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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
420 tons    
 YearRemarks
 1842 Captain Spencer  from Havre July 28 to New York Sept. 5  Passenger list: Passenger list 
 1843 Captain N. C. Johnson  from Havre to New York Aug. 14  Passenger list: Passenger list 
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

This was an American flag ship of 421 register tons. She normally sailed in the NY- New Orleans trade. For most of her life she was operated by E.D. Hurlbut & Co., NY. She first shows up in available sources in 1830, sailing NY-NO. In 1842 she sailed NY - Havre under Captain F.W. Spencer. In 1843 and 1845 she sailed NY-Havre under Captain S.O. Williams. In 1843 she sailed NY-NO under Captain Spencer. Same in 1846 under Captain Williams. ["Queens of the Western Ocean" by Carl C. Cutler, published in 1961 by the United States Naval Institute. subm. by James E. Heg]

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