario I, 99, 101, 248, 282, 301, 332, 341
Ontario II, 280, 344
operators, general survey, 106-39; also in
steam, 270-1; see also ownership
Orbit, 276, 322, 343
Orient, 280, 299, 335, 336
Oriental, clipper, 168, 169
Orleans, 292, 309, 332, 335, 341
Orne, Capt. W. B., 339
Orpheus, 44, 117, 259, 276, 307-8, 332, 333
Osborne, Capt. W., 339
Oswego, 292, 294, 334, 344
Othello, 220, 286, 331, 332, 336, 337, 342
Owen, Robert, 245
Owens, Capt. P. A., 339
ownership, general survey, 106-39; table of
proportional shares, 313-16; see also
operators
Oxford, 85, 90, 91, 100, 101, 198, 209, 235,
245, 276, 335, 340, 344

P
Pacific I (Black Ball), 20, 24-6, 29, 103,
112, 114, 157, 199, 235, 244, 276, 299,
301, 307, 335, 343
Pacific II (Black Ball), 97, 195, 236, 276,
334, 338, 341, 343
Pacific (New Orleans), 292, 299, 335, 339
Pacific S.S., 170
Packard, Capt. H., 217, 339


packet service, precedents for, 17-19; first
announcement and sailings, 20-4; dis-
tinctive features, 25-9; periods of expan-
sion, 29-35, 45; significance of regularity,
37-8; coastal service, 49-76; relation of
coastal to ocean lines, 49; statistics of
increase, 45, 274; minor lines, 18, 35, 46,
50, 100, 302-3; summary of lines, 302-3;
end of service, 269-72; see also, especially,
operators, ownership, cargoes, freight,
news, passengers, profits, sailing dates
packets, general survey of ships, 77-105;
description of typical ship, 77-9; in-
crease in size, 79-80, 86, 274; value of
ships, 43-4, 100-1, 272; normal earnings,
41-3; durability and length of service,
98-105; disposal of old ships, 100-5, 271-2,
300-1; details of individual ships, 276-
301; see also, especially, shipbuilding,
shipwrecks, captains, crews, whaling,
speed
Page, Capt. A. S., 339
Palestine, 226, 242, 282
Palmer, Capt. A. S., 159, 168, 190, 193,
223-4, 320-1, 339
Palmer, A., 124, 136, 168
Palmer, C., 168
Palmer, Capt. N. B., 90, 153, 159, 166-9,
171, 340
Palmer, Capt. T. D., 168
Panic of 1837, 117, 122
Panthea, 208, 278, 292, 331, 332, 334, 335,
336
Paris, 97, 208, 284, 341
Parker, Capt. E. J., 340
Parker, Capt. G., 134, 340
passengers, general survey, 229-52; New
York as center of traffic, 230; reservations
and embarkation, 16, 22, 110, 231-8;
fares, 42, 155, 229, 233-5; typical groups,
22, 203-5, 231; accommodations, 79, 95-7,
235-6, 238; and captains, 153-4; numbers
carried, 235, 267; food and drink, 155,
240-2, 247, 248-9; pastimes, 242-4; in
wrecks, 208, 213-15, 210-11, 222-4;
rivalry with steamships for, 260-3; see
also steerage passengers
Pate, W., 248-9
Patrick Henry, 163, 278-82, 299, 314, 334,
335, 337
Peabody, Capt. E. W., 340
Peabody, Capt. G. S., 340
Pease, Capt. W. G., 164, 220, 323, 340
Index


Peck, E., 130
Pell, Capt. J. B., 340
Pell, Capt. W. W., 246, 315, 340
Pennsylvania, 209-10, 227, 278
Porter, Capt. J. W., 314, 340
Portland, Me., 50, 86, 174
Portsmouth, England, 9, 34, 191, 264, 302,
317-21
Portsmouth, N.H., 86-7, 280, 286, 296, 303,
327, 339
Post, Capt. D. R., 340
Post, Capt. E. D., 340
Post, Capt. J., 340
Post, Capt. R. H., 340
Potato Famine, effect on packets, 262
Power, Tyrone, 95, 178, 236, 240-1, 243
Pratt, Capt. I., 340
Pratt, W. W., 303
President, Char., 54, 65, 193, 221, 229, 286,
335, 336, 337, 342, 344
President, London, 126, 193, 280, 333, 339
President S.S., 214, 259, 266
President U.S.S., 84, 208
Price, Capt. P., 340
Prime, N., 119, 130
Prince Albert, 91, 282, 339, 341
profits, from packet ownership and opera-
tion, 137-9
Providence, RI., 130, 135, 230, 300-1, 303
Perit, P., 116, 117, 118
Perrine, Patterson & Stack, 294, 326
Perth Amboy, 233
Petersburg, Va., packets to, 303
Phelps, A. G., 130-1, 138
Phelps & Peck, 130
Phelps, T., 122
Philadelphia, packets to Liverpool, 47, 334;
coastal packets to, 18, 35, 303; packets
built at, 81, 87, 288, 327; passengers from,
22, 230; and news transmission, 29,
174, 181-2; New York rivalry with, 30;
owners at, 126, 132; captains from, 332,
341, 343
Philadelphia, 280, 333, 337, 339
Phoebe Ann, 57, 290, 337
Phoenix, 14, 86, 278, 337
Pierce, Capt. J. A., 340
pilots, 178
pirates, 61
Plymouth Rock, 282, 299, 336
Poland, 147, 214-15, 227, 286, 331, 340
Popham, Capt. C. W., 171, 225, 340


