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Brig Amphitrite


Panama to San Francisco, CA - beached while enroute to San Francisco near Acapulco, Mexico.
April 23, 1852

Captain Kent then Elias B. Staples
Left Panama February 1, 1852 with 190 passengers and crew (131 more than allowed). 30 days out put into San Carlos, Salvador where the Captain (Kent), an Englishman, quitted vessel. 7 passengers left at same time. Remaining passengers raised $808 for provisions and set sail on March 12, 1852. Calms and currents plus barnacled bottom gave trouble. On April 23, 1852 with only 1 days water left, plus few pounds of rice and 1 peck of peas, the Captain and passengers decided to beach her 300 miles to south and eastward of Acapulco, Mexico, between the Rio Grande and Lake Manetelpec. Landing made safely. Some passengers who where too sick remained with the Indians. The rest of the passengers crossed mountains to Acapulco, arriving there in 18 days.

Passengers: W. Hodge N.A. Green William Tewksbury J. Cartwright J. Gawley L. Fitch J.W. Baker J.A. Holts C. Crockett J. Blair E. Wellman S.H. Yorker J. Molusky J. Moore J. Roper J. Spinning B. King J. King A.A. Brown D. Rice L.H. Brown R. Woodford H. Stark S. Bartin William Franklin H.N. Crippew A. Johnson W.E. Pressley J. Smith J. Purdon J. Laner D. Farrell J.A. Blake N. Follett J. Donohue M. Herrington Hiram Coe S.D. Perkins Robert Flinn M. Weeland A. Jordan A. Krog and wife J. Arthur D. Carpenter C. Johnson S. Clark David Green Auguste Heische and wife C. Gillespie H. Boseman J.B. Davis D. Siety H. Harrocks J.M. Putnam W. Garfield S. Garfield W. Smith F. Smith L. Siety L. Duprey J. Manwell A. Costrich Mr. Hill W. Marble E. Chick B. Conroy J. Clark 2nd S. Lee ? McGilfetyher R. Going W.A. Barrows S.N. Hurlburt J. Harding J. Rice Joseph Smith L. Van Wie O. Madden W. Leet C. Murch J. Weiss M. Nichols F. Hale G. Tribe J. Shepton J. Bacon J. Cohen P. Elmore C. Reed J.D. Herrington A. Frieslate George Chinney C. McCormick J. Barnes John Welch J. Clark J. McCluskey A. Pickett T.H. Day J. Hallowell J. Murphy G. Sly T. S. Harrison J. Duffy C. Megguier F. Larkin D. Scranton J. Jordan T. Horn H. Leib L. Greenhalgh J. Doler J. Perrine F. Murphy H. Weeks B. Abbey Capt. Smith D. Perrine M. Perrine B.G. Williams J. Franklin D.F. Starkweather S. Menally J. Smith N. Broughton L. Favol N. Vancamp B.C. Lovell R. Nichols W. Tribe H. Quary P. Schurch James Parker G. Elmore E.T. Holbrook C. Coney J. Belden, wife and four children R. Bryce A. Vace J. Driscoll C. Bowman P. O'Connor H.C. Moulton B. Leonard A. Seity J. Moran A. Prescott S. Headley D. Page H.C. Deming The following passengers died on board the vessel "Amphitrite" during the passage: Mr. Goodhue, of Canada Mr. Heath, of Maine Edward Merrill, of Watertown, Massachusetts R. Donaldson, of New York D. Warner, of New York Edward Turrel (no residency stated) Mr. Arsell, of Springfield, Massachusetts Child of Mrs. P. O'Connor There is no other information on passengers. These passengers are most likely from the east coast of USA, part of gold rush. Probably originally left from New York.
San Francisco Newspapers
Transcribed by Sheila Tate a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 September 2001



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