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Identifier: clippershiperaep00clar (find matches)
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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clipper ships in the United Statesreached its zenith in 1853. In that year forty-eightclippers were added to the California fleet, and thewild excitement of building, owning, and racingthese splendid ships was at its height. Every onewho had capital to invest wanted one, or at leastshares in one, and the ship-building yards were taxedto their utmost capacity. It should be rememberedalso that there was a great deal of other ship-building going on in the United States besides theclippers, and that captains, officers, and crews forsuch a large number of vessels were by no meanseasy to obtain. In this year Donald McKay built the Empressof the Seas and Romance of the Seas; Wil-liam H. Webb, the Fly Aioay, Snap Dragon, andYoung America; Jacob A. Westerwelt, the Ca-thay and Sweepstakes; Samuel Hall, the secondOrientaly the Amphitrite, and Mystery; Greenmank Co., the David Crochett; Roosevelt & Joyce,the David Broivn; John Currier, the GuidingStar; Thomas Collier, the second Panama; J. W.
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California Clippers of 1853 233 Cox, the Red Gauntlet; Briggs Brothers, the JohnLand and Golden Light; and Tobj & Littlefield, theMorning Star—nil beautiful ships, the pride of theirowners and captains. The Romance of the Seas, owned by George B.Upton, of Boston, was the last extreme clipper shipbuilt by Donald McKay for the California trade.She was a beautiful vessel, with extremely fine lines,heavily sparred, and proved an exceedingly fastship in moderate weather. Captain Dumaresq wasin command on her first voyage to San Francisco.She was 1782 tons register; length 240 feet, breadth30 feet 6 inches, depth 29 feet 6 inches. The Sweep-stakes, owned by Grinnell, Minturn & Co., and de-signed by Daniel Westervelt, a son of Jacob A.Westervelt, was a very sharp and handsome ship,and was the last extreme clipper built in theWestervelt yard. She made three passages fromNew York to San Francisco averaging 106 days.Captain George Lane, who commanded her fcr anumber of years, was subs

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