[187] In a letter which I had the pleasure of receiving from Mr. Forbes (November 1874) that gentleman further remarks: “On the 15th September, 1845, I sailed for Liverpool in the steam-propeller ship _Massachusetts_: she made one other voyage to that port and, in June 1846, she was chartered to carry troops to the Gulf of Mexico. She was afterwards bought by our government and bore the flag of General Scott to the siege of Vera Cruz. She long continued in the navy department, and was known as the _Farralones_. Three or four years ago our government sold her when her machinery was removed, and she is now running and is called the _Alaska_.” [188] ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- Name. | Date of | Date of | At | Advantages to | Sailing. | Arrival. | | credit of | | | |_Massachusetts_. ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- _Massachusetts_ | Oct. 22 | Nov. 18 |Holmes Hole| * ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- _Shenandoah_ | Oct. 22 | Dec. 3 a 4 |Sandy Hook | 13 days ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- _Adirondack_ | Oct. 22 | Dec. 3 |Sandy Hook | 13 days ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- _Henry Clay_ | Oct. 23 | Nov. 26 |Sandy Hook | 5 days ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- _Columbiana_ | Oct. 23 | Nov. 30 | Boston | 11 days ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- _St. Patrick_ | Oct. 23 | Dec. 1 | New York | 11 days ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+---------------- _St. Petersburg_| Oct. 13 | Nov. 27 | Boston | 18 days ----------------+----------+------------+-----------+----------------