Logbook of the schooner Champion, 1861 Mar. 2-Aug. 12.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877

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Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a steamship and railroad promoter and financier. From the description of Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence, 1873-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455780 From the guide to the Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence, 1873-1885, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Vanderbilt was the president of the New York Central Rail Road Company. Hoffman was the governor of New York, 1869-1872. Fr...

Seabury, Charles Pinkney, 1820-1890

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Champion (Schooner)

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Shipping vessel, out of New York, N.Y., mastered by C.P. Seabury; owner-agents: Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; built at Wilmington, Del., 1858-1859. From the description of Logbook of the schooner Champion, 1861 Mar. 2-Aug. 12. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 698774027 Shipping vessel, out of New York, N.Y., mastered by C.P. Seabury; owner-agents: Atlantic & Pacific Steamship Company; built at Wilmington, Del....

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...