Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Variant namesThe Pacific Mail Steamship Company was incorporated in 1848 to engage in the steamship business after receiving a contract from the U.S. government to provide mail service between Panama and the Oregon coast. The organizer and first president of the company was William H. Aspinwall. The company prospered, expanded its fleet, and began service to the Orient in 1867. By the mid-1880s they were sailing to 47 ports across the Pacific Ocean, including ports in Central America and Mexico. The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, formed in 1874 by western railroad interests, merged with Pacific Mail Steamship Company in 1900. The company controlling stock was acquired in 1915 by W.R. Grace & Co., and in 1925 the company's house flag, name, and goodwill were sold to the Dollar Line.
From the description of Records of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 1853-1925. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510218
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| associatedWith | Algoa (Steamship). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | American President Lines, Ltd. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Arizona (Steamship) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Aspinwall, William H. | person |
| associatedWith | Aspinwall, William Henry, 1807-1875. | person |
| associatedWith | Babcock, William F., 1820-1885. | person |
| correspondedWith | Baird, Spencer F. | person |
| associatedWith | Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889. | person |
| associatedWith | Bischoff, William | person |
| correspondedWith | Bowman, George F. | person |
| associatedWith | Buissonet, Eugène, 1827-1902. | person |
| correspondedWith | Bullay, H. J. | person |
| correspondedWith | Canfield, Colbert A. | person |
| associatedWith | Cavarly, John M. | person |
| associatedWith | Champion (Schooner) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873. | person |
| associatedWith | Colima (Steamship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Colon (Steamship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Comstock, Samuel H. | person |
| associatedWith | Constitution (Steamship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Corbett, Henry W. (Henry Winslow), 1827-1903. | person |
| associatedWith | Craswell, M.S. | person |
| associatedWith | Dennett, Joseph G. | person |
| associatedWith | Eldridge, Oliver, 1818-1902. | person |
| associatedWith | Forbes, Andrew Bell, 1824- | person |
| associatedWith | Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Freeman, Mary P. | person |
| associatedWith | Freeman, Otis K., 1836-1915. | person |
| associatedWith | Golden Age (steamship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Granada (Brig) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Great Republic (steamship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hackley, Robert J. | person |
| associatedWith | Henry Chauncey (Brig) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | person |
| associatedWith | Holman, Samuel Kendall, b. 1827. | person |
| associatedWith | Houston, J. B. | person |
| associatedWith | Hulme, Kathryn, 1900-1981. | person |
| associatedWith | John L. Stephens (Steamboat) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Johnson, Theodore T. (Theodore Taylor), b.1818. | person |
| associatedWith | Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1828-1863. | person |
| associatedWith | Kelly, Lila. | person |
| associatedWith | Kinney, Roland Thomas, 1900-1989. | person |
| associatedWith | Kofoid, Charles A. 1865-1947. | person |
| correspondedWith | Minor, Thomas T. | person |
| associatedWith | Norris, Thomas W. | person |
| associatedWith | Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ocean Queen (Brig) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Oregon (Steamer) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Orton, James | person |
| associatedWith | Pacific Steam Navigation Company | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Panama Railroad Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pennsylvania (Ship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Price family | family |
| correspondedWith | Ridgway, Robert | person |
| associatedWith | Rising Star (Steamship) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Roberts, I. K. | person |
| associatedWith | Roberts, Martin Richard, 1820- | person |
| associatedWith | Robinson, Alfred, 1806-1895. | person |
| associatedWith | San Francisco Maritime Museum | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Seavy, Llewellyn T., b. 1851. | person |
| associatedWith | Sherman, F. Barreda | person |
| associatedWith | Smart, Daniel E. | person |
| correspondedWith | Smithsonian Institution | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sonora (Ship : 1854-1874) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stanwood, Richard Goss. | person |
| associatedWith | Taylor, Jim, 1941- | person |
| associatedWith | T. Magoun & Son. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Transatlantic Steamship Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916. | person |
| associatedWith | Wells, Fargo & Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Williams, Henry B., 1820- | person |
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