Duncan McLean, the marine
reporter of the Boston Daily Atlas, wrote at least 161 more or less
detailed descriptions of ships launched in Boston and elsewhere in New England
for the Boston Daily Atlas between April 1850 and March 1857 [Crothers: The
American-Built Clipper Ship 1850-1856. Characteristics, Construction, Details.
International Marine, Camden, ME, 1997]. Of these 110 concerned clipper ships
and the rest were of packets and ordinary merchant ships. His articles also
appeared in the Boston Semi-Weekly Atlas and perhaps also in the Boston
Weekly Atlas.
This collection of articles was
assembled by Lars Bruzelius and published on his website from 2004 to 2023 when
the site went off line. During the time it was accessible, the Internet Archive took a number of snapshots
of the site. The site included a lot more than the Boston Daily Atlas articles
– see here. I downloaded the BDA articles and put them
into a folder on my website.
You can download them from the Internet
Archive BDA index, from the folder
on my website or from the links on this page. Scott Bradner 2025-04-22
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1850-11-20 -- Sea Serpent
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1850-12-21 -- The New Clipper Ship Stag
Hound.
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1851-01-04 -- The New Clipper Ship John
Bertram, of Boston.
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1851-01-10 -- Boston
and Liverpool Packet Ships. Train & Co's Line.
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1851-01-20 -- The
New Clipper Ship Witchcraft, of Salem.
·
1851-01-29 -- The
New Clipper Ship Game Cock, of Boston.
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1851-03-06 -- The
New Clipper Ship Shooting Star, of Boston.
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1851-04-09 -- The
New Clipper Barque Mermaid, of Boston.
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1851-04-16 -- The
New Packet Barque Edisto, of Charleston, S.C.
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1851-04-25 -- The
New Clipper Ship Flying Cloud of New York.
·
1851-05-05 -- The
New Clipper Ship Southern Cross, of Boston.
·
1851-05-08 -- Clippers.
Letter to the Editor from the signature SQUARE regarding clipper ship designs
by Samuel Pook.
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1851-05-10 --
The New Clipper Ship Telegraph.
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1851-05-10 --
Clippers. Letter to the Editors of the Boston Daily Atlas by
Samuel Hall, East Boston.
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1851-05-19 -- The
New Clipper Ship Witch of the Wave, of Salem.
·
1851-05-26 -- American
Steam Packets between Boston and Liverpool.
·
1851-06-05 -- The
Clipper Ship Stag Hound, of Boston. Letter dated Valparaiso, April
8, 1851.
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1851-06-10 -- The
Clipper Ship Stag Hound, of Boston. Letter dated Valparaiso, April
7, 1851, reprinted from the Nantucket Inquirer
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1851-06-16 -- The
New Clipper Ship Challenge, of New York.
·
1851-06-18 -- Donald
McKay's journey to Liverpool.
·
1851-07-21 -- The
New Clipper Packet Ship Staffordshire.
·
1851-07-31 -- The
New Steamer S.S. Lewis, the Pioneer of the Ocean Steamship Co's Line of
Boston and Liverpool Packets.
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1851-09-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Wild Pigeon, of New York.
·
1851-09-23 -- The
New Ship Samuel Lawrence, of Boston.
·
1851-10-10 -- Minna
and Brenda.
·
1851-10-11 -- The
New Ship Caroline, of Charleston, S.C.
·
1851-11-04 -- The
New Clipper Ship Flying Fish, of Boston.
·
1851-11-29 -- The
New Ship Antelope, of Boston.
·
1851-12-03 -- The
Clipper Challenge.
·
1851-12-12 -- The
New Propeller Rajah Wallie, of Boston.
·
1852-01-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Hoogly, of Boston.
·
1852-01-13 -- The
Staffordshire.
·
1852-01-21 -- The
New Ship Roebuck, of Boston.
·
1852-01-23 --
The New Clipper Ship Dauntless, of Boston.
·
1852-01-23 --
The Clipper Barque Rocket.
·
1852-01-26 -- The
Clipper Ship Staghound.
·
1852-01-29 -- The
New Ship Polar Star, of Boston.
·
1852-02-03 -- The
Clipper Ship Staghound.
·
1852-02-04 --
Clippers.
·
1852-02-04 --
The New Clipper Ship Wild Pigeon.
·
1852-02-13 -- A
Regular line or Packets to San Francisco.
·
1852-02-18 -- The
Packet Ship Daniel Webster and the British Ship Unicorn.
·
1852-03-03 -- The
new clipper ship Wild Pigeon.
·
1852-03-08 -- The
Clipper Ships Wild Pigeon and Golden Gate.
