immigrants and, 168, 169
Sailors’ Snug Harbor in, 271–72, 349
shipbuilding and, 161–62, 163, 165–66, 168–76, 177, 178, 179, 192, 195, 199, 255–58, 263, 265–75, 280, 291, 327–29, 330, 332, 334–35
slave trade and, 311–12
Boston Atlas, 163, 168, 174
Boston Daily Atlas, 191, 255, 256
Boston Post, 265, 266, 329
Boston Semi-Weekly Atlas, 308
Boston Tea Party (1773), 13, 20–21
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 96–97
Bowery Boys gang, 194
Bowman, Sarah, 210–12, 213, 215, 222, 226, 229
Brazil, 134, 182, 209, 222, 224, 229
Brenda, 86, 88
Brenham, Charles, 234
Britannia, 130
Brooklyn, N.Y., 88, 98, 245, 348
“Brooklyn Pageant, A” (Whitman), 193
Brown, John, 287, 309
Brown, Lancelot “Capability,” 283
Brown & Bell, 99, 107, 110, 167
brownstone houses, 133
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 263
Bryant & Sturgis, 9, 26–28, 42
Bucklin & Crane, 178
Buffalo, N.Y., 66
“Building of the Ship, The” (Longfellow), 171–72, 179, 273
Bulloch, James Dunwoody, 317
Bull Run, Second Battle of (1862), 314
Byron, George Gordon, 48, 83
Cabot, 89
California:
Chinese immigrants and, 220–21
clipper ships and, xi, 141, 150–157, 160–163, 172, 173, 175–176, 177–178, 191–192, 194, 195, 198–200, 205, 206–208, 223, 237–8, 240, 244, 253, 256, 268, 290, 293–4, 301; see also San Francisco, Calif.
economic growth of, 294, 299
gold and, 135, 147–50, 152, 153–54, 156, 205, 215, 217, 218, 220, 243, 269, 302, 332
statehood and, 149n, 221
steamships and, 135, 155–56, 199, 205, 217, 229, 230, 233, 294, 302–3
California, SS, 135, 155–56
California Courier, 233
Calliope, HMS, 59
Calvinists, 284
cameras, 276
camphor, 13, 314
Canada, 166–67
Canada, SS, 261–62
Canton (Guangzhou), China, 9–17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27–28, 29–42, 78, 79–81, 86, 98, 121–22, 123, 126, 129, 187, 188, 241, 270, 274, 298, 300, 305, 340
Boston Concern and, 30, 85
“City of Rams” nickname and, 9–10
Cohong trade guild and, 15, 30, 31, 46, 51, 56, 60, 97, 325
Factories compound in, 12–15, 17, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40–41, 48, 50–51, 53, 54, 58, 59–60, 61, 73, 84, 153, 190, 299, 315, 317, 321, 324, 341, 344
First Opium War and, 54–62, 84, 85, 92, 93, 97, 325
Golden Ghetto and, 10, 58
ice shipments to, 80–81, 298
opium trade and, 29, 30, 31, 36, 40, 44, 46, 49–53, 84, 85, 97, 127, 153, 325
Palmer and, 107, 117
regattas and, 9–12, 36, 73, 153, 344
Silver Cup race and, 9–12, 49
Union Club in, 34, 75, 153, 344
Whampoa harbor and, 10, 16, 53, 239
Cape Horn, 106, 147, 149, 151, 205, 255, 290, 330
Challenge and, 225–26
Dana and, 213–14
Flying Cloud and, 212, 214–16, 222, 223, 226–27, 244, 246, 249, 280–81, 337
Houqua and, 160–61
Memnon and, 141, 150, 152, 154, 156, 240
N.B. Palmer and, 216–17, 246
rail and steam travel and, 302
Rebecca and, 180
Sea Serpent and, 163, 218, 332–33
Sovereign of the Sea and, 259–60
Stag Hound and, 176
Surprise and, 178, 326
