View in Boston Harbor – English Mail Steamer Going to Sea

Feirce American
Possibly engraved by H. Winthrop Pierce American
After A. Hill American

Not on view

A view in Boston Harbor with a paddle steamer at center. It flies a flag reading "B. & N.A. Ocean Mail" and an American flag, identifying it as part of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, founded in 1840 and serving a route between Liverpool, Halifax and Boston. An American ship at right is named the "Neapolitan, Boston". Clipped from a journal.

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