·
1852-03-11 -- The
Clipper Ship Staffordshire.
·
1852-03-16 -- Crane's
Self-Acting Patent Chain Stoppers.
·
1852-03-16 --
Clippers. San Francisco clipper ship arrivals.
·
1852-03-19 -- The
frigate United States vs. Clippers.
·
1852-04-08 -- Clippers.
·
1852-04-23 -- For
San Francisco. The loading of the clipper ship Staffordshire for San
Francisco.
·
1852-05-04 -- The
Ship Reindeer, of Boston.
·
1852-05-05 -- The
New Steam Packet City of New York.
·
1852-05-06 -- The
New Barque Old Hickory.
·
1852-05-07 -- The
New Clipper Ship Beverly, of Boston.
·
1852-05-19 -- The
New Ship Ellen Foster, of Boston.
·
1852-05-25 -- The
Largest Clipper in the World.
·
1852-05-28 -- The
Clipper Ship Witch of the Wave.
·
1852-06-07 -- Launch
of the Enoch Train, the Largest Clipper Ship in the World.
·
1852-06-15 --
The Clipper Barque Mermaid.
·
1852-06-15 --
The Barque Junius -- Gratifying
Intelligence.
·
1852-06-15 --
California.
·
1852-06-19 -- The
New Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas, of Boston.
·
1852-06-25 -- The
New Steam Packet City of Boston.
·
1852-07-10 -- The
New Steamer Sir John Harvey, of Boston.
·
1852-07-15 -- The
New Ship Coringa.
·
1852-07-16 -- The
Sir John Harvey.
·
1852-07-29 -- The
New Clipper Ship Onward, of Boston.
·
1852-07-29 -- Terrible steamboat
disaster. The burning of the Henry Clay on the Hudson River.
·
1852-07-30 -- The burning of Henry
Clay.
·
1852-07-31 -- The late disaster on
the Hudson River.
·
1852-08-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Winged Arrow.
·
1852-08-02 -- The Henry Clay
disaster.
·
1852-08-04 -- The
New Clipper Ship Golden Fleece.
·
1852-08-05 --
The Loss of the Cutter Taney.
·
1852-08-05 -- The Catastrophe on the
Hudson River.
·
1852-08-05 --
The new clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas.
·
1852-08-05 --
Brig Dudley, of Boston.
·
1852-08-16 --
The Ship Staghound. Excerpts of a letter from a one of the
members of the crew.
·
1852-08-16 --
Supposed Loss of the Ship Staffordshire.
·
1852-08-17 -- The
Ship Staffordshire.
·
1852-08-21 -- Terrible steamboat
disaster. -- Great loss of life. [The Ogdensburg.]
·
1852-08-23 -- The Lake Erie Disaster.
[The Ogdensburg.]
·
1852-08-25 -- The Lake Erie Disaster.
[The Ogdensburg.]
·
1852-08-28 -- The
New Ship J. Montgomery, of Boston.
·
1852-09-06 -- The
Westward Ho!,
Messrs. Sampson & Tappan's beautiful new clipper ship.
·
1852-09-07 --
The Tropic Bird.
·
1852-09-07 --
Ship Staffordshire.
·
1852-09-08 -- The
New Clipper Ship Gem of the Ocean.
·
1852-09-15 -- Shipbuilding,
Launch, &c. The new clipper ship Russell Sturgis.
·
1852-09-17 -- Abstract
of the Log of the Staffordshire of Boston, Josiah Richardson, Commander,
from Boston to San Francisco.
·
1852-09-21 -- The
New Clipper Ship Westward Ho! of Boston.
·
1852-09-23 -- The
New Clipper Ship John Gilpin, of Boston.
·
1852-09-24 -- The
Flying Childers.
·
1852-10-06 -- The
New Clipper Ship Queen of the Seas, of Boston.
·
1852-10-14 -- The
New Clipper Ship Whirlwind, of Boston.
·
1852-10-21 -- For
San Francisco, the superior fast sailing ship Tam O'Shanter.
·
1852-11-02 -- The
New Packet Ship Orient, of New York.
·
1852-11-12 -- The
New Clipper Ship Winged Racer, of Boston.
·
1852-11-17 -- The
New Clipper Ship Bald Eagle, of Boston.
·
1852-11-23 -- The
New Clipper Ship Golden Eagle, of Boston.
·
1852-11-25 -- The
New Clipper Ship Golden West, of Boston.
·
1852-12-04 -- The
New Clipper Ship Flying Childers, of Boston.
·
1852-12-12 -- The
Clipper Ships Flying Cloud and N.B. Palmer.
