ns given, which made her cargo capacity limited, and there was never another vessel built on her lines, although she influenced the improvement in design which took place in the next decade.
Clipper ships, 1830-148.
Morison gives the Medford builders a large share of the credit for the improvement in vessels in this period.
He says: The finest type of the period was the Medford or Merrimac-built East Indiaman, and After 1815, the vessels that he built for the China trade gave Thatcher Magoun a reputation second to none among American ship builders, and Medford-built came to mean the best; and also, The Medford builders, in particular, had quietly evolved a new type of four hundred and fifty tons burthen which, handled by eighteen officers and men, would carry half as much freight as a British East Indiaman of fifteen hundred tons with a crew of one hundred and twenty-five and sail half again as fast.
The Rajah, built by J. Stetson at Medford in 1836, five hundred and thi
Clark the following passages are recorded from Boston or New York to San Francisco: Dauntless, 116 days; John Wade, 116 days; Kingfisher, 114 days; Fleetwing, 121 days; Norwester, 122 days; Morning Star, 146 days; Syren, 118 days.
Other ships of this period, but not in this list of extreme clipper type, which made fast voyages to San Francisco from Boston or New York were the National Eagle, 134 days; Wild Ranger, 122 and 127 days; Osborn Howes, 153 days; Good Hope, 143 days.
The Thatcher Magoun made the trip from San Francisco to New York in 94 days.
The record passage was 76 days made by the Northern Light to Boston and the Comet to New York.
Besides the California passages, the Whirlwind made the voyage from New York to Melbourne in 80 days.
The Ringleader made the same trip in 78 days, the best day's run being 336 knots.
The Shooting Star made the run from Canton to Boston in 86 days, and the Phantom made the passage from Callao to Rio Janeiro in 32 days, this
t wander much farther west, but must note again the bulky red nose of Pasture hill, back of the Centre, or old high, school.
Do you note the deep cut into the hill for the enlargement of that building, then called Gog and Magog or Siamese Twins, and do any of you men remember the elevation which used to be behind Mr. Colby's, and that long flight of granite steps in it up to Mr. Hall's garden?
All the changes in High street, as far as the Unitarian parsonage, came after 1830, when Thatcher Magoun, Sr., built his famous house, now the Public Library.
On this side of the Armory was the first Grace Church, now a double dwelling, and near to it was the engine house, built when they ran with the machine— the old hand tub. This has been moved and is now the Grand Army hall.
The Orthodox Church, built in 1824, was burned in 1860 and rebuilt on the same site.
Do any of you men remember the old presidential campaigns, with their torch-light processions and fireworks?
Medford Square
called Meetinghouse hill, taken down by Mr. Thatcher Magoun about 1835. Mr. Leathe was a shoemaker e and died, and now owned and occupied by Thatcher Magoun.
Mr. Swan also noted, that Thatcher MThatcher Magoun, Sr., came to Medford about 1803, married Miss Mary Bradshaw of Medford, died April 16, 1856, h of Mrs. Capt. Ward, aged 70, in 1831, Thatcher Magoun, Jr., bought the Captain Ward place, into whand that after his widow's death in 1831, Thatcher Magoun bought it.
A careful examination of th a copy of it,—and incidentally were told by Mr. Magoun how much he paid his designer for it, addingticeable and much admired.
At about 1873, Mr. Magoun erected another building at the lower corner structure was the Magoun cow stable.
After Mr. Magoun's decease his successor in residence transfothe erection of the armory.
Also in 1873, Mr. Magoun added the front terrace and portico to the hy.
He later added $4,000 for same.
After Mr. Magoun's decease the former care of the grounds and[1 more...]