367


Porter, C., 224, 276, 278, 326
Porter, Capt. D. L, 340


Q

quarantine, 233
Quebec, 68, 282, 292, 332, 335, 336, 343
Quebec, news via, 175
Queen Mab, 44, 284, 332, 333, 335, 340
Queen of the West, 45, 96, 280, 314, 330, 336
344
Quesnel, E., 302

R
"railroad iron," 102, 268
Rathbone, Capt. J., 66, 149, 158, 172, 245,
340
Rattoone, Capt. J. R., 340
Raynes, G., 86
Red Jacket, clipper, 169, 170
Red Star Line (Second Line), organization,
30, 43, 118-20, 302; end of service, 271;
list of ships, 278-9; and passim
Reed, H., 340
Reform Bill, news of passage, 176
regular traders, 15-16, 26
Reid, Capt. S. C., 323
repairs, 82-3, 108
Republican, 335
Rhine, 282, 299, 334, 339
Rhode Island, packet built in, 86-7, 327
Rhone, 284, 335, 336, 337, 338, 341, 344
rice in cargoes, 71-3, 311
Rich, Capt. J. L., 340
Rich, Capt. S. W., 340
Richards, Capt. H., 340
Richardson, Capt. A., 340
Richardson, Capt. E., 147, 340-1
Richmond, Va., packets to, 303
Ricketson, Capt. H., 341
Rider, Capt. J., 341
Ripley, Center & Co., 61
Robert Carnley, 335
Robert Edwards, 280, 341
Robert Fulton, 31, 102, 278, 328, 335, 336
Robert Fulton S.S., 254
Robinson, Capt. H., 341
Rochester, 186, 211, 213, 280, 332, 344
Rochester, Mass., 171, 338
Rockett, Capt. J., 341
Rogers, Capt. J., 192, 323, 341
Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, 120
Roosevelt & Joyce, 86, 292, 326
Roscius, 44, 124, 170, 194, 213, 261, 262,
280, 330, 334, 335, 340
Roscoe, 163, 278, 307, 308, 334, 337, 341
368                                Index
Rose, Capt. S., 341
Royal William I S.S., 257
Royal William II S.S., 189, 257-8
Russell, 290, 301, 335, 339, 341
Russell, Capt. J., 341
Russell, J. W., 57, 134-5, 184
Russell, Capt. W. H., 341
Russell Baldwin, 217, 290, 310, 338, 343

S
sailing dates, 16, 17, 29, 31, 302-3
Sailors' Snug Harbor, 342
sails, 94
St. Andrew, 120, 184-5, 209, 227, 278, 342
St. Charles, 66, 294, 315, 332, 334, 336
St. Denis, 226, 286, 335, 337
St. James, 260, 282, 339, 341
St. John, 67, 135, 290, 310, 336, 340, 342,
344
St. John, S., Jr., 134
St. Louis, 86, 292, 299, 337
St. Mary's, 294, 332, 335
St. Nicholas, 194, 226, 286, 315, 332, 335,
340
Salem, 15; packets to, 303
Saluda, 102, 286, 311-12, 336, 337, 339, 343
salvage operations, 224-5
Samson, 215-16, 282, 333, 342
Samuel M. Fox, 284, 315, 331
Samuel Robertson, 280, 301, 336
Samuel Russell, clipper, 168, 169
Samuels, Capt. S., 150-1, 332, 341
Sands, J., 119
Sandwich, Mass., 170, 339
Sandy Hook, 3, 7, 218-19, 221, 225, 237,
247, 298
San Francisco, old packets at, 104-5
Sarah Sands S.S., 263, 271
Saratoga, 290, 292, 301, 336, 341
Saugatuck, Conn., 131, 331
Savannah, commercial significance, 55;
packet service to, 55-6, 58, 132-4, 302;
cargoes from, 70-3, 312; route to, 10-11;
speed of passages from, 63-8, 317, 324-5;
list of ships to, 288-91; steamship service
to, 255; and passim
Savannah, 56, 288, 332, 339
Savannah S.S., 55, 256
Saybrook, Conn., 87, 124, 134, 286, 288,
290, 326, 333-4, 336, 338-9, 342-3
Schurz, C., 251-2
Scott, W., 133
Scott & Shapter (Scott, Shapter & Morrill,
Scott & Morrill), 133, 136, 302