·
1852-12-17 -- Ship
Sovereign of the Seas.
·
1852-12-18 -- The
New Clipper Ship Hussar.
·
1852-12-21 -- The
New Clipper Ship Star of the Union, of Boston.
·
1852-12-29 --
The New Ship Mountain Wave.
·
1852-12-29 -- The
New Clipper Ship Phantom, of Boston.
·
1853-01-11 -- The
New Ship Flying Arrow, of Boston.
·
1853-01-17 -- The
New Clipper Ship Mystery, of Boston.
·
1853-01-20 -- The
New Clipper Ship Golden Light, of Boston.
·
1853-01-25 -- The
New Clipper Ship Empress of the Sea, of Baltimore.
·
1853-02-08 -- The
New Clipper Ship Radiant.
·
1853-02-24 -- The
New Clipper Ship Storm King.
·
1852-03-03 -- Wild Pigeon
·
1853-03-26 -- The
New Clipper Ship Climax.
·
1853-03-30 -- The
New Clipper Ship Cleopatra.
·
1853-04-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Queen of Clippers.
·
1853-04-14 -- The
New Packet Ship Star of Empire.
·
1853-04-27 -- The
New Clipper Ship Wizard.
·
1853-05-11 -- The
New Ship West Wind.
·
1853-05-14 -- The
New Clipper Ship Belle of the West.
·
1853-06-11 -- The
New Clipper Ship Bonita, of Boston.
·
1853-06-16 --
The New Clipper Ship Wild Ranger.
·
1853-06-27 -- The
New Clipper Brig Belle, of Halifax, N.S.
·
1853-06-29 -- Abstract
Log of Ship Flying Cloud.
·
1853-07-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Whistler, of Boston.
·
1853-07-04 -- The
New Clipper Ship Amphitrite, of Boston.
·
1853-07-09 -- The
clipper barque Wildfire.
·
1853-07-11 -- The
New Clipper Ship Water Witch.
·
1853-07-16 -- The
packet ship Staffordshire.
·
1853-07-23 -- The
Ship Sovereign of the Seas.
·
1853-08-06 -- The
Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas.
·
1853-08-29 -- The
New Clipper Ship Ocean Pearl.
·
1853-09-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Morning Light of Boston.
·
1853-09-08 -- The
New Packet Ship Webster, of New York.
·
1853-10-06 -- The
New Clipper Ship Spitfire.
·
1853-10-12 -- The
New Clipper Ship Cyclone, of Boston.
·
1853-10-22 -- The
New Clipper Ship Edwin Forrest, of New York.
·
1853-10-27 -- The
New Clipper Ship Don Quixote.
·
1853-11-08 -- The
New Clipper Ship Romance of the Sea, of Boston.
·
1853-12-01 -- The
New Clipper Ship Eagle Wing, of Boston.
·
1853-12-29 -- The
New Clipper Barque Eringo.
·
1854-01-04 -- Loss of the Packet
Ship Staffordshire, and One Hundred and Eighty Lives.
·
1854-01-06 -- The U.S. Mail Steamer San
Francisco!
·
1854-01-09 -- The
Staffordshire.
·
1854-01-09 -- The Great Republic.
·
1854-01-11 --
The New Clipper Ship Herald of the Morning.
·
1854-01-11
-- The Death from Cruel Treatment on board the Ship Harvard.
·
1854-01-14 -- Loss of the Steamer San
Francisco, and 240 Lives!
·
1854-01-16 --
Crane's Self-Acting Chain Stoppers.
·
1854-01-23 -- The
New Clipper Ship Coeur de Lion, of Boston.
·
1854-01-26 -- The
New Clipper Ship Challenger, of Boston.
·
1854-01-31 -- The
New Clipper Ship Lightning, of Liverpool.
·
1854-02-02 -- The Ship Great
Republic.
·
1854-02-14 -- The
New Clipper Ship Fleet Wing, of Boston.
·
1854-02-15 -- The New Clipper Ship Lightning.
·
1854-02-18 --
The New Clipper Ship Lightning.
·
1854-02-18 --
The New Clipper Ship Starlight.
·
1854-02-20 -- The
New Clipper Ship Lightning.
·
1854-02-26 -- Cunningham's
Rig.
·
1854-02-27 -- The
New Ship Nabob, of Boston.
·
1854-03-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Starlight.
·
1854-03-03 -- Crane's
Self-Acting Chain Stoppers.
·
1854-03-06 -- The
New Ship Bostonian.
·
1854-03-08 -- Forbes'
Rig.
·
1854-03-16 -- The
Clipper Barque Wm. T. Sayward.
