It would help to know specifically what kind of ships they were before randomely looking at pictures of ships. The following applies to the 18th century as a whole. I found my book that discusses the conditions under which Scotch Irish typically came to the U.S. Unfortunately I zeroxed two chapters of a book that describe the emigrants and the travelling conditions. The chapter describes everything you could think of in vivid detail, except the ships themselves. The ships were specifically carrying goods and emigrants to America, and sometimes they carried emigrants to America in the fall in time to get crops and bring them back. The emigrants rode in the holds or in temporary floors constructed between the decks, with berths crowded together, and little or no ventilation. Disease was rampant and children often died, which is consistent with the death of the Smiths’ infant on the voyage. Some ships are named, however. The Peggy The Pitt the Lord Chatham the Betty the Hopewell the Pennylvania Farmer the Elizabeth the James and Mary the Lord Dunluce 200 tons, or else 160 tons, depending on who asked and when. Small pox broke out on board in 17712. the Nancy the Britannia the Seaflower ** the Sally “advertised in 1765, with obvious pride, that the higeight between her decks (not bunks) was four feet six inches” the General Wolfe ** the Hibernia, which was 170 or 200 tons, depending on who asked and why. the William the Liberty (Belfast to Philadelphia) “claimed that the port holes would ‘let out the foul, and in the fresh, air for want of which disodrers frequently happen on board passenger vessels”, the point being specifically that there were no port-holes for ventilation. the Venus “claimed that the vessel’s ‘three hatchways would ensure an abundance of fresh air.’” the Charlotte was innovative. It advertised that ‘ion order to preserve the health of the passengers in the summer season, the captain got twelve air ports cut in the ship’s side”. Earl of Donegal Glorious Memory the Edinburgh the Providence “A vessel of 270 tons carrying 400 emigrahts to America in 1791... the berths were triple-tiered and were eighteen inches wide and two feet high.” The average advertised tonnage of emigrant vessels during 1771 to 1775 was over 310 tons, but according to the returns of port officials in America, the average tonage of vessels that arrived there from Ireland between Jan 1768 and Jan 1771 was 94 tons. Dora From: Eliz Hanebury Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:15 AM To: Dora Smith Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Them ships again - need to know what a ship looked like https://www.google.com/search?q=ships+pictures+1790&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=bOm&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=tWsBUcS0FLO10AG8qIC4BA&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1708&bih=798 A lot of pictures of ships around 1790.