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Barwell, Capt., 362
Bates & Thaxter, owners,
Boston, 362
Bath, Me., shipbuilding,
105, 152, 351, 353, 357,
Bavaria, packet ship, 48
Baxter, Capt., Nabob, 361
Beacon Light, Cal. clipper
ship, 362
Beauchamp, Capt. Isaac,
Defender, 255
Beauregard, Confederate
privateer, 14
Beaver, ship, China trade,
17
Bell, Jacob, builder, N. Y.,
47, 136, 152, 164, 216, 352,
354, 358, 360; see Brown
Bell & Co., builders, Bal-
timore, 136, 350
Belle of the Sea, clipper
ship, Australian trade,
284
Belle of the West, Cal.
clipper ship, 299, 356
Belted Will, Brit. clipper
ship, tea trade, 320, 371
Ben Nevis, Brit, clipper
ship, Australian trade,
266, 268
Benefactor, clipper barque,
China trade, 209
Bengal, ship, 193
Benjamin, Capt., Helena, 62
Bennett, Capt., Oliver Ells-
worth, 16
Bergh, Christian, builder,
N. Y., 17, 47, 48
Berry, Capt., Courser, 350
Bertram, Capt. John, Salem,
141, 166-8
Best days' run, 69, 70, 178,
179, 207, 220, 221, 228,
266, 278, 281, 295, 320,
327, 330, 334, 336, 338
Bishop, J., & Co., owners,
N. Y., 358
Black Ball Line, N, Y.,

L'pool packets, 38, 39-40,
41, 42; vessels, 38, 41, 52;
flag, 42; match, 45; cap-
tains, 39-40; discipline,
44, 73
Australian clippers, see
James Baines & Co.
Black Hawk, Cal. clipper
ships (Webb), 291, 364;
(Currier), 364
Black Prince, Brit, clipper
ship, tea trade, 322, 371;
race, 325-6
——Cal. clipper ship, 360
Black Warrior, Cal. clipper
ship, 356
Blenheim, Brit, merchant
frigate, 36
Blessing of the Bay, colo-
nial barque, 1631, 2
Blue Jacket, clipper ship,
Australian trade, 270;
later ship, 341
Bombay, Brit. E. Indiaman,
34 Bonita, Cal. clipper ship,
356 Bordman, Wm. H., Amer.
Nav. Club, 202
Borland, Capt., Gauntlet,
357 Borrows & Spooner, owners,
N. Y., 84
Boston, packet ship, 52
Boston Light, clipper ship,
253, 300, 356
Boston & Liverpool Packet
Company, 61-2
Bowditch, Nath., navigator,
141 Bowers, Capt., Black Hawk,
364
Boyd, Col. Geo., 1767, 53
Boyd, P., & Co., owners,
Boston, 359
Brenda, packet ship, 52
Brewster, Capt. Geo., 249,
356