·
1854-03-23 -- The
Clipper Ship Lightning.
·
1854-03-24 --
The Clipper Ship Red Jacket.
·
1854-03-28 -- Shipbuilding
Facilities.
·
1854-03-29 -- The New Clipper Ship Robin
Hood.
·
1854-04-08 -- The Clipper Ship Young
America vs. the Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas.
·
1854-04-10 -- The
Clipper Ship Galatea.
·
1854-04-21 -- The
New Clipper Ship Swallow, of New York.
·
1854-04-29 --
The New Clipper Ship Robin Hood.
·
1854-05-13 -- Mutiny
on Board the Sovereign of the Seas.
·
1854-05-16 -- Loss of the Ship Winchester.
-- Resue of nearly Eight Hundred Souls.
·
1854-05-20 -- The
New Clipper Ship Champion of the Seas.
·
1854-05-27 -- Allyn's
Patent Capstan.
·
1854-05-29 -- The
New Clipper Ship Grace Darling, of Boston.
·
1854-06-15 -- The
New Barque Lamplighter, of Boston.
·
1854-06-21 -- The
New Ship Neptune's Favorite.
·
1854-06-23 -- Capt.
Warner.
·
1854-06-26 -- The New Clipper Ship Sierra
Nevada, of Boston.
·
1854-07-07 -- The
New Ship Barreda Brothers, of Boston.
·
1854-07-07 -- Collision at Sea --
Loss of Two Ships and Twenty-four Lives.
·
1854-08-06 -- The
clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas.
·
1854-08-10 -- The
New Clipper Barque Cossack, of Boston.
·
1854-08-14 --
The New Clipper Ship Ocean Express.
·
1854-08-14 -- The Burning of the
Ship Townsend.
·
1854-08-18 -- Emerson's
Ventilators.
·
1854-08-28 -- The
Clipper Ship Flying Fish.
·
1854-09-01 -- The
New Clipper Ship James Baines.
·
1854-09-06 -- Clippers
Romance of the Sea and David Brown.
·
1854-09-06 -- The Clipper Ship Flying
Cloud.
·
1854-09-27 -- The
New Packet Ship Chatsworth, of Boston.
·
1854-09-29 --
The New Clipper Barque Bounding Billow.
·
1854-09-29 --
The New Packet Barque Moneynick,
of Charleston, S.C.
·
1854-09-30 -- The
New Packet Ship Commodore Perry.
·
1854-10-02 -- The
New Ship Oriental, of Boston.
·
1854-10-20 -- The
New Packet Barque Moneynick,
of Charleston, S.C.
·
1854-10-24 -- The
New Barque Benin, of Liverpool, England.
·
1854-10-26 -- The
New Clipper Ship Saracen, of Boston.
·
1854-10-30 -- The
New Ship Santa Claus, of Boston.
·
1854-11-15 -- Further from the New
Era. Two Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost.
·
1854-11-20 -- The New Packet Ship John
Eliot Thayer, of Boston.
·
1854-11-27 -- The New Clipper Ship Eloisa,
of Valparaiso.
·
1854-12-02 -- The
New Clipper Ship Charmer, of Boston.
·
1854-12-11 -- The New Ship Indiaman,
of Boston.
·
1854-12-18 -- The
New East Indiaman, Blanche Moore, of Liverpool.
·
1854-12-30 -- The New Steam Packet Joseph
Witney.
·
1855-01-01 -- The New Ship Japan,
of Boston.
·
1855-02-26 -- The
New Clipper Ship Donald M'Kay, of Liverpool.
·
1855-02-26 -- The
New Ship Alma, of Boston.
·
1855-03-23 -- The
New Clipper Ship War Hawk, of New York.
·
1856-01-14 -- The
New Ship Orion, of Boston.
·
1856-02-06 -- The
New Clipper Ship Mastiff, of New York.
·
1856-03-24 -- The
New Ship Witch of the Wave.
·
1856-03-29 -- The
New Clipper Ship Alarm, of Boston.
·
1856-04-19 -- The
New Ship Susan Howland, of Boston.
·
1856-04-22 -- The
New Clipper Ship Endeavor, of Boston.
·
1856-05-05 -- The
New Clipper Ship Thatcher Magoun, of Boston.
·
1856-05-10 -- The
New Clipper Ship Silver Star, of Boston.
·
1856-06-03 -- The
New Packet Ship Plutarch, of New York.
·
1856-11-12 -- The New Clipper Ship Flying
Mist, of Boston.
Updated 2004-06-14 by Lars Bruzelius
Sjöhistoriska Samfundet
Copyright © 1997 Lars Bruzelius.