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Margaret Evans (1846)

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Margaret Evans (1846)
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The Margaret Evans was a full rigged packet ship laid down by Westervelt & MacKay. She was a regular fixture of the mid-19th century transatlantic packet trade, sailing passengers and cargo to New York from London, Liverpool and other British ports under the command of American Captain Edward Greenfield Tinker.[3] She ferried scores of immigrants to North America, including the future wife of American businessman Warren L. Wheaton and members of the Putnam family.[4] Her notoriety led to her memorialization in literature, visual art and song, and she is the subject of a well-known sea shanty, "Eliza Lee," which has been recorded by English folk singer Johnny Collins and Canadian folk-punk band The Dreadnoughts.[5]

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John A. Rolph (1799–1862), Stateroom on Packet Ship Margaret Evans, 1851. Watercolor on paper. Collection of The Paul Foundation
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