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Early Morn - a general history

Official No. 21168; Code Letters NFGD.

Owners: 1858 T & C Nichols, London: 1868 Charles Hall (Boston, USA) (HC Nichols consignees) London: 1869 Charles Hall (Boston, USA) (J Yarrington consignees) London: 1870 Charles Hall (Boston, USA) (HC Nichols consignees) London: 1871 Fleming (master) London: 1872 RH Yarrington (mgrs) London .

Masters: 1858-62 Henry Lowry (C.N. 2394 London 1850): 1863 H Stephens: 1868-69 HL Smith: 1869 Knowles: 1870-72 Fleming.

Voyages: 1859-62 London for Port Natal: 19 September 1864 anchored at Deal bound for St Helena; 11 December 1864 from Liverpool for Calcutta; November 1865 sailed with a cargo of sugar from East India for London; 30 January 1866 from Gravesend for St Kitts; from Valparaiso on 15 April 1868 with a general cargo including guano, passed Cape Horn 9 May & crossed the equator 11 June; surveyed Boston, USA in April 1868 & September 1869; February 1870 arrived Singapore from Sunderland; September 1871 arrived Cardiff from Shanghai.

Frederick Cooksley, a missionary, was on the Early Morn bound for London from Natal on 5 July 1862. He relates that he was in the forecastle listening to a sailor playing the concertina; November 1875 London from Negapatam.

Not registered as Early Morn in the USA by 1873 & the UK by 1875

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