_Ocean Chief_, clipper ship, 271 _Ocean Express_, Cal. clipper ship, 253, 299, 363 _Ocean Monarch_, packet ship (McKay), 56 ---- packet ship (Webb), 164 _Ocean Pearl_, clipper ship, 299 _Ocean Queen_, packet ship, 48 _Ocean Telegraph_, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 271, 346, 361; records, 218, 299, 300, 369 _Odd Fellow_, barque, 217 Ogden, David, N. Y., owner Red Cross packets, 244, 304 _Oliver Ellesworth_, ship, N. Y., 16 Oliver, Francis, E. Boston Timber Co., 49 _Olympus_, ship, 343 _Oneida_, packet ship, 41 ---- ship, China trade, 155, 222 _Orbit_, packet ship, 1821, 38, 47 _Oriental_, clipper ship, 1849, China trade, 77, 84, 85, 96-8, 142, 202, 375; carrying tea to London, 97-8, 196; California passage, 224, 366 ---- Cal. clipper ship, 1853, 232, 358 ---- later ship, 340 Osgood, Capt. W. H., _Trade Wind_, 164, 352; _Cyclone_, 356 _Oxford_, packet ship, 41 Oxnard, Henry, owner, Boston, 52 P _Pacific_, packet ship, 1816, 38 ---- ship, 47 ---- Collins Line S. S., 271, 309 Pacific Mail S. S. company, 62, 75, 84, 103, 189, 233, 313; first S. S. to reach S. Francisco, 1849, 103; first to reach China, 1862, 319 Paige, James, E. Boston Timber Co., 49 _Pallas_, barque, Boston, 15 Palmer, Capt. Alexander, 43, 86, 162 ---- Capt. N. B., 43, 63, 70, 77-86 (life), 96, 160-2, 242; mate of _Hersilia_, 77-80; discovered Antarctic continent, 81-3 ---- N. B., 2d, 86 ---- Capt. Theodore, 97, 162 _Palmer_, schooner yacht, 87 _Pamparo_, Cal. clipper ship, 358, 367 _Panama_, clipper ship (Webb), 1844, China trade, 64, 208 ---- Cal. clipper ship (Collyer, 1853), 232, 284, 299, 358 _Panther_, N. Y. packet ship, 40 Parker, D. P., Boston, owner of _Lucille_, 52 Paterson, Capt., _Phantom_, 355 _Patriarch_, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 333 _Patrick Henry_, packet ship, 41, 43, 46 Patten, Capt. Joshua A., _Neptune’s Car_, 306-7; Mrs. Mary Patten, 306-7 Paul, Capt. Josiah, _Great Republic_, 295 _Paul, Albert-Lord of the Isles_, 346 _Paul Jones_, clipper ship, 62-3, 77, 84 Peabody, Alfred, owner, Salem, 166 ---- Joseph, owner, Salem, 13, 119 _Peggy_, Salem ship, brought first cargo of cotton to Massachusetts, 13 Pierce, Henry A., Boston, owner, 354, 355 _Penguin_, clipper barque, China trade, 209 Penhallow, Capt., _Sierra Nevada_, 361 _Pennsylvania_, N. Y. packet ship, 41 Perrin, Patterson & Stock, builders, Williamsburg, N. Y., 49, 152, 351 Perry, Capt., _Ann McKim_, 61 _Perseverance._, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32 _Phantom_, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 337, 345, 355; records, 224, 290, 297, 299, 366, 368 Phillips, J. W., N. Y., owner of _Invincible_, 156 Pierce, Capt., _Celestial Empire_, 353 Pike, Capt., _Meteor_, 354 Pile, John, builder, Sunderland, Eng., 208 ---- Wm., builder, Sunderland, 320 Pile & Cole, builders, Sunderland, 371 Pilkington & Wilson, Liverpool, owners, 272 Pitcher shipyard, Northfleet, Kent, 33 Platt, W., & Son., Phila., owners, 136, 164, 350, 352 _Plymouth_, packet ship, 52