For Melbourne, Australia. On or before Wednesday June 25 [1856], the magnificent first class clipper ship “Sumatra”! Original price was: $240.00.$165.00Current price is: $165.00.
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For Melbourne, Australia. On or before Wednesday June 25 [1856], the magnificent first class clipper ship “Sumatra”!
$ 97.91
+Shipping: $9.90 per carton — Free when you order 2+ cartons!- Josiah Dudley, Commander. The ship has been built expressly for the trade, is ventilated in the most thorough manner, and will be despatched as above … For freight or passage, apply to Glidden & Williams, no. 39 Lewis Wharf. Agents at Melbourne, Messrs. McPherson, Francis & Co. Boston, Massachusetts : Watson Pr[inter], 1856. Clipper card, 145 x 88 mm, lithograph-printed recto only in sepia, blue and gold on white enamel card; uneven toning (due to printing process), good condition. Scarce and attractive gold rush-era clipper card advertising a sailing of the Sumatra from Boston to Melbourne in June 1856. She arrived in Hobson’s Bay, Melbourne on 30 September 1856 (The Age, 1 October 1856): ‘ARRIVED (HOBSON’S BAY). September 30—Sumatra (U.S.), ship, 1040 tons, J. Dudley, from Boston 26th June. Passengers, cabin : Mr and Mrs Bowen, Messrs Bowen (2). M’Pherson, Francis, and Co., agents.‘
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