The thee-masted, 450-ton American ship Bristol left Liverpool, England on October 15, 1836 with a cargo of 250 tons of iron bars, 50 tons of coal, 2,000
bushels of wheat, and dry goods. It had 95 passengers aboard, most of them Irish . . . — — Map (db m243379) HM
On December 31, 1836, after a long and difficult Atlantic Oceam crossing firom Liverpool,
England, the 279-ton, three-masted, American-ownd barque Mesico finally arrived at the
mouth of New York Harbor. The temperature in New York City was . . . — — Map (db m143539) HM
