299Mallory, Chas., builder, Mystic, Conn.,358,364Mandarin, Cal. clipper ship,135,136,145-6,301,349;passages: S. Francisco,146,299;Canton,208;Melbourne,284,288Manhattanship, 1796, China trade,16-17—— N. Y. packet ship, Red Star Line,40—— N. Y. packet ship, Black Ball Line,41Manning & Stanwood, owners, Boston,359Manson, Capt.,357,362Marco Polo, Brit. clipper ship, Australian service,265-6,267-8,275,284,346Margaret Evans, packet ship,89Margaret Forbes, ship, Boston,52Maria Somes, Brit. ship,36Marion, Brit. ship,36Marion MacIntyre, Brit. barque, composite build,322Marlborough, Brit. merchant frigate,36Marquis of Camden, Brit. E. Indiaman,32Marquis of Wellington, Brit. E. Indiaman,32Marsden, Capt.,Melbourne,338Marshall, Benj., part owner, Black Ball Line, N. Y.-L’pool,38—— Capt. Chas. H., owner, Black Ball Line,41,43,73,303Mary and John, ship of Popham colonists, 1607,1Mary Broughton, barque,53Mary Fish, N. Y. pilot boat,305Mary Howland, ship, N. Y.,47Mary L. Sutton, Cal. clipper ship,289,364;records,299,300,368,369Mary Taylor, N. Y. pilot boat,305Mary Whitridge, Cal. clipper ship,86,253,254Mason, John W., carver, Boston,166Mastiff, med. clipper ship,258Masting ofRainbow,66-7Matchless, clipper ship, Boston,367Materials of merchant ships,3,10,30,50,210,285,287-8,301,313-15,316,322,340Mather, Capt. Saml.,Nightingale,207Matheson, Sir James, owner ofStornoway,198;seeJardineMatthews, Capt., Cal. clippers,359,361,363Maury, Lieut. M. F., U. S. N., life,146-50;Wind and Current Charts,147-8,205,226;“Maury’s log,â€�148;Sailing Directions,147-49;Physical Geography of the Sea,148;Australian routes,261;opinion ofGt. Republic,294Maury, clipper barque, tea trade,209Maxon & Fish, builders, Mystic, Conn.,369Maxton, Capt.,Lord of the Isles,209,320Mayhew, Capt. P. N.,Dreadnought,247Medway, ship, London-Melbourne line,263-5Memnon, clipper ship, China trade,70,202;California passages,145-6,180Merchants’ Hope, Brit. E. Indiaman,232Merchants’ Magazine, Hunt’s,148Mercury, packet ship,41Mermaid, clipper ship,299Messenger, Cal. clipper ship,216,354Metcalf & Co., builders, Damariscotta, Me.,352Meteor, packet ship,40—— Cal. clipper ship,354;records,253,366,368Middleton, Sir Henry, commander ofTrades Increase, 1609,23Midnight, Cal. clipper ship,361Miller, Capt.,Dauntless,353Millett, Capt. I. H.,Witch of the Wave,172,206,353Min, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,320,371Minerva, ship,15—— Brit. E. Indiaman,32,34Minna, clipper schooner, opium trade,59Minnehaha, med. clipper ship,258Minot & Hooper, owners, Boston,68Minturn, Robt.,109Miroslav-Young America,234Monarch, Brit. ship,36—— Aberdeen clipper,58Monsoon, Cal. clipper ship,152,351Montana, packet ship,41Montauk, clipper ship, China trade,63-4Montesquieu, Girard ship, China trade,16Montezuma, N. Y. packet ship,41,46,48,89Morgan, Capt. E. E., packet ships,44Morning Light, Cal. clipper ship,358Morning Star, Cal. clipper ship,233,346Morris, Capt.,R. B. Forbes,139-40Moses Wheeler, ship, Boston,56Mumford, Capt. O. R.,Tornado,211-12,352Murphy, Capt.,Black Warrior,356Murray, Alexander,11Myers, Capt.,Flora Temple,357Myrick, Capt.,Seaman,350Mystery, Cal. clipper ship,232,358Mystic, Conn.,160;ship-building,105,295,360,364NN. B. Palmer, Cal. clipper ship,87,152,162,174,301,306,343,352;records,178,208,300,365;race withFlying Cloud,214-15Nabob, Cal. clipper ship,250,361Napier, Johnson & Co., N. Y., owners ofSunny South,250,303Napoleon, N. Y. packet ship,40Nashville, New Orleans packet ship,41Natchez, N. Orleans packet ship,41,68;in China trade,74-5,135,208Nelson, Capt.,Harvey Birch,361Neptune’s Car, Cal. clipper ship,306-7,337,343,358;records,253,297,299Nestor, packet ship,38New World, packet ship,42,43,56,89,142,216New York, packet ship,38,41Newburyport,167;ship-builders,18,52;seeCurrier, Jackson, McKay;ship-building,7,49,68,105,243Newlands, Capt. Alexander,Lightning,279Niagara, first ship built at E. Boston,50Niantic, Brit. ship,176-7Nicholas, Jonathan, impromptu lines,170Nickels, Capt. Edward,Flying Fish,156,213,225,297,345,351—— Commander John A. H., U. S. N.,156Nightingale, Cal. clipper ship,164-5,196,302,337,343,375;China passage,206-7;Australian passage,284Nonpareil, Cal. clipper ship,250,361Noonday, Cal. clipper ship,363Norfolk, Brit. ship, Australian trade,285Norma, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade,208Norseman, Cal. clipper