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Appendix
369
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