Abrahams, J., builder, Baltimore, 357, 362 Abrahams & Ashcroft, owners, Baltimore, 357 _Achilles_, British iron screw steamer, 332 Ackley, Samuel, builder N. Y., 16, 17 _Ada_, Brit. clipper ship, tea-trade, 325-6, 371 Adamson & Bell, China merchants, 325 _Adelaide_, packet ship, 44 ---- clipper ship, 298, 360 ---- British iron screw steamer, 286 _Admiral Gardner_, Brit. E. Indiamen, 25 _Adriatic_, Collins Line S. S., 49, 250; med. clipper ship, 258 _Ajax_, Brit. iron screw steamer, 332 _Akbar_, clipper ship, China trade, 62, 138 _Alarm_, Cal. clipper ship, 289, 299, 363 _Albert Gallatin_, packet ship, 42, 48, 142 _Albion_, packet ship, 38 _Alert_, Cal. clipper ship, 350 _Alexander Marshall_, packet ship, 41 _Alfred_, Brit. ship, 36-37 _Alhambra_, med. clipper ship, 258, 291 Allen, Wm. H., N. Y. packet captain, 44 _Alliance_, U. S. frigate, 1778, 6, 7 Alsop & Co., S. Francisco, agents of _Challenge_, 187 _Amelia Packet_, Brit. barque, 180 _America_, Brit. fifty-gun frigate, built at Portsmouth, N. H., 9 _Amos Lawrence_, med. clipper ship, 255 _Amphitrite_, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 256 _Andrew Jackson_, Cal. med. clipper ship, 253, 295; 362; 89 days to S. Francisco, 144, 178, 296, 300, 369; other records, 247, 295, 297, 298, 368 Andrews, Capt., later ship, 341; _Red Gauntlet_, 359 _Anglo-American_, packet ship, 56 _Anglo-Saxon_, packet ship, 56 _Angola_, clipper schooner, opium trade, 58 _Ann McKim_, first clipper ship built, 60-2 _Antarctic_, ship, 56 _Antelope_, clipper brig, opium trade, 58, 59, 138 ---- Cal. clipper ship, 353; records, 290, 296, 298, 299, 368 Appleton, Wm., ship-owner, Boston, 361 _Archer_, Cal. clipper ship, 248, 356; records, 248, 298, 299, 367, 369 _Architect_, clipper ship, 70 _Arctic_, Collins Line S. S., 309 Arey, Capt., _Spitfire_, 359 _Argo_, Brit., first merchant ship with steam power to circumnavigate the globe, 287 _Argonaut_, clipper ship, 196 _Ariel_, clipper schooner, opium trade, 58 ---- clipper ship, China trade, 68 ---- Cal. clipper ship, 353 ---- Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 324, 347, 371; racer, 324-30, 332-3, 335 _Aristides_, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 333 _Arizona_, S. S., 278 _Aryan_, last Amer. wooden sailing ship, 1893, 340 _Ashburton_, N. Y. packet, 41, 54 _Atlanta_, clipper ship, Cal. trade, 298, 299 _Atlantic_, first Amer. ship in India, 12-13 _Aurora_, ship, 236, 299 _Austerlitz_, ship, 193 Austin & Co., builders, Damariscotta, Me., 356 _Australian_, Brit. screw steamer, 286 Avery, Capt., _Euterpe_, 363 Aymer & Co., owners, N. Y., 359 B Babcock, Col. Harry, 160 ---- Maj. Paul, 84, 160 ---- Capt. David S., 84; _Sword Fish_, 160-1, 213, 352; _Young America_, 233, 360 Bacon, Daniel C., owner, 135, 349; Pres. Amer. Nav. Club, 202-4 ---- D. G. & W. B., owners, 304, 358 Bailey, Capt., _Yorkshire_, 46 Baines, James, owner, L’pool, 342