She is 325 feet long, has 53 feet extreme breadth of beam, and 39
     depth of hold, including 4 complete decks. The height between her
     spar and upper decks is 7 feet, and between the others 8 feet; and all
     her accomodations are in the upper between decks. The crew's
     quarters are forward; and aft she has sail rooms, store rooms,
     accomodations for boys and petty officers, and abaft these, two
     cabins and a vistibule. The after cabin is beautifully wainscotted with
     mahogany, has recess sofas on each side, ottomans, marble
     covered tables, mirrors and elliptical panels ornamented with
     pictures. She has also a fine library for the use of her crew, and
     spacious accomodations for passengers. 

     On the spar deck there are five houses for various purposes, but
     such is her vast size, that they appear to occupy but little space. She
     has an eagle's head forward for a head, and on the stern, which is
     semi-elliptical in form, is a large eagle, with the American shield in his
     talons. She is yellow metalled up to 25 feet draught, and above is
     painted black. Instead of bulwarks, the outline of her spar deck is
     protected by a rail on turned stanchions, which, with the houses, are
     painted white. Of her materials and fastenings we cannot speak too
     highly. She is built of oak, is diagonally cross-braced with iron,
     double ceiled, has 4 depths of midship keelsons, each depth 15
     inches square, three depths of sister keelsons, and 4 bilge keelsons,
     two of the riders, and all her frames are coaged, also the keelsons
     and waterways, and she is square fastened throughout. She has three
     tiers of stanchions, which extend from the hold to the third deck,
     and are kneed in the most substantial style. She also has many long
     pointers and 10 beamed hooks forward and aft. In a word, she is the
     strongest ship ever built. 

     Duncan McLean.

1853 October 4 
     Launched at Donald McKay's Yard, East Boston. 
1853 December 26-27 
     Caught fire while at New York loading for Liverpool. The remains of the
     ship was surrendered to the underwriters for $ 235.000 from which she
     was sold to Captain N.B. Palmer for Messrs. A.A. Low and Brothers.
     She was subsequently rebuilt by Sneeden & Whitlock at Greenpoint,
     Long Island, NY. The Forbes' double topsail rig was replaced with
     Captain Howes' rig. 
1855 February 
     Sailed from New York to Liverpool in 13 days. 
1856 December 7 — March 9 
     Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 92 days under command of
     Captain Joseph Limeburner. 
c1860-1862 
     Re-rigged as three masted ship sometime during this period. 
1869 January 
     Sold to the Merchants Trading Company of Liverpool and renamed
     Denmark and put in the East India Trade. 
1872 
     Sprang a leak in a hurricane off Bermuda en route from Rio de Janeiro to
     St. John, NB, and was abandoned with 15 feet of water in the hold. 

Select Bibliography:

     Octavius T. Howe & Frederick C. Matthews: American Clipper Ships
     1833-1858. 1926. pp 33-35. 
     Richard McKay: Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder Donald
     McKay. 1928. pp 210-225.