Margaret Evans (1846)

For other uses, see Margaret Evans (disambiguation).

History
United States
Name	Margaret Evans
Owner	E.E. Morgan [1]
Builder	Westervelt & MacKay, New York
Laid down	1846 [1]
Homeport	New York City
Fate	Sank September 1865 in New York on a voyage from Livorno [2]
General characteristics
Type	Full rigged packet ship
Tonnage	899 [1]
Length	158.2 ft (48.2 m) [1]
Beam	35.3 ft (10.8 m) [1]
Height	21.3 ft (6.5 m) [1]
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m) [1]
Decks	3 (originally 2) [1]

The Margaret Evans was a full rigged packet ship laid down by Westervelt & MacKay. She was a regular fixture of the mid-19th century transatlantic packet trade, sailing passengers and cargo to New York from London, Liverpool and other British ports under the command of American Captain Edward Greenfield Tinker. ^[3] She ferried scores of immigrants to North America, including the future wife of American businessman Warren L. Wheaton and members of the Putnam family. ^[4] Her notoriety led to her memorialization in literature, visual art and song, and she is the subject of a well-known sea shanty, "Eliza Lee," which has been recorded by English folk singer Johnny Collins and Canadian folk-punk band The Dreadnoughts. ^[5]

John A. Rolph (1799–1862), Stateroom on Packet Ship Margaret Evans, 1851. Watercolor on paper. Collection of The Paul Foundation

References

1. New York Marine Register of Ships. New York, NY: American Lloyd's. 1858. p. 64. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
2. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5501. Liverpool. 16 September 1865.
3. Arthur Hamilton, Clark (1911). The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews (1843-1869) (3rd ed.). New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press. p. 89. ISBN   9781539419228 . Retrieved 14 December 2020.
4. Putnam, George Haven (1903). A Memoir of George Palmer Putnam; Together with a Record of the Publishing House Founded by Him; Volume I. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 169. ISBN   9781010140887 . Retrieved 14 December 2020.
5. Eighteenth Annual Report (1920) from the Bergen County Historical Society, Hackensack, New Jersey (number 13, pages 61–62).