Scoville, J. A., 184-5, 121, 128-9, 165
sea lanes, North Atlantic, 6-10; southern
coastal, 10-13
Sears, Capt. R., 341
Sears, Capt. S., 341
seasickness, 239
Sea Witch, clipper, 169
Sebor, Capt. W. S., 161, 341
Seguine, C., 132-3, 302-3
Seguine, James, 132-3
Seguine, Joseph, 132
Servoss, T. L, 136
Shakespeare, 44, 80, 124, 280, 292, 309-10,
334, 339
"shanghaiing," 145-6
shanty, 147, 160
Shapter, J. S., 133
Shapter, T. M., 133
Shapter, Capt. T. R., 341
Shearman, Capt. D. S., 341
sheathing, 95
Sheffield, 145, 150, 225, 278, 301, 307-8, 331,
336, 340
Sherburne, Capt. S., 341
Sheridan, 44, 91, 124, 280, 314, 334, 340, 341
shipbuilding, tonnage of various types of
vessels, 13-14; influence of flat-floored
packets, 58, 66, 90-1; general survey of
packet building, 77-98; ship timber, 91-2,
298-9; principal builders, 83-5; summary
of builders and places of building, 86-7,
326-7; builders' share in ownership, 107-8,
128, 130, 137; later packets, 268-9
Shipley, Capt. T., 341
shipwrecks, general survey, 202-28; also, 93,
98, 101-4, 120, 135, 164-5, 171-3, 254-5,
259, 261; see also marine insurance
Siddons, 44, 91, 124, 167, 260, 280, 314,
332, 333, 337
Silas Holmes, 66, 292, 332, 335
Silas Richards, 102, 104, 185, 195, 301, 333,
336
Silvanus Jenkins, 278
Simsbury, Conn., 130
Sinclair, Capt. W., 341
Sirius S.S., 39, 43, 235, 248, 258, 260
Sir Robert Peel, 45, 272, 282, 299, 333
Sketchley, Capt. W., 320-1, 341
Skiddy, Capt. J. R., 341
Skiddy, Capt. W., 313-14, 341
small-pox, among immigrants, 250
Smith, Capt. A., 342
Smith, Capt. F. P., 342

Index


Smith, Capt. J. P., 171, 210, 342
Smith, Junius, 25, 257-9
Smith, Stephen, 83, 85, 282
Smith & Dimon, 83, 85, 276, 278, 282, 284,
288, 326
smuggling, 165
Solon, regular trader, 215
Somerset, Mass., 87, 286, 327
South, reaction to cotton triangle, 76
South America, 44, 90, 116, 163, 168, 186,
198, 236, 276, 301, 308, 320-1, 332, 338,
343
South Carolina, 286, 330
South Street, 106, 113
Southampton, 282, 299, 339, 340, 342
Southampton, England, 264
Southerner, 292, 342
Southerner S.S., 255
Southern merchants in N.Y., 74
Southport, 286, 335, 336, 338
Southport, Conn., 131
Sovereign, 222, 280, 333, 336, 337
specie, 27, 39, 61, 71, 72, 123, 155, 205, 207,
208, 214, 309-10
speed, general survey of coastal passages,
62-8; of ocean passages, 189-201; sta-
tistical tables, 317-25; and passim
Spencer, Capt. A., 342
Spencer, Capt. S., 342
Spencer, Capt. T., 342
Spofford, P., 124, 139, 314
Spofford, Tileston & Co., 62, 124, 139, 225,
271, 302
Splendid, 286, 334, 336
Sprague, Capt. B., 342
Stack, T., 296
Stamford, Conn., 84, 85, 157
Stanton, Capt., 342
Stanton, Capt. J., 114, 146, 157, 323, 342
Stanton, T. P., 136-7, 314, 316
Stanton, T. N., 316
Stark, Capt. D. S., 342
Stark, Capt. D., 172, 342
Statira, 288, 344
steamships and steamboats, precedent for
line service, 18; as tugs or tenders for
packets, 29, 30, 237-8; packet captains
shifting to, 165, 169-71, 334-8, 344; com-
petition with packets, 253-66; also 101,
106, 117, 124, 125, 180, 187, and passim
steerage passengers, general survey, 247-51;
also, 28, 32-3, 46, 102, 113, 205, 224, 235,
262, 330


