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in 1830, during an unusually prolonged spell of easterly weather which saw several other packet ships making the journey in 16 to 17 days. Captain Joseph Delano was reported to be "up with the Banks of
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1403:4 September
1356:Cutler 1984
1321:Cutler 1984
201:ocean liner
97:Area served
45:Partnership
1563:Categories
1500:Ferry Coho
1212:References
1167:Liverpool.
1154:Marco Polo
828:Isaac Webb
735:1129 (bm)
713:1050 (bm)
686:1683 (bm)
519:Isaac Webb
325:Year built
277:Isaac Webb
90:Bankruptcy
1505:29 August
1343:225962096
1144:Lightning
1090:1177 BRT
1067:1406 BRT
1044:1410 BRT
1019:1383 BRT
986:Britannia
855:1443 BRT
805:1299 BRT
801:Manhattan
698:Sovereign
655:895 (bm)
625:996 (bm)
619:Yorkshire
595:924 (bm)
588:Montezuma
480:Liverpool
438:424 tons
409:381 tons
285:Montezuma
281:Manhattan
265:Yorkshire
253:Cambridge
165:Liverpool
1539:Archived
1112:In 1851
817:en route
778:New York
709:Columbia
530:Superior
469:New York
412:103'6''
393:New York
347:Remarks
344:Shipyard
257:New York
245:Columbus
229:Columbia
221:New York
159:and the
126:Old Line
71:New York
50:Industry
1451:11 July
1378:1 April
1177:MV Coho
1127:clipper
1063:Neptune
753:Orpheus
649:Fidelia
405:Courier
356:Pacific
336:Length
332:Tonnage
269:Fidelia
261:England
210:guineas
192:England
183:History
169:England
157:Pacific
153:Courier
112:figure.
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58:Founded
1476:25 May
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1244:25 May
967:Canada
948:Albion
910:Nestor
459:Albion
444:28'3''
295:, and
249:Oxford
225:Canada
203:. The
147:, the
130:Quaker
1192:Notes
891:Orbit
872:Eagle
528:ship
401:1817
382:382 (
378:Amity
352:1807
149:Amity
1507:2023
1478:2022
1453:2021
1405:2024
1380:2020
1339:OCLC
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1264:ISBN
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1082:1860
1059:1855
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430:1817
374:1816
340:Beam
328:Name
308:Roud
171:and
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65:1817
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