“Just wondering if my grandfather’s treasured boat in a frame has any value?” Patricia Thornton wrote in an email to the column, sending along of photo of a large white ship in a wooden frame. Expert ...
Mar. 31—The clipper ship Andrew Jackson sailed from New York in 1859 and reached San Francisco in 89 days, setting a record for speed. The screw steamer Varuna sank four Confederate vessels during the ...
Prologue: the patriarch -- The Canton Silver Cup -- Breaking into the family -- Opium hostages -- Yankees in Gotham -- Mazeppa and the problem child -- Captain Nat -- Family pressure under sail -- ...
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