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Patrick Henry (packet)
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The Patrick Henry was a three-masted, square-rigged, merchant-class, sailing packet ship that transported mail, newspapers, merchandise and thousands of people from 1839 to 1864, during the Golden Age
The American Packet Ship "Patrick Henry" off the Cliffs of Dover, by Philip John Ouless (British, 1817–1885)
Plan of Packet Ship Wellington (1837, 750 tons), built by Christian Bergh & Co., New York. The vessel served the Red Swallowtail Line between New York and London from 1837 to 1850. Its beam was a foot shorter than the Patrick Henry.
Stateroom on Packet Ship Margaret Evans, 1851
Advertisement for her maiden voyage, published November 6, 1839