Seeking information on vessal SWANTON sailing jan 1843 from liverpool to USA Lorenzo SNOW as passenger. Sincerally, Peter Monks Canada

Hi Peter, During 1841 and 1842 SWANTON sailed for America under a Captain Caleb Heath, sailing between Liverpool and New York, apparently under the flag of "The New York Line of Packets", or at least sharing the same agent: P. W. Byrnes of Waterloo Road, Liverpool.  I can't find any proper description of the vessel, but in advertising she was then referred to as a Ship (ie. a square rigger); she was clearly American built, and variously described as 1050 tons, or later "700 tons register" - whatever, she was large.  Also then said to have been "built expressly for the convenience and accommodation of Second Cabin, and Steerage Passengers, who will be treated with every care and attention during the Passage by the Officers of the ship.  Fresh water is served out daily." etc.  The last sailing for New York appears to be June 14, 1842, when she carried 270 passengers.  One of the passengers who sailed on the Swanton appears to have been Lawrence Pitkethly, merchant and Chartist from Huddersfield, who had articles about emigration published in The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser during June and July 1843. By 26 December 1842 she was commanded by a Captain Davenport, when she entered for loading at Liverpool destined for New Orleans, reportedly sailing by 16 January 1843, and arriving back on March 17. The last mention of Davenport as commander is in July 1844, and she was still arriving at Liverpool from New Orleans in 1849.  I can find no mention of her in Lloyd's Registers of the period, but she may have been built at Bath, Maine - least-ways, she appears to have had Bath connections. All this is not very informative, but it may help! Regards, Peter Klein ________________________________ From: Peter Monks <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 2:47 Subject: [MAR] Vessal SWANTON Seeking information on vessal SWANTON sailing jan 1843 from liverpool to USA Lorenzo SNOW as passenger. Sincerally,  Peter Monks  Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message