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Appendix
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SHIP | PORT OF DEPARTURE |
ARRIVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO |
DAYS |
1858 | |||
Andrew Jackson | New York | April 27 | 103 |
Dashing Wave | New York | August 18 | 107 |
Don Quixote | New York | March 4 | 108 |
Esther May | Boston | May 19 | 103 |
John Land | New York | July 24 | 108 |
Twilight | New York | April 16 | 100 |
1859 | |||
Andrew Jackson | New York | April 5 | 102 |
Robin Hood | New York | March 25 | 107 |
Sierra Nevada | New York | December 17 | 97 |
Young America | New York | July 24 | 105 |
1860 | |||
Andrew Jackson | New York | March 23 | 89 |
Archer | New York | March 18 | 106 |
Lookout | New York | February 20 | 108 |
Mary L. Sutton | New York | May 12 | 103 |
Ocean Telegraph | New York | March 13 | 109 |
White Swallow | New York | August 7 | 110 |
During the forty-five years that have elapsed since the close of the Civil War a large number of sailing ships have been built for the California trade, and it is a notable fact that only two of these vessels made the passage from an Atlantic port to San Francisco in less than one hundred days. The Seminole, built by Maxon & Fish at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1865, arrived at San Francisco from New York, March 10, 1866, in 96 days, and the Glory of the Seas, already mentioned as the last ship built by Donald McKay, made the same voyage, arriving at San Francisco, January 18, 1874, in 94 days.
The two most successful ships in after years were the David Crocket and Young America. Both were built in