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
The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor was a charitable organization in New York City, established in 1843 and incorporated in 1848 with the aim of helping the deserving poor and prov
The United Charities Building, after 1893 the headquarters of the AICP and other charitable organizations; the successor organization, the Community Service Society is still located there
The A.I.C.P. staff Christmas luncheon in 1942