AAbbot Lawrence, medium clipper ship,255,256,258Abergeldie, British clipper ship,205Abrahams, J., builder, Baltimore,357,362Abrahams & Ashcroft, owners, Baltimore,357Achilles, British iron screw steamer,332Ackley, Samuel, builder N. Y.,16,17Ada, Brit. clipper ship, tea-trade,325-6,371Adamson & Bell, China merchants,325Adelaide, packet ship,44—— clipper ship,298,360—— British iron screw steamer,286Admiral Gardner, Brit. E. Indiamen,25Adriatic, Collins Line S. S.,49,250;med. clipper ship,258Ajax, Brit. iron screw steamer,332Akbar, clipper ship, China trade,62,138Alarm, Cal. clipper ship,289,299,363Albert Gallatin, packet ship,42,48,142Albion, packet ship,38Alert, Cal. clipper ship,350Alexander Marshall, packet ship,41Alfred, Brit. ship,36-37Alhambra, med. clipper ship,258,291Allen, Wm. H., N. Y. packet captain,44Alliance, U. S. frigate, 1778,6,7Alsop & Co., S. Francisco, agents ofChallenge,187Amelia Packet, Brit. barque,180America, Brit. fifty-gun frigate, built at Portsmouth, N. H.,9Amos Lawrence, med. clipper ship,255Amphitrite, Cal. clipper ship,232,256Andrew Jackson, Cal. med. clipper ship,253,295;362;89 days to S. Francisco,144,178,296,300,369;other records,247,295,297,298,368Andrews, Capt., later ship,341;Red Gauntlet,359Anglo-American, packet ship,56Anglo-Saxon, packet ship,56Angola, clipper schooner, opium trade,58Ann McKim, first clipper ship built,60-2Antarctic, ship,56Antelope, clipper brig, opium trade,58,59,138—— Cal. clipper ship,353;records,290,296,298,299,368Appleton, Wm., ship-owner, Boston,361Archer, Cal. clipper ship,248,356;records,248,298,299,367,369Architect, clipper ship,70Arctic, Collins Line S. S.,309Arey, Capt.,Spitfire,359Argo, Brit., first merchant ship with steam power to circumnavigate the globe,287Argonaut, clipper ship,196Ariel, clipper schooner, opium trade,58—— clipper ship, China trade,68—— Cal. clipper ship,353—— Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,324,347,371;racer,324-30,332-3,335Aristides, Brit. ship, Australian trade,333Arizona, S. S.,278Aryan, last Amer. wooden sailing ship, 1893,340Ashburton, N. Y. packet,41,54Atlanta, clipper ship, Cal. trade,298,299Atlantic, first Amer. ship in India,12-13Aurora, ship,236,299Austerlitz, ship,193Austin & Co., builders, Damariscotta, Me.,356Australian, Brit. screw steamer,286Avery, Capt.,Euterpe,363Aymer & Co., owners, N. Y.,359BBabcock, Col. Harry,160—— Maj. Paul,84,160—— Capt. David S.,84;Sword Fish,160-1,213,352;Young America,233,360Bacon, Daniel C., owner,135,349;Pres. Amer. Nav. Club,202-4—— D. G. & W. B., owners,304,358Bailey, Capt.,Yorkshire,46Baines, James, owner, L’pool,342—— & Co., L’pool, Australian Black Ball Line,266,268,272;vessels for,273,284Baker, Capt.,352,357,363Baker & Morrill, owners, Boston,352,355,357,361,363Bald Eagle, Cal. clipper ship,216,237,343,353;story of race,200-2;records,299,300,366Baltic, med. clipper ship,258—— Collins Line S. S.,309Baltimore, ship-building,54,60-62,70,136,254,350,357,362Baltimore, Havre packet ship,41Bangs, Benj., owner, Boston,360Barclay & Livingston, owners, N. Y.,159,352Baring Bros. & Co.,203-4Barrington, ship,193Barry, Commodore,11Barry, Capt.,Saracen,361Barstow, Gideon, of E. Boston Timber Co.,49Barstow, Capt.,351,354Bartlett, Capt.,352Barwell, Capt.,362Bates & Thaxter, owners, Boston,362Bath, Me., ship-building,105,152,351,353,357Bavaria, packet ship,48Baxter, Capt.,Nabob,361Beacon Light, Cal. clipper ship,362Beauchamp, Capt. Isaac,Defender,255Beauregard, Confederate privateer,14Beaver, ship, China trade,17Bell, Jacob, builder, N. Y.,47,136,152,164,216,352,354,358,360;seeBrownBell & Co., builders, Baltimore,136,350Belle of the Sea, clipper ship, Australian trade,284Belle of the West, Cal. clipper ship,299,356Belted Will, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,320,371Ben Nevis, Brit. clipper ship, Australian trade,266,268Benefactor, clipper barque, China trade,209Bengal, ship,193Benjamin, Capt.,Helena,62Bennett, Capt.,Oliver Ellsworth,16Bergh, Christian, builder, N. Y.,17,47,48Berry, Capt.,Courser,350Bertram, Capt. John, Salem,141,166-8Best days’ run,69,70,178,179,207,220,221,228,266,278,281,295,320,327,330,334,336,338Bishop, J., & Co., owners, N. Y.,358Black Ball Line, N. Y., L’pool packets,38,39-40,41,42;vessels,38,41,52;flag,42;match,45;captains,39-40;discipline,44,73Australian clippers,seeJames Baines & Co.Black Hawk, Cal. clipper ships (Webb),291,364;(Currier),364Black