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 * James Bennett (sea captain): Boston captain of Volunteer, Lydia (II), more.
 * Charles Bishop (sea captain): British captain of Ruby (merchant ship); maritime fur trade voyage 1794-96. See: Bishop, Chas. “Journal of Captain Charles Bishop of the ‘Ruby’ in 1795.” Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, 1928, pp. 337–346. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20610436
 * Thomas Brown (sea captain): Boston captain of Lydia (II), Vancouver (merchant ship), Derby (1803 ship), Cossack, etc); this might be hard due to lack of sources with details.
 * William Brown (sea captain): Of Butterworth Squadron.
 * Ephraim Bumstead: With James and T.H. Perkins, partner in company: E. Bumstead & Co. (1803–1805 (?)), Canton, China.
 * Walter Burling: Partner in companies: Perkins, Burling & Perkins (1786–1788); Perkins, Burling & Co. (1788–1793).
 * Callicum: Chief at Nootka Sound.
 * José Camacho (piloto): San Blas piloto, served under Bodega y Quadra on La Princesa (1778) for the 1779 Arteaga expedition; 30+ years in navy; commanded several resupply missions to Alta California; chosen by Bodega for 1781-82 voyage to Peru; almost chosen to lead 1789 occupation of Nookta instead of Martínez, but for age and poor health; more.
 * José de Cañizares (naval officer): San Blas piloto for 25+ years; at least 27 voyages to Peru, Manila, Nookta, and Alta California; while serving under Juan de Ayala, made the first nautical chart of San Francisco Bay, 1775.
 * João Elliot de Castro: AKA John Elliott de Castro. Was on Il'mena.
 * Comekela: Brother of Maquinna, traveled to Hawaii and China in 1786 with James Hanna on Sea Otter, then back to Nootka with John Meares on Felice Adventurer in 1788, with Kaʻiana on Iphigenia Nubiana.
 * Charles Derby (sea captain): Boston captain of Caroline (merchant ship); Derby (1803 ship) named for him?
 * Ebenezer Dorr (sea captain): Boston captain of Fairy; and merchant (related to Ebenezer P. Dorr? ->maybe, see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62602984/edward_dorr).
 * Samuel A. Dorr: Bosston captain of Despatch (ship). Again see: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62602984/edward_dorr
 * Other Dorr family members from the time: Jonathan Dorr, Nathaniel Dorr.
 * Robert Funter
 * Ramón Saavedra Guiráldez y Ordónez: Officer at San Blas and elsewhere.
 * Henry Gyzelaar: American captain of Lydia (II), Clarion, more.
 * Ralph Haskins: Supercargo of Atahualpa (ship), owner of Cossack, more.
 * Thomas Hudson (sea captain)
 * James D. Ingersoll: Captain of Charlotte; executed five native chiefs at "Wacosh's Harbor".
 * John Kendrick Jr: AKA Juan Kendrick; eldest son of John Kendrick (American sea captain).
 * Benjamin Lamb (merchant): Part owner of Cossack.
 * David Lamb (sea captain): Captain of Margaret (ship); captain and part owner of Ulysses (merchant ship).
 * James Lamb (merchant): Of company "James & Thomas Lamb", owner or part owner of Caroline (merchant ship) (I), Derby (1803 ship), Alert (I), Margaret (ship) (David Lamb captain), Pearl (I), Sea Otter (IV) (aka Fairy?), Vancouver (merchant ship).
 * Thomas Lamb (merchant): Of company "James & Thomas Lamb", owner or part owner of Caroline (merchant ship) (I), Derby (1803 ship), Alert (I), Margaret (ship) (David Lamb captain), Pearl (I), Vancouver (merchant ship).
 * Theodore Lyman (businessman): Of company "Theodore Lyman and Associates". See page of his son Theodore Lyman II.
 * John Mackay (surgeon): Volunteered to be left at Nootka Sound in 1786 by James Strange, to establish relationships.
 * Bernard Magee: Captain and part owner of Globe. First mate and part owner of Jefferson (ship). Murdered at Skidegate in 1801.
