Shawna Shearer (psrsshearer@cableone.net) asked about the ship Amazon which arrived in New York from London 20 July 1863. I posted the ship's basic info from American Lloyds Register while Marj Kohli provided some history leading up to the voyage. Here is the arrival report: New York Times Sunday July 19, 1863 Arrived Saturday July 18 Ship Amazon, [captain] Hovey, London and Isle of Wight June 10 [1], with mdse. and 877 steerage passengers to [owner] E. E. Morgan all well. Had one birth and one death, June 19, lat 47 10 lon 26 40, was in company with ship David Hoadley, [captain] Hayden, from Liverpool June 8 for New York [2], 28th lat 44 30 long 35 05 was in company with ship Constantine, Creedy, from Liverpool June 11 for New York [3]. 12th inst. lat 43 20 lon 62 30, passed a Prussian bark bound W., with passengers. The A. has had light westerly winds and calms most of the passage. 1. Marj Kohli reported the ship left London June 4 so the ship took six days to sail round the SE corner of England. London packets often made a short stop at the Isle of Wight for last minute supplies and to allow mail to be sent. 2. The packet ship David Hoadley arrived NY July 25, NYT July 26. An interesting arrival report in the same issue was the bark Wilhelmine from Antwerp and Orkney Isles. It was unusual for ships from Antwerp to go north around Scotland and I don't recall another example where the ship stopped in the Orkneys, possibly for water and minor repairs. Another report was of the Inman liner City of New York which had made a record crossing from Liverpool to New York in eight days. 3. The Constantine arrived New York about July 27, so took nine days more than the Amazon from the point in mid-Atlantic where they were together. The notorious draft riots had ravaged New York about a week earlier. -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------