Cape of Good Hope, 17, 118, 126, 134, 141, 225, 251, 351
Cary, Thomas, 29
Celestial, 178, 199
Central America, SS, 302–3
Central Pacific Railroad, 330
Century of Humiliation, xi, 62
cereuses, 284
Challenge, 199–200, 206–8, 223–26, 231, 232–34, 236, 237, 328, 330
mutiny on, 224–26, 236
Champion of the Seas, 291
Chapelle, Howard L., 129n
Charles I, King of England, 257
Charleston, S.C., 310
Chase, Salmon P., 311
cheroots, 15
Chesapeake, 58
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, 295, 341
Chile, 150, 250, 260, 261
China:
Century of Humiliation and, xi, 62
cereuses and, 284
clipper race to England from, 237–43
clipper ships and, see clipper ships
Delano and, see Delano, Warren, II
emigrants to U.S. from, 220–21
emigration to U.S. and, 149
First Opium War and, 54–62, 84, 85, 92, 93, 97, 101, 325
Forbes and, see Forbes, Robert Bennet
insular period of, 19
missionaries and, 13, 14
opium and, xi, 2, 5, 9, 26, 27, 29–30, 31, 36, 40, 43–63, 83–85, 97, 100, 102, 145, 149, 153, 187, 188, 269–70, 288, 297, 298, 304–5, 307, 314–15, 325, 326, 340–41, 344–45
Pearl River and, 3, 9, 11, 14, 20, 35, 38, 52, 58, 59, 60, 73, 100, 118, 295, 324, 326, 339, 344
Second Opium War and, 304–5
steamships and, 219, 297
tea trade and, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15–19, 20–22, 24, 25, 26–28, 30, 33, 42–43, 47, 52–53, 56, 61, 70, 71, 72, 99, 100, 118, 123, 124, 134, 145, 147, 149, 158–60, 170, 172, 176–77, 194, 198, 220, 230, 238, 239, 243, 251–52, 254, 255, 304, 306, 313, 320, 323–24, 326, 331n, 341
trade expansion and, 107–8
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 221
Chinese Scramble, 340
cholera, 69
chronometers, 96, 96n, 146, 147
Chrysolite, 238–40
Church, Nancy, 307, 316, 319, 322, 339
Civil War, U.S., 310–15, 342
Britain and, 310–11, 317, 318, 323–24
commerce raiders and, 310–11, 317–18, 319–20, 330, 340–41
shipbuilding industry and, 327–28, 329, 331
shipping industry and, 329–30, 331, 332
steamships and, 310–11, 312–13, 317–18, 319–20
Clark, Arthur Hamilton, 18, 86, 88, 103, 124–25, 131, 235, 239, 243, 253, 308
Clinton, De Witt, 66
clipper ships:
Abbot Low and, 99–101, 115, 123, 124, 125, 139, 147, 157, 158–62, 163, 173, 178, 179, 191, 194, 200–201, 206, 238, 240–41, 243, 274, 280, 285, 293, 296, 306, 315, 332
Aspinwall and, 108, 109–10, 124–25, 129–30, 132, 134, 156, 161, 163, 178, 180, 194, 349
Australia trade and, 261, 262–63, 268, 269, 277, 280, 291
Baltimore clippers and, 86–88, 100, 218
Britain and, 2–3, 268, 291, 323–24, 330
California trade and, xi, 141, 150–157, 160–163, 172, 173, 175–176, 177–178, 191–192, 194, 195, 198–200, 205, 206–208, 223, 237–8, 240, 244, 253, 256, 268, 290, 293–4, 301; see also names of specific ships
Challenge and, 199–200, 206–8, 223–26, 231, 232–34, 236, 237, 328, 330
China trade expansion and, 107–8
Civil War and, 310, 311–12, 320, 332
Delano and, 125–26, 139–41, 157, 159, 161, 193–94, 285, 288, 303
