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Appendix C Via Panama Sailings, 1849 to 1861 This appendix includes sailing information for ships carrying post office mails sent via Panama between San Francisco and New York City as well as a sample of early trips to New Orleans (pages 252 and 253). Each trip is numbered with year, direction and trip number within that year. So, trip "1851 E-5" would be the fifth mail carrying trip from San Francisco in 1851. Westbound trips are not included as arrangements for mail varied considerably depending on the port of mail departure. The general schedule for mail departures from New York, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans and Panama from January 1850 is described in the Postmaster General notice shown on following page. Information on the first line of each eastbound trip includes the departure date, name of ship, and date of arrival in Panama City. After carriage across the Isthmus of Panama, the mail was transferred to a ship operating in the Atlantic Ocean. The second line includes the date of departure from either Chagres or Aspinwall as specificed, the name of the ship, and the ship arrival date in New York City. When two ships are listed on a single line, it indicates that mail was transferred from the first ship listed to the second. The specifics are mentioned in the notes column. An "x" in parenthesis after a ship name in the "notes" column means that the trip was an extra. The departure date is given. In general these extra vessels did not carry post office letter mail but, unless specifically mentioned, they may have carried some letter mail and/or newspapers. It should be remembered that these extra vessels often carried letters and other mail matter for the various express companies. If such letters entered the US mails before delivery, they bear postmarks other than San Francisco postmarks.. Abbreviations - Steamship Companies Abbreviations - Places A&PSS - Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Co (Vanderbilt) ASP - Aspinwall ECL - Empire City Line CHA - Chagres H&A - Howland & Aspinwall Atlantic Line CRL - Charleston LL - Law Line HAV - Havana, Cuba NASC - North Atlantic Steamship Co. KIN - Kingston, Jamaica PMSS - Pacific Mail Steamship Co. NO - New Orleans S&T - Spofford & Tileston Charleston & New York Line NYC - New York City USMSC - US Mail Steamship Co PAN - Panama City SFC - San Francisco TEH - Tehuantepec, Mexico Notes: (x) next to name of a vessel in the "notes" column means that the trip was an extra. In general these extra vessels did not carry letter mail but, unless specifically mentioned, they may have carried some letter mail and/or newspapers. __________________________________________________ 249 APPENDIX C - VIA PANAMA SAILINGS, 1849-1861 _________________________________________________________ 1849 Eastbound Trips Via Panama Trip Depart Steamer Arrive Notes 1849 E-1 Mar 19 (SFC) Peru Bark Callao May 4 (PAN) first post office mail from California 1849 E-2 Apr 12 (SFC) PMSS Oregon May 5 (PAN) 1849 E-3 May 1 (SFC) PMSS California May 23 (PAN) Jun 4 (CHA) ECL Crescent City / Falcon both arv Jun combined mails E1 to E3, mail transfer and S&T Northerner 19 (NYC) at NO Jun 10, Falcon via HAV Jun 14, Northerner via CRL Jun 16 1849 E-4 Jun 20 (SFC) PMSS Panama Jul 