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Sunday, 14 June 2015

American clipper Westward Ho arrived at San Francisco, USA coming from New York according to the American newspaper Sacramento Daily Union dated 27 March 1857

An item dated San Francisco, USA 26th reported the arrival of the American clipper Westward Ho captain Hussey that evening after a voyage of 101 days coming from New York, USA with a cargo for Wm.T. Coleman&Co.(1)

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1. Launched at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA for account of Sampson&Tappan, Boston on 24 September 1852 and lost by fire lying at Callao, Peru on 13 October 1857. She was then Peru-flagged. Dimensions 210 x 40.6 x 23.6 feet and an old measurement of 1.650 tons.