 * James Magee (sea captain)
 * Juan Martínez y Zayas: San Blas piloto..?
 * Juan Bautista Matute: Attempted to colonize Bodega Bay, CA; sailed the Aranzazu to Nootka?
 * Thomas Meek (sea captain): Captain of Brutus, Arab (II), Chincilla, Amethyst, Eagle; 20+ years involvement in NW trade.
 * Joseph Burling O'Cain: Captain of first joint US-RAC venture to hunt California sea otters.
 * Juan Pantoja y Arriaga: San Blas piloto; lots.. on 1779 voyage, Princesa; in 1791 with Francisco de Eliza and discovery of Strait of Georgia; more.
 * James Perkins (merchant): With brother Thomas Handasyd Perkins ran companies: Perkins, Burling & Perkins (1786-1788); Perkins, Burling & Co. (1788-1793); James and Thomas H. Perkins (1792-1822); E. Bumstead & Co. (1803-1805 (?); Perkins & Co. (first establishment, 1805-1822); J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (first establishment; 1821-1823).
 * James Perkins, Jr. (merchant): With father James Perkins (merchant) and uncle Thomas Handasyd Perkins partner in companies: S. Cabot Jr., J. & T.H. Perkins, Jrs. (1817–1821 (?)); J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (first establishment; 1821–1823); J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (second establishment; 1823–1828).
 * Samuel G. Perkins: Partner in company: Perkins, Burling & Co. (1788–1793).
 * Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Jr.: With father James Perkins (merchant) partner in companies: S. Cabot Jr., J. & T.H. Perkins, Jrs. (1817–1821 (?)); J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (first establishment; 1821–1823); J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (second establishment; 1823–1828).
 * Lemuel Porter: Captain of Alert (I), Tamaahmaah, Hamilton; captain and part owner of Mentor (ship) (apparently not any of the ships listed on that page?); part owner of Lascar, Rob Roy (brig).
 * Oliver Porter: Captain of Atahualpa (ship), killed at Milbanke Sound in 1805.
 * Charles Preble: Captain of Becket.
 * Ebenezer Preble: Boston part owner of Alert (I), Caroline (merchant ship) (II).
 * Josiah Roberts (sea captain): Captain of Jefferson (ship) and Resolution (1793 ship).
 * James Rowan (sea captain): With Kendrick; Boston captain of Eliza (merchant ship), revenge for Resolution (1793 ship)captain of Hazard, Eliza, on Sea Otter/Fairy, etc.
 * John Salter (sea captain): Captain of Dolphin and Boston (ship).
 * Secundino Salamanca: Officer under Galiano
 * Scotsi: Haida chief. Also "Skotsi", get "real spelling" if possible; captured and executed by James Rowan of Eliza in revenge for Resolution, murder of John Kendrick Jr, etc. Related to Chief Koyah? See Kaisun (Haida village).
 * Benjamin Swift (sea captain): Captain of Derby (1803 ship), Hazard (I), Vancouver (merchant ship); part owner of Cossack.
 * Timofei Nikitich Tarakanov: RAC promyshlenniki overseer.
 * Dixey W. Thompson: Captain of Convoy.
 * Salvador Menéndez Valdés: San Blas piloto.
 * José Antonio Verdia: San Blas piloto? Under Eliza, Narváez, etc.
 * Juan Vernacci y Retamal: Officer under Cayetano Valdés
 * Abiel Winship: Part owner of Atala (aka Atalia), Polly, Alexander (1796 ship), Albatross
 * Caleb Winship: Captain of Atala (aka Atalia).
 * Charles Winship: Captain of Betsy (I) (aka Betsey); part owner of Alexander (1796 ship). Died in San Blas in 1800 or 1801 after Betsy seized.
 * Jonathan Winship: Captain of O'Cain; part owner of Albatross; brother-in-law of Isaac Whittemore of Charon.
 * Nathan Winship: Captain of Albatross; part owner of Albatross.
 * Other Winship family members from the time: Francis Winship, so-called "Winship Brothers". Winship family members part owners of many MFT ships.