England-to-China race and, 237–43
extreme type of, 37, 124, 125–26, 139, 175, 176, 223, 231, 254–56, 258, 263, 290, 291, 301, 323, 327, 330, 331, 333, 347
Flying Cloud and, 163, 191–92, 195, 198–99, 200, 202, 203–6, 209–16, 222, 223, 226–32, 237, 238, 242, 243–44, 246, 249, 250, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 280–81, 293, 301–2, 328, 330, 335–36, 337, 350
Flying Fish and, 237–38, 256, 308
global trade and, xi, 2–3
&nb
sp; Glory of the Seas and, 327–29, 330, 332–34
Great Republic and, 265–80, 285, 290, 292, 293, 296, 332
Griffiths and, 108–10, 124, 125–26, 129–30, 132, 133, 134, 139, 140, 148, 161, 163, 167, 169–70, 240, 290, 291
Grinnell and, 162–63, 189–92, 194, 198, 204, 206, 244, 258, 302, 349
Houqua and, 101, 107, 111, 113, 115–19, 121–24, 133, 139, 141–47, 160–61, 169, 173, 176, 178, 194, 254, 267, 285, 306, 324
keelsons and, 113–14
McKay and, 169–76, 177, 178, 179, 190, 191, 192, 199, 204, 209–10, 231, 237–38, 243, 255–59, 260, 263, 265–75, 278, 279–80, 281, 291–93, 300, 308, 327–29, 330, 332–34, 350
medium type of, 255, 290, 327, 328
Memnon and, 139–41, 147, 148–49, 150, 152, 154–55, 156, 157, 159, 178, 200, 238–40, 251, 303, 322
N.B. Palmer and, 195, 198, 200–202, 205, 216–17, 219–20, 221–22, 229, 237, 244–53, 255, 281, 285, 296, 299, 324, 347, 350–51
opium clippers and, 43–46, 83–84, 85, 86, 88, 90–91, 98, 99, 109, 115, 129, 145
Oriental and, 3, 158–60, 161, 238, 239, 243, 285, 308
Palmer and, 103, 106, 107, 109, 110, 115, 123, 124, 139, 159, 160, 161, 163, 169, 173, 191, 255, 324
profitability of, 253–54
Rainbow and, 124–26, 129, 134, 148, 173, 194, 200, 234
Sea Witch and, 129–30, 133–34, 139, 140, 148, 156, 178, 180, 227, 237, 308, 349
slave trade and, 311–12
Sovereign of the Seas and, 256–63, 266, 267, 268–69, 270, 291, 292, 296, 332
Stag Hound and, 172–76, 178, 191, 209–10, 231, 258, 260, 268, 308
Surprise and, 161–62, 173, 178, 195, 200, 217, 218, 238, 253, 285, 315–26, 345, 347
transatlantic service and, 139–41, 149, 261–62
coal, 177, 193, 285, 288, 297, 303, 305
cockroaches, 17
Coeur de Lion, 218
Coffin, Laban, 212, 229, 230
coffin ships, 73, 186
Cohong trade guild, 15, 30, 31, 46, 51, 56, 60, 97, 325
Collins, Edward Knight, 106, 267, 308
Collins Line, 267, 273, 308
Columbia River, 151
Columbia University, 348
Columbus, Christopher, 19
Commerce, 26–27
commerce raiders, 310–11, 317–18, 319–20, 330, 340–41
Confederate States of America, 309, 310, 311, 317–18, 319–20, 330, 340–41
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (De Quincey), 43
Congress, U.S., 229
China trade and, 101
Chinese immigration and, 221
duties and, 18–19
flogging and, 249
gold discovery and, 147–48
Grinnell and, 185
McKay claims and, 336–37
mail service and, 135, 156, 267
postwar shipping industry and, 330, 331
railroad subsidies and, 330
slavery issue and, 308
steamship subsidies and, 308
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, A (Twain), 65
