SAMUEL HALL 106 ROBERT H. WATERMAN 112 N. B. PALMER 112 JOSIAH P. CREESY 122 H. W. JOHNSON 122 DAVID S. BABCOCK 128 GEORGE LANE 128 LAUCHLAN MCKAY 130 PHILIP DUMARESQ 130 THE “SURPRISE” 136 THE “STAG-HOUND” 142 MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY 148 THE “NIGHTINGALE” 164 THE “CHALLENGE” 186 THE “STORNOWAY” 198 THE “SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS” 218 THE “COMET” 224 THE “YOUNG AMERICA” 232 THE “GREAT REPUBLIC” 242 THE “DREADNOUGHT” 246 THE “BRISK” AND “EMANUELA” 252 DONALD MCKAY 256 THE “RED JACKET” 272 THE “JAMES BAINES” 282 THE “SCHOMBERG” 286 THE “SWEEPSTAKES” 290 THE COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION 322 THE “ARIEL” AND “TAEPING” RUNNING UP CHANNEL, SEPTEMBER 5, 1866 328 THE “LAHLOO” 336 The Clipper Ship Era CHAPTER I AMERICAN SHIPPING TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR OF 1812 The deeds that have made the Clipper Ship Era a glorious memory were wrought by the ship-builders and master mariners of the United States and Great Britain, for the flag of no other nation was represented in this spirited contest upon the sea. In order, therefore, to form an intelligent idea of this era, it is necessary to review the condition of the merchant marine of the two countries for a considerable period preceding it, as well as the events that led directly to its development.