Pacific Mail Steamship Company records, 1851-1880.

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Pacific Mail Steamship Company records, 1851-1880.

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Contents: Ledger, 1878-1880, of accounts of personnel on various ships; bills for the steamship Constitution, and miscellaneous papers.

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Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)

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Pacific Mail Steamship Company

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The 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. T...

Constitution (Steamship)

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