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,