11 (PAN) 1849 E-5 Jul 2 (SFC) PMSS Oregon Jul 21 (PAN) Jul 25 (CHA) USMSC Falcon Aug 17 (NYC) combined mails E4 & E5, via NO Aug 3-8, CRL and HAV 1849 E-6 Aug 2 (SFC) PMSS California Aug 24 (PAN) Sep 1 (CHA) ECL Empire City Sep 13 (NYC) via KIN Sep 4/5 1849 E-7 Sep 2 (SFC) PMSS Panama Sep 22 (PAN) Sep 27 (CHA) USMSC Falcon / Ohio Oct 13 (NYC) mail transfer at NO Oct 4/5, via HAV Oct 8 1849 E-8 Oct 1 (SFC) PMSS Oregon Oct 24 (PAN) Oct 29 (CHA) ECL Empire City Nov 11 (NYC) via KIN (Port Royal) Nov 1-3 1849 E-9 Nov 2 (SFC) PMSS California Nov 22 (PAN) Nov 27 (CHA) USMSC Falcon Dec 30 (NO) missed Ohio at HAV, all mail to NO 1849 E-10 Nov 16 (SFC) PMSS Panama Dec 4 (PAN) 1849 E-11 Dec 1 (SFC) PMSS Unicorn Dec 28 (PAN) Jan 2 (CHA) H&A Cherokee Jan 13 (NYC) combined mails E10 & E11, via KIN Jan 7, PO Agt McLean carried 10,000 letters for the East In 1849 Postmaster General Collamer published several notices to the public that detailed the new arrangements for the Pacific mails. His November 17, 1849 notice shown above oulines the schedule for both eastbound and westbound mails effective January 1850. __________________________________________________ 250 APPENDIX C - VIA PANAMA SAILINGS, 1849-1861 _________________________________________________________ 1850 Eastbound Trips Via Panama Trip Depart Steamer Arrive Notes 1850 E-1 Jan 1 (SFC) PMSS Oregon Jan 23 (PAN) Jan 26 (CHA) USMSC Falcon / Ohio Feb 9 (NYC) mail transfer HAV Feb 4 1850 E-2 Jan 15 (SFC) PMSS California Feb 4 (PAN) 1850 E-3 Feb 1 (SFC) PMSS Panama Feb 23 (PAN) Feb 27 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Mar 9 (NYC) combined mails E2 & E3 1850 E-4 Mar 1 (SFC) PMSS Oregon Mar 20 (PAN) Mar 28 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Apr 8 (NYC) 1850 E-5 Apr 1 (SFC) PMSS California Apr 23 (PAN) Apr 27 (CHA) USMSC Georgia May 7 (NYC) via HAV May 1-3 1850 E-6 Apr 21 (SFC) PMSS Tennessee May 11 (PAN) May 13 (CHA) USMSC Falcon / Ohio May 24 (NYC) mail transfer HAV May 20 1850 E-7 May 1 (SFC) PMSS Panama May 21 (PAN) May 26 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Jun 9 (NYC) via HAV Jun 5 1850 E-8 May 15 (SFC) LL Isthmus Jun 16 (PAN) Law Line, required a directive 1850 E-9 Jun 1 (SFC) PMSS Oregon Jun 21 (PAN) Jun 26 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Jul 8 (NYC) combined mails E8 & E9 1850 E-10 Jun 18 (SFC) LL Columbus Jul 6 (PAN) Law Line, required a directive 1850 E-11 Jul 1 (SFC) PMSS California Jul 20 (PAN) Jul 26 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Aug 7 (NYC) via HAV Aug 4, combined mails 1850 E-12 Jul 15 (SFC) PMSS Tennessee Aug 6 (PAN) 1850 E-13 Jul 17 (SFC) LL Isthmus Aug 8 (PAN) Law Line, required a directive Aug 12 (CHA) USMSC Falcon / Ohio Aug 24 (NYC) combined mails E12 & E13, mail transfer HAV Aug 16 1850 E-14 Aug 1 (SFC) PMSS Panama Aug 21 (PAN) Aug 26 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Sep 6 (NYC) 1850 E-15 Aug 15 (SFC) PMSS Carolina Sep 4 (PAN) Sep 12 (CHA) USMSC Falcon / Ohio Sep 22 (NYC) mail transfer HAV Sep 17 1850 E-16 Sep 1 (SFC) PMSS Oregon Sep 19 (PAN) Agt Midgett** Sep 25 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Oct 6 (NYC) 1850 E-17 Sep 15 (SFC) PMSS Tennessee Oct 4 (PAN) Oct 12 (CHA) USMSC Falcon Oct 27 (NYC) 1850 E-18 Sep 17 (SFC) LL Isthmus Oct 10 (PAN) Law Line, required a directive 1850 