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Title: The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Clark, Arthur Hamilton, 1841-1922
Subjects: Clipper ships
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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rectors, Boards of Council, Governors, and Typeans. i Eventually, this Company became the ruler of more than one hundred million human beings,not naked savages, but civilized men and women,many of whose ancestors had been learned scholars and merchant princes long prior to the invasion ofBritain by the Roman, Dane, and Saxon. It is not, however, with the political affairs of this Company that I wish to deal, but rather with the ships and the men who navigated them. The princely emoluments known as indulgences inwhich the captains and officers of these ships parti-cipated, naturally attracted the attention of parents and guardians, so that younger sons, otherwise des-tined for a life of ill-requited repose in the church,the Army, or the Navy, found lucrative service withthe East India Company. These perquisites, whichwere handed out by the Honorable Court of Di- 1 A typean was the head merchant of one of the Com-panys factories or mercantile houses, such as werelater known in China as hongs.
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Image: East Indiamen 1720. The East India Company 25 rectors, were no doubt intended to be of pleasing variety and magnitude. The Company adhered strictly to promotion by seniority as vacancies occurred, from ship to ship when necessary. Captainswere appointed to their ships before launching, in order that they might superintend their equipment and get them ready for sea. Midshipmen were appointed by the Court of Directors, and no youthof less than thirteen or over eighteen years waseligible. Second mates were required to be at least twenty-two, chief mates twenty-three, and commanders twenty-five years of age. Captains were entitled to fifty-six and one halftons of space on board the ships commanded bythem, which they might use at their discretion,either to collect the freight or to carry cargo on their own account, credit being furnished by the company for the latter purpose at the usual interest. The rate of freight ranged from £35 to £40per ton, though in 1796 the Admiral Gardner, aship of 813 tons, commande

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