Constitution (“Old Ironsides”), USS, 104
Contest, 285
Coolidge, Joseph, 60
copper, 177, 193, 285
Cork, Ireland, 187–88
Cornelius Grinnell, 190
cotton, 106, 115, 116, 145, 193, 287, 307, 317
Courier, 169
Creesy, Eleanor Horton Prentiss, 202–3, 209, 212, 214, 228, 229–30, 243, 244, 250, 280, 281, 301
Creesy, Josiah Perkins, 236
death of, 350
death report and, 243–44
Flying Cloud and, 190, 192, 202, 203–5, 206, 209–12, 214, 222, 226–28, 234, 243–44, 246, 250, 280–81, 301, 302, 337, 350
Oneida and, 190, 202, 209
crimps, 205–6, 223, 236, 287, 321
Cromwell, Oliver, 158
Crothers, William, 113–14, 166
Croton Aqueduct, 69
Crystal Palace (London), 198
Cunard Line, 140, 141, 150, 169, 191, 261
currency, 153–54
Cushing, Caleb, 101
Cushing, John Perkins, 36
Cutty Sark, 331n
daguerreotypes, 276
Daily Alta California, 218, 234
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 25, 26, 91–92, 93, 94, 97, 118, 213–14, 216, 233, 321
Daniel Webster, 168, 291
Danvers, Mass., 196–98
Davis, Jefferson, 309
Davis (Delano nurse), 316, 319, 322
Dead Rabbits gang, 194
dead reckoning, 96n
Defender, 291
Delannoy, Philippe, 2
Delano, Amasa, 10, 22
Delano, Cassie, 309, 316, 326, 344
Delano, Catherine Lyman, 2, 4, 5, 78–81, 98, 127, 128, 157, 190, 245, 286, 287, 288, 290, 304, 307, 309, 339, 343, 344
Civil War and, 313
Hong Kong voyage and, 315, 316, 319–20, 321, 322–23
marriage of, 79, 196
Delano, Deborah, 23, 289
Delano, Edward “Ned,” 23, 53–54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62–63, 79, 80, 195, 289, 290, 340, 341
Delano, Elizabeth, 289
Delano, Franklin Hughes, 12, 23, 24, 25, 72, 74, 77, 78, 81, 125, 126, 127, 128, 176, 188, 190, 287, 289, 304
Delano, Frederic, 23, 283
Delano, Frederic Adrian, 340, 343, 346
Delano, Laura, 340, 343
Delano, Laura Astor, 81, 128
Delano, Louise, 127, 128, 316, 319
Delano, Philippe, 316, 340
Delano, Susie, 127
Delano, Warren, II, 1–7, 105, 182, 234
Algonac estate of, 1, 3–4, 5, 157, 283–87, 289, 290, 307, 309, 316–17, 318, 321, 324, 339, 343–44, 345
boats and racing and, 9, 10, 11, 35, 36, 49, 73
business diversification and, 4, 176–77, 285, 288, 290, 303–4
California trade and, 150–57, 163, 178
Canton Silver Cup and, 9–12
character of, 5
China trade and, 2–3, 4, 5–7, 24–25, 26–28, 34–42, 46, 50, 53–54, 55–62, 78, 79–81, 98, 100, 102, 115, 122, 125–26, 127, 176–77, 189–90, 238–41, 285, 288, 300, 307, 313–15, 325–26, 339–42
Civil War and, 313–15
death of, 346, 348
description of, 1
early career and, 9, 24–25, 26–28
education and, 23–24
First Opium War and, 57–61
Houqua and, 4, 35, 37–39, 51, 61–62, 65, 304, 317, 324, 346
Houqua family trust and, 341–42
immigrants and, 288
John Murray Forbes compared with, 287–88
letter writing and, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 24
Macao and, 81
marriage and, 79, 196
Memnon and, 139–41, 147, 148–49, 150, 152, 154–55, 156, 157, 159, 178, 238–40, 251, 303, 322
Minturn and, 188
