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Margaret Evans (1846)

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History
United States
NameMargaret Evans
OwnerE.E. Morgan[1]
BuilderWestervelt & MacKay, New York
Laid down1846[1]
HomeportNew York City
FateSank September 1865 in New York on a voyage from Livorno[2]
General characteristics
TypeFull rigged packet ship
Tonnage899[1]
Length158.2 ft (48.2 m)[1]
Beam35.3 ft (10.8 m)[1]
Height21.3 ft (6.5 m)[1]
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)[1]
Decks3 (originally 2)[1]

The Margaret Evans was a full rigged packet ship laid down by Westervelt & MacKay. She was a regular fixture of the mid-19th century transatlantic packet trade, sailing passengers and cargo to New York from London, Liverpool and other British ports under the command of American Captain Edward Greenfield Tinker.[3] She ferried scores of immigrants to North America, including the future wife of American businessman Warren L. Wheaton and members of the Putnam family.[4] Her notoriety led to her memorialization in literature, visual art and song, and she is the subject of a well-known sea shanty, "Eliza Lee," which has been recorded by English folk singer Johnny Collins and Canadian folk-punk band The Dreadnoughts.[5]

John A. Rolph (1799–1862), Stateroom on Packet Ship Margaret Evans, 1851. Watercolor on paper. Collection of The Paul Foundation

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h New York Marine Register of Ships. New York, NY: American Lloyd's. 1858. p. 64. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5501. Liverpool. 16 September 1865.
  3. ^ Arthur Hamilton, Clark (1911). The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews (1843-1869) (3rd ed.). New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press. p. 89. ISBN 9781539419228. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ Putnam, George Haven (1903). A Memoir of George Palmer Putnam; Together with a Record of the Publishing House Founded by Him; Volume I. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 169. ISBN 9781010140887. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ Eighteenth Annual Report (1920) from the Bergen County Historical Society, Hackensack, New Jersey (number 13, pages 61–62).