The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Quick passage from the Pacific.

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Quick passage from the Pacific.

--Capt. P. B. Bow rs of the Ship Black Hawk., which has arrived at Hampton Roads, arrived in Baltimore, on Wednesday morning last by the Old Point boat Georgiana. Capt. B. reports that he made the passage from Baker's Island to Hampton Roads in eighty-four days and from Upolu, where he stopped for supplies, in seventy-five days. The time from Upolu to Cape Horn was twenty-four days. Baker's Island is in the Pacific, lies 176,30 west longitude. This is one of the shortest passages on record.

The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 9, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Quick passage from the Pacific.