369


Stephania, 44, 284, 299, 301, 338, 340, 342
Stephen Whitney, 171, 211, 225, 278, 340,
342
Stetson, Capt. J. P., 342
stevedores, 109
stewards and stewardesses, 210, 233, 239,
328
Stoddard, Capt. C., 210, 342
Stoddard, Capt. W. C., 165, 342
"Stone-Fleet," ex-packets in, 104
Stonington, Conn., 62, 87, 117, 122, 124,
167, 168, 294, 326, 331, 333, 337, 339, 340
Street, Thaddeus, 131
Street, Timothy, 131
Sturgis, Capt. R., 342
subsidies, 260, 263-5
sugar, in cargoes, 70-3, 309-10
Sullivan, 286, 335, 343
Sullivan, Capt. J., 342
Sully, 44, 99, 246, 269, 284, 333, 335, 338,
340, 342
Sultana, 66, 88, 292, 332, 333, 334
Sutton, 286, 311-12, 332, 335
Sutton, Capt. E. D., 342
Sutton, G., 55, 109, 131, 165, 302, 342
Swallowtail Lines, Liverpool and London,
organization, 31, 34, 120-3, 125-6, 302;
interchange of ships, 100; list of ships,
278-81, 282-5; end of service, 271-2; see
also Fish & Grinnell, Grinnell, Minturn
& Co.; and passim
Switzerland, 196, 282, 333, 335, 337, 342
Sylvanus Jenkins, 278, 331, 335
Sylvie de Grasse, 104, 159, 284, 340, 343

T
Talma, 44, 290, 333, 334, 338, 340
Taylor, M., 62, 139
Taylor & Merrill, 46
Taylor & Rich, 46
telegraph, "birthplace" of, 99, 246
Tennessee, 290, 335, 337
textiles, importance in packet cargoes, 24,
27, 32-8, 73-5; freight rates on, 304; and
passim
Thames, 336
Thomaston, Me., 296
Thomson, Capt. W., 315, 323, 342
Thompson, F., 25, 37, 113, 114, 154
Thompson, James, 316
Thompson, Jeremiah, 23, 25, 37, 47, 113-14,
161, 182, 184, 272
Thompson, S., 46, 113
Thompson, Capt. W. C., 158, 209, 263, 342

Thorne & Williams, 288
Thorp, Capt. J., 342
Thorp, W., 131
Tileston, T., 138, 314; see also Spofford &
Tileston
timber, 91-2, 298-9
Tinker, Capt. E. G., 159, 314, 342
Tinkham, Capt. J., 303, 323, 343
tobacco in cargoes, 41, 70-3, 308-12
Todd, W. W., 303
tonnage, bases of measurement, 80, 298-9
Topaz, Boston-Liverpool packet, 44
Tornado, clipper, 169
Toronto, 68, 282, 294, 336, 340, 342, 343
Toulon, 294, 340, 343
towing, N.Y., harbor, 29, 30
Train, E., 47, 213, 228, 250
transient ships, 15
Trask, Capt. B. I. H., 343
Trenton, 288, 294, 332
Trimble, G. T., 118, 138
Truman, Capt. D. H., 211, 343
Truro, Mass., 123, 333
Tucker, F. C., 123, 126, 133, 135
Tuskina, 290, 310, 340
Tybee, 67, 288, 344

U
Underwriter, 45, 278, 339, 341
Union, 294, 334, 337, 340, 341
United States, 100, 188, 212-14, 237, 278,
308, 332, 337
United States S.S., 118, 255
Upshur, Capt. L., 343
Urquhart, Capt. J., 343
Utica, 149, 284, 334, 336, 340

V
Vandyke, Capt. D., 212, 343
Vera Cruz, packets to, 61, 123-4, 136, 302
Vermont, captains from, 337
vessels, description of types, 13-14
Vicksburg, 12, 292, 309, 332, 333, 337, 344
Victoria, 91, 156, 282, 299, 314, 333, 337,
339, 342
Ville de Lyon, 210, 227, 284, 342
Virginia, captain from, 334
Virginia, 290, 335, 336
Virginian, 99, 188, 225, 278, 331, 334, 336