 * Boardman and Pope (company): Need more info.
 * Bryant and Sturgis (company): Need more info.

See also existing pages

 * Charles William Barkley: Improve
 * Frances Barkley: His wife; see BARKLEY, Frances, ABCBookWorld.
 * John Boit: Gray, Kendrick; captain of Union, etc.
 * James Colnett
 * Richard Henry Dana Jr.
 * Elias Hasket Derby
 * William Douglas (sea captain)
 * Charles Duncan (captain)
 * Robert Gray (sea captain)
 * James Hanna (trader)
 * Robert Haswell
 * Joseph Ingraham
 * John Kendrick (American sea captain)
 * John Meares
 * Simon Metcalfe
 * James Charles Stuart Strange, AKA James Strange
 * Russell Sturgis (1750–1826)

Ships
- Some ship name and alias info, perhaps not always accurate but very detailed, at Directory of Manila Galleon Voyages, 1565 through 1815, Bruce Cruikshank
 * Activa (schooner): better disambig? AKA Activo (brigantine).
 * Alexander (1796 ship): New England MFT.
 * Ann : New England MFT; built 1816.
 * Aranzazu (ship): Spelled variously, eg Aránzazu, Aranzazú,... Also Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu.
 * Argonaut (ship): James Colnett captain.
 * Belle Savage: Prob not enough info really.
 * Boston (ship): Captured and destroyed at Nootka Sound; John R. Jewitt, etc.
 * Concepción (San Blas): Disambig per List of historical ships in British Columbia.
 * Convoy (brig): New England MFT.
 * Derby (1803 ship): New England MFT.
 * Despatch (ship): New England MFT. PNW 1795; rescued survivor of Resolution; 1799 at Kaigani helped resolve mutiny on Ulyssess; involved with Eliza and revenge on chiefs, etc.
 * Eliza (merchant ship): New England MFT. Under James Rowan; John Kendrick Jr, etc.
 * Favorita (ship): AKA La Favorita. Disambig per List of historical ships in British Columbia.
 * Feliz Aventureira: Also linked as Felice (ship). Or as Felice Adventurer''.
 * Grace (schooner): Captain William Douglas (sea captain); to Japan with Kendrick, etc.
 * Gustavus III (ship): AKA Gustaf III; was Mercury (I) until flying Swedish colors, under John Cox, during Russo-Swedish War (1788-90).
 * Hancock (brig): New England MFT.
 * Il’mena: RAC vessel, captain William Wadsworth and others; formerly Lydia (merchant ship) ("Lydia (II)"). DONE
 * Imperial Eagle (ship): See Charles William Barkley; interesting story about ship and his wife, Frances Barkley. See BARKLEY, Frances, ABCBookWorld. DONE.
 * Iphigenia Nubiana: Also linked as Iphigenia (ship).
 * Jefferson (ship): New England MFT. Under Josiah Roberts with Bernard Magee, Russell Sturgis, Solomon Kendrick?, etc. Crew built Resolution (1793 ship) in Marquesas, etc.
 * Juno (merchant ship): New England MFT. Under Gibbs, with John Kendrick Jr; tried to rescue survivors of Boston at Nootka Sound, 1803; more voyages; sold to Russians...
 * Lydia (brig): Captain Samuel Hill (sea captain). "Lydia (I)".
 * Lydia (merchant ship): Captain Thomas Brown, James Bennett. "Lydia (II)". Bought by RAC, renamed Il’mena. DONE.
 * Margaret (1791 ship): Under James Magee, David Lamb; around 1791-92; met Gray at Canton; Haida Gwaii 1792; more. DONE!