Prince, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,322,371;race,325-6—— Cal. clipper ship,360Black Warrior, Cal. clipper ship,356Blenheim, Brit. merchant frigate,36Blessing of the Bay, colonial barque, 1631,2Blue Jacket, clipper ship, Australian trade,270;later ship,341Bombay, Brit. E. Indiaman,34Bonita, Cal. clipper ship,356Bordman, Wm. H., Amer. Nav. Club,202Borland, Capt.,Gauntlet,357Borrows & Spooner, owners, N. Y.,84Boston, packet ship,52Boston Light, clipper ship,253,300,356Boston & Liverpool Packet Company,51-2Bowditch, Nath., navigator,141Bowers, Capt.,Black Hawk,364Boyd, Col. Geo., 1767,53Boyd, F., & Co., owners, Boston,359Brenda, packet ship,52Brewster, Capt. Geo.,249,356Brewster, Capt. Wm.,227Briganza, ship, eighteenth century,16Briggs Brothers (E. & H. O.), builders, South Boston,50-1;Cal. clippers,152,163,233,351-63Brighton, packet ship,40Britannia, Black Ball packet ship,38,43,47,73Britton, Capt. John,Constitution,43Brookline, ship,52Brower, J. H., & Co., owners, N. Y.,295,361,362Brown, 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.,47-8,53,58,63,70,72Brown, Capt.,359,360Bryant & Sturgis, owners, Boston,52Bucephalus, Brit. frigate,36Buckinghamshire, Brit. E. Indiaman,32,34Bucklin & Crane, owners of first Cal. clipper ship, N. Y.,135,159,349,350,363,364Burgess,seeSnow, owners,304Burgess, Capt.,349,355Burgoyne, Capt.,Titania,347Bursley, Capt. Ira,43,350,356Bush & Comstock, owners, Boston,360,362Bush & Wildes, owners, Boston,362CCairngorm, Brit. clipper ship, China trade,208Cairo, ship, Boston,54Caledonia, ship,47Calhoun, ship,47California, Pacific Mail, S. S.,103Caliph, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,332,372Callahan, Capt.,Storm King,359Cambria, N. Y., packet ship,40Cambridge, N. Y. packet ship,41Cameron, R. W.’s Australian line,284,304Canada, N. Y. packet ship,38,47—— Cunard S. S.,221,309Canfield, Capt.,351,354Canning, Brit. E. Indiaman,32,34Canvasback, Cal. clipper ship,250,360Capitol, ship,193Carmelite, ship, 1807,17-18Carnatic, Brit. ship,36Carrier Dove, Cal. clipper ship,253,362Castle Eden, Brit. ship,36Cathay,Kathay, Cal. clipper ship,232,358Cave, Capt.,Panama,358Celestial, Cal. clipper ship, first to be launched,135,136,159,349;records,145-6,229,300,365Celestial Empire, Cal. clipper ship,353Challenge, Cal. clipper ship,152,156,164,174,222,337,350;vicious crew,77,181-9;in China trade,196-7,206-7;records,181,299,301,365Challenger, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,206;race,206-7—— Cal. clipper ship,271,356,367Chamberlain & Co., owners, N. Y.,351Chamberlain & Heyser, owners, N. Y.,351,355Chariot of Fame, med. clipper ship, Australian trade,270Charles Carroll, packet ship,41Charles Grant, Brit. E. Indiaman,32Charles H. Marshall, N. Y., pilot boat,305Charlestown, ship, South American trade,161Charmer, Cal. clipper ship,253,254,362—— later ship,341Chase, T., & Co., owners, Boston,363Chase & Tappan, owners, Boston,357Cheesborough, Capt. Robt. B.,254,363Chinaman, clipper ship,325-6,346Chrysolite, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,199,202,205,206-7Chrystall, James, British owner,35City of Glasgow, Inman Line, S. S.,314City of Pekin, Pacific S. S.,86Clarke, Capt.,Canvasback,360Cleopatra, Cal. clipper ship,216,353;records,253,299,367Climax, Cal. clipper ship,298,353Coggin, Capt.,Panparo,358Coleman, Wm. T., & Co., owners, N. Y.,106Collins, E. K., manager of Dramatic Line,40,43—— Capt. John,Shakespeare,43Collins Line S. S.,250,271,309,312Collyer, Thos., & Mm., builders, N. Y.,49,232,358Columbia, 1773, first Amer. ship to sail round globe,14,51—— N. Y. packet ship,38,40,43;No.2,48Columbus, N. Y., packet ship,41,43,45,52Comet, 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,340Commodore Perry, ship, Australian trade,273Composite build,321-2,371-2Condry, Dennis, owner ofDelia Walker,53-5Congress, ship,47Connell & Co., builders, Glasgow,324,371,372Conner, Capt.,Carrier Dove,362Constant Warwick, first frigate built,5Constantine, packet ship,141Contest, Cal. clipper ship,216,227,344,353;records,224,296,297,299,366;race withNorthern Light,227—— Brit. ship,267Coolidge & Co., owners, Boston,361Cooper & Slicer, owners, Baltimore,359Cope, Thos., Phila., owner of packet line,40Copper fastened,10,30,33,34,61,285;sheathed,61,285,320,322Coquette, clipper barque, China trade,64Corinthian, packet ship,40Cornelia, ship,48Cornelius Grinnell, packet ship,42,56,141,236Cornwallis, ship,