E-19 Oct 1 (SFC) PMSS California Oct 22 (PAN) 1850 E-20 Oct 5 (SFC) ECL New Orleans Oct 22 (PAN) carried a mail, required a directive Oct 26 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Nov 7 (NYC) combined mails E18, E19 & E20 __________________________________________________ 251 APPENDIX C - VIA PANAMA SAILINGS, 1849-1861 _________________________________________________________ 1850 (Oct 15 to Dec) Eastbound Trips Via Panama Trip Depart Steamer Arrive Notes 1850 E-21 Oct 15 (SFC) PMSS Carolina Nov 3 (PAN) 1850 E-22 Oct 19 (SFC) LL Columbus Nov 7 (PAN) Law Line, required a directive Nov 11 (ASP) USMSC Pacific / Ohio Nov 23 (NYC) combined mails E21 & E22, mail transfer HAV Nov 16 1850 E-23 Oct 31 (SFC) ECL Northerner Nov 22 (PAN) Empire City Pacific Line, carried mail 1850 E-24 Nov 1 (SFC) PMSS Panama Nov 21 (PAN) Nov 26 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Dec 7 (NYC) combined mails E22 & E23 1850 E-25 Nov 15 (SFC) PMSS Tennessee Dec 1 (PAN) 1850 E-26 Dec 1 (SFC) PMSS Oregon Dec 20 (PAN) Dec 26 (CHA) USMSC Georgia Jan 6 (NYC) combined mails E24 & E25 1850 E-27 Dec 15 (SFC) PMSS California Jan 3 (PAN) Agt Midgett** Jan 12 (CHA) USMSC Falcon Jan 24 1851 (NYC) combined mails E26 & E27 * - Post Office Route Agent Gouveneur A. Ferris used his “PAN. & SAN. FRAN. S.S.” marking device, type 1 (ampersand is centered), on mail received by him enroute. ** - Post Office Route Agent Bannister Midgett used his “PAN. & SAN. FRAN. S.S.” marking device, type 2 (ampersand to left near "N"), on mail received by him enroute. Below and continued on the following page is a incomplete listing of the eastbound trips from Chagres to New Orleans that delivered mail to be distributed to New Orleans and the South. The listings only include the Atlantic Ocean leg of the trip. The trip numbers correspond to the numbers used on the San Francisco to New York trips with these trips replacing the leg from Chagres to New York.. 1849 to 1851 Eastbound Trips from Panama to New Orleans (secondary route) Trip Depart CHA Steamer Arrive NO Notes 1849 E1-3 Jun 4 1849 ECL Crescent City Jun 10 1849 newspaper notes "3 mails" arrived A June 20, 1849 newspaper notice placed by NO postmaster Musson notes that the westbound "California and Oregon mails via Panama closes once a month - irregular." Similarly, eastbound mails arrive "once a month - irregular." 1849 E4-5 Jul 25 USMSC Falcon Aug 3 1849 E-7 Sep 27 USMSC Falcon Oct 4 1849 E9 Nov 28 USMSC Falcon / Ohio Dec 23 via HAV Dec 20 mail transfer 1849 E-11 Jan 1 1850 USMSC Falcon Jan 8 1850 with 3,000 letter for the South & NO 1850 E5 Apr 27 USMSC Georgia / Ohio May 8 via HAV May 3-5 mail transfer 1850 E10-11 Jul 26 USMSC Georgia / Ohio Aug 8 via HAV Aug 4 1850 E15 Sep 12 USMSC Falcon Sep 23 via HAV Sep 17 1850 E16 Sep 25 USMSC Georgia / Ohio Oct 8 via HAV Ovt 4 1850 E20-21 Nov 11 USMSC Pacific Nov 20 via HAV Nov 16 1850 E22-23 Nov 25 USMSC Philadelphia Dec 4 via HAV Dec 1 __________________________________________________ 252 APPENDIX C - VIA PANAMA SAILINGS, 1849-1861 _________________________________________________________ 1849 to 1851 Eastbound Trips from Panama to New Orleans (secondary route) Trip Depart CHA Steamer Arrive Notes NO 1850 E24-25 Dec 12 USMSC Falcon / Empire Dec 22 at this date the Empire City was under City USMSC control