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