The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . 0 ?^. Packet Ships, 1815-1850 49 years, he took his sons Daniel and Aaron into part-nership, the firm being known as Westervelt & A. Westervelt was Mayor of New York in 1854. George Steers, destined to become famous as thedesigner of the Adriatic^ the Niagara^ and theyacht America, was born in Washington, D. C, inthe year 1819, and in 1843, after having built anumber of fast sail- and row-boats for racing, en-tered into partnership with William Hath
The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . 0 ?^. Packet Ships, 1815-1850 49 years, he took his sons Daniel and Aaron into part-nership, the firm being known as Westervelt & A. Westervelt was Mayor of New York in 1854. George Steers, destined to become famous as thedesigner of the Adriatic^ the Niagara^ and theyacht America, was born in Washington, D. C, inthe year 1819, and in 1843, after having built anumber of fast sail- and row-boats for racing, en-tered into partnership with William Hathorne, thefirm being known as Hathorne & Steers. Up tothis time Mr. Steers, though he had shown unusualability as a mechanic, cannot be said to have doneanything predicting his future triumphs. Otherfirms that were building good vessels at this timewere Thomas and William Collier; Perin, Patter-son & Stack; Laurence & Folkes, and John Englis,some of whom w^e shall hear of again. The merchants of Boston after the War of 1812,built or bought most of their vessels at Medford,Newburyport, Salem, Scituate, and Duxbury, withinth
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