Hello Bob, At 04:49 PM 2006-08-24 -0400, Robert Schlachter wrote: >Can anyone tell me where I write to obtain articles regarding the wreck of >the "City of Philadelphia" which was stranded off Cape Race Newfoundland >in Sep 1854. A source suggested that I write this list. He told me that >many articles appeared in the local papers - Public Ledger and Morning >Post - along with the results of London's and Liverpool's Marine Boards of >Trade published on Feb 5, 1855. I also seemed to have hit a brick wall in >trying to find where to obtain the passenger list. I believe one of my >ancestors was on that vessel when it wrecked. Apparently, many of the >passengers remained in St. John's Newfoundland for about 5 weeks waiting >for a vessel to take them on to Philadelphia, the ship's original destination. > >Bob Schlachter I don't have a list of passengers for this one, but I do have a couple of news items. Ship Wrecks http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/index.htm City of Philadelphia, Liverpool to Philadelphia 1854 http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/cityofphiladelphia1854.htm The Arctic was lost at the same place less than three weeks later with great loss of life, so the papers were full of that. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/