near bankruptcy and, 5, 303–4, 307
Newburgh home and, 128–29
opium-based drugs and, 307, 314–15
Paris and, 343
religious views and, 284
Robert Forbes and, 34–36, 37–38, 40–42, 56, 75
Russell & Company’s failure and, 345–46
shipbuilding and, 56, 57, 63, 125–26, 139–41, 157, 161, 178, 193–94
slavery issue and, 287, 310
workers’ rights and, 287–88
Delano, Warren, III, 316, 319, 340
Delano, Warren, Sr., 22, 23, 26, 157, 289
Delano family, xi, 1–7, 127, 284, 286, 290, 309, 313
Hong Kong residency and, 339–42
Hong Kong voyage and, 315–26
Japan and, 340
Paris and, 343
See also names of family members
Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 83
Democratic Party, 185
Denmark, 19
Depressio
n, Great, 347
De Quincey, Thomas, 43
diseases, 15, 69, 73, 156, 223, 289–90, 314
Disraeli, Benjamin, 76
Donald McKay, 291
Douglass, James, 207–8, 223, 224–26, 232, 235–36
Downing, Andrew Jackson, 3, 283
drag keels, 218
Dramatic Line, 106
Druett, Joan, 203
Dublin Jack (N.B. Palmer seaman), 247, 248, 249, 250
Dumaresq, Philip, 43, 59, 162, 195, 315
duties, 18–19, 149
Eagle, 127
East Boston, Mass., 44, 161, 165–66, 168, 170–71, 174, 256, 268
McKay home in, 171, 265
East India Company, British, 18, 21, 29, 40, 158
East Indies, Dutch, 19, 117, 158, 239–40, 243, 252, 323
Eckford shipyard, 108
Edith, 126–27
education, xi
Egypt, 330–31
Eldridge, Oliver, 140
elevators, 69, 276
Ellen (Delano nurse), 316, 322
Elliott, Charles, 52
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 78, 286–87
Emperor of China, 21–22
Empress of the Seas, 268
Enoch Train, 256
see also Sovereign of the Seas
Enrica (CSS Alabama), 317–18
Episcopalians, 183, 184
Erie Canal, 38, 66, 167, 277, 285, 294–95
Ernani (Verdi), 74
E. Treadwell & Sons Novelty Bakery, 277
Everett, Edward, 165, 171
Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (World’s Fair of 1853), 276
Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts (Maury), 238
Exploratory Expedition, U.S., 151
Fairfield, Calif., 349
Fairhaven, Mass., 22, 23, 71, 77–78, 289, 300, 307, 321
Fairhaven Academy, 23
Fall River Line, 289
false stems, 112
fanqui (foreign devils), 5, 11, 20, 47, 49, 51, 60, 127, 251, 305, 340
“fast crab” boats, 325
Faulkner (seaman), 259, 260
Ferret (yacht), 36
Field, Cyrus, 176
Fiery Cross, 324
Fillmore, Millard, 236, 249
Fish, Preserved, 72, 180, 183, 184
Fish & Grinnell, 180, 183–84
flogging, 249, 250, 287
Florida, CSS, 320
flower boats, 10, 11, 35, 41, 54
Flying Cloud, 163, 191–92, 195, 198–99, 200, 202, 203, 242, 243–44, 246, 249, 250, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 280–81, 293, 301–2, 328, 330, 335–36, 337, 350
first voyage of, 204–6, 209–16, 222, 223, 226–32, 237, 238
Flying Dutchman, 226
Flying Dutchman, The (Wagner), 131, 137
Flying Fish, 237–38, 256, 308
Fokke, Bernard, 131–32
Forbes, Dora Delano, 316, 319, 340, 341, 343, 345–46
Forbes, Edith, 286
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