 * Mercury (merchant ship): "Mercury II"; one of most prolonged maritime fur trade voyages, 1806-1813ish; tons of stuff; California, Kodiak, Columbia River, Haida Gwaii, Bodega Bay; worked with RAC; seized by privateer near Monterey, etc.
 * New Hazard (ship): 1810s, very storied; abusive captain, slave trading; almost captured, War of 1812, wrecked on English coast, more
 * North West America: AKA Santa Gertrudis (ship). DONE
 * Owhyhee (brig): New England MFT.
 * Prince of Wales (merchant ship)
 * La Princesa (1778): AKA Princesa, La Princesa. DONE (by someone else)
 * El Principe (ship): Not on List of historical ships in British Columbia. Perhaps also known as San Antonio: "San Antonio alias El Principe", "el Principe", among the 4 vessels that sailed from San Blas in 1775; "San Antonio alias el Príncipe"; "San Antonio (alias Principe)".
 * Rob Roy (brig): One of latter trade ships; many stories.
 * Ruby (merchant ship): Under Charles Bishop (sea captain), British maritime fur trade voyage 1794-96.
 * San Carlos (packet ship): Two of them based out of San Blas. The first one was San Carlos (alias Toyson de Oro); "San Cárlos alias Toysón de Oro or Golden Fleece", under Manrique, then Ayala in 1775 voyage to San Francisco Bay; 1768 Galvez Visitador General ordered construction of 2 paquebots: San Antonio and San Carlos; 1775, to San Fran Bay; 1776, survey of Suisun Bay and mouths of Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, under Moraga. The second was "a larger and later vessel of the same name". Apparently another San Carlos aliased El Filipino? Maybe the same as the packet ship? To look into.
 * Santa Gertrudis la Magna (ship) DONE (mostly as Santa Gertrudis la Magna, which could be a problem is there are other pages by that name made in the future)
 * Santa Saturnina (schooner) DONE (perhaps should make Santa Saturnina a disambig page instead of a redirect to North West America, given that the more famous Santa Saturnina is the warship listed below)
 * Santa Saturnina (warship): According to List of historical ships in British Columbia: "Transferred from Peru to San Blas and Pacific Northwest in 1792; Crew in 1792 included naturalist José Moziño, who observed the Nuu-chah-nulth and recommended Spanish abandonment of Nootka Sound." Is this all true?
 * Santiago (San Blas): better disambig? According to Pethick: The Santiago was built especially for the 1774 voyage of Juan Pérez; launched October 1773 at San Blas; "also occasionally known as the Nueva Galicia"; 82 feet long, 225 tons, "well armed". See also: "la fragata Santiago, alias La Nueva Galicia;" Santiago alias Nueva Galicia.
 * Sonora (ship): or "(schooner)"? According to Pethick, was named Felicidad, renamed Sonora for the 1775 voyage of Heceta and Ayala (Quadra); 36 feet long. Other sources say Felicidad was "alias" Sonora: "la goleta Felicidad, alias la Sonora;" "schooner Felicidad alias Sonora. Also Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe or La Señora. This one might be too hard due to lack of sources with detailed info about vessel.
 * Ulysses (merchant ship): Under David Lamb, 1798-1800ish; much contact with Eliza, Despatch; mutiny; young William Sturgis becomes first mate; stories, bad luck, more.
 * Vancouver (merchant ship): New England MFT.

