The Boston Daily Atlas

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 that folder or from the links on this page. Scott Bradner 2025-04-22

1850

· 1850-11-20 -- Sea Serpent

· 1850-12-21 -- The New Clipper Ship Stag Hound.

1851

· 1851-01-04 -- The New Clipper Ship John Bertram, of Boston.

· 1851-01-10 -- Boston and Liverpool Packet Ships. Train & Co's Line.

· 1851-01-20 -- The New Clipper Ship Witchcraft, of Salem.

· 1851-01-29 -- The New Clipper Ship Game Cock, of Boston.

· 1851-03-06 -- The New Clipper Ship Shooting Star, of Boston.

· 1851-04-09 -- The New Clipper Barque Mermaid, of Boston.

· 1851-04-16 -- The New Packet Barque Edisto, of Charleston, S.C.

· 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.

· 1851-05-10 -- The New Clipper Ship Telegraph.

· 1851-05-10 -- Clippers. Letter to the Editors of the Boston Daily Atlas by Samuel Hall, East Boston.

· 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.

· 1851-06-10 -- The Clipper Ship Stag Hound, of Boston. Letter dated Valparaiso, April 7, 1851, reprinted from the Nantucket Inquirer

· 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.

· 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

· 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

· 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

· 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

· 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

· 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

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