W
Wabash, 294, 336, 342
wages, crew and officers, 143, 152; captains,
154-5
Waite, Capt. B. L, 160, 243, 313, 343
Waldoboro, Me., 87, 294, 296, 327


Walker, J., 114
War of 1812, 1, 14, 84
Ward, S., Jr., 119, 134
Wardle, T., 131, 169
Warner, Capt. S. C., 314, 343
Warren, R.I., 86-7, 288, 327
Washington, D.C., packets to, 303
Washington, N.C., packets to, 303
Waterloo, 278, 313, 330, 331, 336
Waterloo, battle of, news of, 176
Waterman, Capt. R., 165, 166, 343
Waterman, Capt. R. H., 166-9, 320-1, 343
Watkinson, Capt. J., 22, 323, 343
Watson, Capt. J., 343
Webb, I., 85, 278, 290
Webb, W. H., 83, 85-9, 91, 102, 118, 222,
269, 276-96, 313, 315, 326
Webb & Allen, 276, 278, 282, 290
Webster, 280, 299, 337
Wellington, 68, 269, 282, 294, 333
West, Capt. F., 343
West, Capt. G., 343
West Point, 278, 331, 336, 339
Westbrook, Conn., 338
Westerly, R.I., 332
Westervelt, J. A., 83-4, 86, 87, 88, 92, 126,
280, 282, 313-15, 326
Westervelt & Mackey, 278-86
Westervelt & Roberts, 282, 294
Westminster, 68, 137, 282, 294, 314, 333, 337;
338, 339, 341, 343
Westport, Conn., 343
whaling, ex-packets in, 102-4, 269; list of,
300-1; operators formerly in, 116, 121;
and passim
Wheden, Capt. W., 343
Whitall, Capt. J. D., 343
White, Capt. G., 343
White, Capt. J. C., 343
White, Capt. W., 343
Whitlock, W., Jr., 56, 100, 126, 128, 132-3,
138, 215, 280, 302, 344
Whitney, S., 119, 130, 211
Wibray, Capt. J., 66, 343
Wiederholt, Capt. L., 343
Wildes, G., 302
Wiley, A., 126
Willard, Capt. J., 343
William, 57, 290, 341, 343
William Byrnes, 102, 278, 336
William Drayton, 216, 286, 336, 341, 342
William F. Storer, 296, 299
William Frothingham, 286, 299, 342


Index


370
Index


William Nelson, 286, 333
William  Tell, 286, 343
William Thompson, 276, 301, 332, 334, 338,
342
William Wallace, 66, 220, 288, 344
Williams, J., 288, 292, 294, 326
Williams, Capt. J., 148, 154-5, 171, 203,
205, 206, 207, 244, 323, 343
Williams, Capt. J. H., 148, 343
Williams, R. P., 124, 134
Williams, Capt. S., 344
Williams, Capt. W., 344
Williams, Capt. W. H., 344
Williams & Guion, 46, 343
Wilmington, Del., 118, 340
Wilmington, N.C., packets to, 303
Wilson, Capt. Hezekiah, 65, 344
Wilson, Capt. Henry, 344
Wilson, Capt. J. D., 344
Wilson, Capt. J. L., 344
winter passages, 26, 194-6, 289
Wood, Capt. A. A., 344
Wood, Capt. D., 344
Wood, Capt. D. H., 344
Wood, S., 118
Wood, Capt. T., 344
Wood, Trimble & Co., 119
Woodhouse, Capt. P., 159, 186, 313, 344


371


Woodhull, A., 123, 138
Woodhull & Minturn, 45, 84, 123
Woodruff, J. O., 316
Worth, Capt. C. P., 316, 344
Wotton, Capt. J., 171, 315, 344
wrecks, see shipwrecks
Wright, F., 146
Wright, I., 25, 37, 83, 112, 113, 114, 115,
120, 138, 231-3
Wright, Capt. J. T., 344
Wright, S., 25, 83, 84, 154, 205, 212, 276,
278, 282, 288, 326
Wright, W., 25, 113, 114, 115, 138

Y
Yarmouth, Mass., 170, 335-6, 341
Yazoo, 292, 309-10, 339, 343
Yeaton, Capt. S. B., 169, 245, 344
York, 101, 104, 278, 282, 301, 333, 334, 339,
342
Yorkshire, 45, 87, 89, 118, 151, 153, 163,
179, 193, 196, 198, 200, 226, 262, 276,
320-1, 332, 336, 338, 341, 344
Yorktown, 282, 299, 330, 332, 339, 341
Young Brander, clipper, 171

Z
Young, Capt. E., 344
Zerega, A., 46, 100
Zurich, 284, 299, 315, 332, 337, 340, 342

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