ship,289,364North America, ship, 1804,17—— clipper ship,299North Beach, S. Francisco,175North Wind, Cal. clipper ship,284,288,358,368Northern 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,340Northerner, Pacific Mail S. S.,75,189Northfleet, Kent, ship-building,32Nor’wester, Cal. clipper ship,361Nott, Capt.,Don Quixote,357Noyes, Charlotte, Mrs. D. S. Babcock,161,306—— Joseph Stonington,161Nutsfield, Capt.,Taitsing,326Nye, Capt. Ezra, packet shipsIndependence,45;Henry Clay,89Nye, Parkin & Co., China merchants,70OOberlin, packet ship,52Ocean Chief, clipper ship,271Ocean Express, Cal. clipper ship,253,299,363Ocean Monarch, packet ship (McKay),56—— packet ship (Webb),164Ocean Pearl, clipper ship,299Ocean Queen, packet ship,48Ocean Telegraph, Cal. clipper ship,250,271,346,361;records,218,299,300,369Odd Fellow, barque,217Ogden, David, N. Y., owner Red Cross packets,244,304Oliver Ellesworth, ship, N. Y.,16Oliver, Francis, E. Boston Timber Co.,49Olympus, ship,343Oneida, packet ship,41—— ship, China trade,155,222Orbit, packet ship, 1821,38,47Oriental, 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,340Osgood, Capt. W. H.,Trade Wind,164,352;Cyclone,356Oxford, packet ship,41Oxnard, Henry, owner, Boston,52PPacific, packet ship, 1816,38—— ship,47—— Collins Line S. S.,271,309Pacific Mail S. S. company,62,75,84,103,189,233,313;first S. S. to reach S. Francisco, 1849,103;first to reach China, 1862,319Paige, James, E. Boston Timber Co.,49Pallas, barque, Boston,15Palmer, Capt. Alexander,43,86,162—— Capt. N. B.,43,63,70,77-86(life),96,160-2,242;mate ofHersilia,77-80;discovered Antarctic continent,81-3—— N. B., 2d,86—— Capt. Theodore,97,162Palmer, schooner yacht,87Pamparo, Cal. clipper ship,358,367Panama, clipper ship (Webb), 1844, China trade,64,208—— Cal. clipper ship (Collyer, 1853),232,284,299,358Panther, N. Y. packet ship,40Parker, D. P., Boston, owner ofLucille,52Paterson, Capt.,Phantom,355Patriarch, Brit. ship, Australian trade,333Patrick Henry, packet ship,41,43,46Patten, Capt. Joshua A.,Neptune’s Car,306-7;Mrs. Mary Patten,306-7Paul, Capt. Josiah,Great Republic,295Paul, Albert-Lord of the Isles,346Paul Jones, clipper ship,62-3,77,84Peabody, Alfred, owner, Salem,166—— Joseph, owner, Salem,13,119Peggy, Salem ship, brought first cargo of cotton to Massachusetts,13Pierce, Henry A., Boston, owner,354,355Penguin, clipper barque, China trade,209Penhallow, Capt.,Sierra Nevada,361Pennsylvania, N. Y. packet ship,41Perrin, Patterson & Stock, builders, Williamsburg, N. Y.,49,152,351Perry, Capt.,Ann McKim,61Perseverance., Brit. E. Indiaman,32Phantom, Cal. clipper ship,216,337,345,355;records,224,290,297,299,366,368Phillips, J. W., N. Y., owner ofInvincible,156Pierce, Capt.,Celestial Empire,353Pike, Capt.,Meteor,354Pile, John, builder, Sunderland, Eng.,208—— Wm., builder, Sunderland,320Pile & Cole, builders, Sunderland,371Pilkington & Wilson, Liverpool, owners,272Pitcher shipyard, Northfleet, Kent,33Platt, W., & Son., Phila., owners,136,164,350,352Plymouth, packet ship,52Plymouth Rock, ship, Boston,56Plympton, H. P., Boston, part owner ofDefender,255Polynesia, Cal. clipper ship,216,355,367Pook, Saml., naval architect,270-1Potter, Capt. Geo.,Architect,70—— Capt.,Matchless,358President, 44-gun frigate,16—— packet ship,40Prince Regent, Brit. E. Indiaman,32Prince of Wales, “Blackwall frigate,â€�36Princess Amelia, Brit. E. Indiaman,32Princess Royal, Brit, ship,36Protection,92,94,95,316-17Putnam, Capt., Cal. clippers,353,355,357QQueen of Clippers, Cal. clipper ship,359Queen of the East, Cal. clipper ship,352Queen Mab, packet ship,41Queen of the Seas, Cal. clipper ship,216,355Queen of the South, Brit. iron screw steamer,286Queen of the West, packet ship,41,43,48RR. B. Forbes, ship,236,255—— wrecking steamer,138-40,167-72,238,240,279Race Horse, Cal. clipper barque,135,145,198,349;records,146,365Races: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,282-3Racing:packet ship,45;yacht,226,339;Cal. clippers,145,192-3,195,224,226,228,249;sail and steam,311-12Radiant, Cal. clipper ship,216,355Rainbow, Brit. frigate, 1782,5—— first extreme clipper ship,62,65-7,68,314—— later ship,340Ranlett, Capt. Chas.,208—— Jr.,208,341Rapid, schooner, Aberdeen clipper,58Rattler, Cal. clipper ship,250,361Raven, Cal. clipper ship,152,173,352;race,189-92;log,192;records,218,299,300,365