See also existing pages

 * Atahualpa (ship): William Sturgis, John Suter, etc; four voyages, with other ships, etc.
 * Hope (1789 brigantine): Under Joseph Ingraham.
 * Union (sloop): Under John Boit; to PNW 1794; Boit's log survives and is published.

Places

 * Port Fidalgo (what is this??)
 * Clemencitty: On Tongass Island or nearby; native spring trading rendezvous; "clemens/clamons"=elk hides, so "clemens city". See also Fort Tongass? Research needed; BCGNIS?
 * Tuxekan: Tlingit village on Prince of Wales Island; Hanega, Hanaga, Hanagar, Henegar, etc; see also Klawock, Alaska. Try...hmmm....
 * Kaigani (trading site): DONE. (other spelling or disambig?); trading area, southeast Dall Island; see USGS GNIS ID 1422921, Kaigani "locale". See also American Bay.
 * Nahwitti (trading site): DONE. village and trading site, north end of Vancouver Island.

Misc

 * 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic DONE!
 * Temlaxam, famous, ancient Gitxsan city at confluence of Skeena River and Bulkley River. At its height said to have been several miles long. Research, BCGNIS? Tribal Boundaries in the Nass...?
 * Maritime Fur Trade: DONE
 * Chimacum Creek - lots of info about this online
 * Telegraph Passage - BC

Perkins firms
Perkins Firms, according to Merchant Prince of Boston and The Golden Ghetto.


 * Perkins, Burling & Perkins, May 1, 1786–August 15, 1788, Cape Francis. Partners: James Perkins, Walter Burling, and T.H. Perkins.


 * Perkins, Burling & Co., August 15, 1788–June 21, 1793, Cape Francis. Partners: James Perkins, Walter Burling, Samuel G. Perkins.


 * T.H. Perkins & James Magee, August 15, 1788–n.d. Boston. Partners: T.H. Perkins and James Magee.


 * James and Thomas H. Perkins, September 29, 1792–August 1, 1822, Boston. Partners: James and T.H. Perkins.


 * E. Bumstead & Co., July 15, 1803–December 5, 1805 (?), Canton, China. Partners: Ephraim Bumstead, 25 percent, J. & T.H. Perkins, 75 percent. Absorbed into Perkins & Compamy.


 * Perkins & Company (first establishment), December 6, 1805–August 1, 1822, Canton, China. Partners: James Perkins, Thomas H. Perkins, John P. Cushing.


 * S. Cabot Jr., J. & T.H. Perkins, Jrs., January 1, 1817–January 1821 (?), Boston. Partners: Samuel Cabot, James Perkins, Jr., T.H. Perkins, Jr.


 * J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (first establishment), January 1821–February 20, 1823, Boston. Partners: James Perkins, T.H. Perkins, Samuel Cabot, James Perkins, Jr., T.H. Perkins, Jr.


 * J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (second establishment), February 20, 1823–June 22, 1828, Boston. Partners: T.H. Perkins, Sr., and Jr., Samuel Cabot, James Perkins, Jr.


 * Perkins & Co. (second establishment), February 20, 1823–June 22, 1828, Canton, China. Partners: James Perkins, Jr., T.H. Perkins, John P. Cushing, Thomas Tunno Forbes. Absorbed into Russell & Company, 1830.


 * J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons (third establishment), June 22, 1828–ca. November 1835, Boston. Partners: Samuel Cabot, Thomas G. Cary, T.H. Perkins.


 * Perkins & Co. (third establishment), June 22, 1828–ca. November 1835, Boston. Partners: T.H. Perkins, John P. Cushing, Samuel Cabot, Thomas Tunno Forbes. Separate from second established and not absorbed into Russell & Company?

Sturgis firms

 * James P. Sturgis & Co.: Partners: James P. Sturgis (1818-ca. 1830); George W. Sturgis (1818-26 died); Henry Sturgis (1818-19 died).


 * Samuel Russell & Company: China firm (1819-1823). Partners: Samuel Russell and Philip Ammidon. Absorbed by Russel & Company.


 * Russell & Company: Founded 1824 by Samuel Russell. Partners: Samuel Russell (1823-36); Robert Bennet Forbes (head of company); Philip Ammidon (1824-30); William Henry Low, senior partner (1830-1833 (died)); Augustine Heard (1831-36) who later founded Augustine Heard & Co.; John Cleve Green (1834-39); John Murray Forbes (1834-38); Joseph Coolidge (1834-39); Abiel Abbot Low (1837-39).

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 * [Info on J & TH Perkins Company.]


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 * From Discontented Bostonians to Patriotic Industrialists: The Boston Associates and the Transcontinental Treaty, 1790—1825, The New England Quarterly. JSTOR. 2011.






 * [Info on many MFT people and ships.]




 * [Info on Lyman, Lamb, Sturgis, Winship, Perkins families, many others.]






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 * Merchant prince of Boston: Colonel T.H. Perkins, 1764-1854. Harvard University Press. 1971.


 * The Magee Family and the Origins of the China Trade, Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. JSTOR. 1969.






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 * [J & TH Perkins, more.]


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 * ALSO here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53719


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