Maritime Monday: The Pursuit, Glasgow to New York, 1849

My 4th-great-grandfather Hugh Winters and most of his children (including his son John, my 3rd-great-grandfather) sailed from Glasgow, Scotland to New York, New York on the Pursuit in 1849. (His wife Mary Bennet and their daughter Margaret apparently traveled separately.)

The manifest, filled out by the ship's master Henry Evans, was dated 12 June 1849.

Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Year: 1849; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 080; List Number: 706. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Year: 1849; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 080; List Number: 706. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Year: 1849; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 080; List Number: 706. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

The 11 June 1849 issue of the New York Daily Tribune reported that the Pursuit had arrived from Glasgow. 

New York Daily Tribune, 11 June 1849, page 3. Available from Chronicling America. 

Several British newspapers also reported the ship's arrival.

Caledonia Mercury, 28 June 1849, page 4. Available from British Newspaper Archive. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Greenock Advertiser, 29 June 1849, page 3. Available from British Newspaper Archive. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Liverpool Mail, 30 June 1849, page 7. Available from British Newspaper Archive. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Two of the newspapers reported that the Pursuit had sailed from Clyde. They must have been referring to the River Clyde.