The Splendid Clipper Ship "Defender"

Object summary

Title: The Splendid Clipper Ship "Defender"
Object ID: CC-D-0111DD
Date made: 1856
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Printer: Nesbitt & Co.
Publisher: Empire Line
Object type: Advertisement
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Clipper card for the ship "Defender", commanded by R.F. Robinson, sailing for San Francisco. Date of departure not given. With an image of Daniel Webster standing by a paper labeled "Constitution of the United States", captioned "The Defender of the Constitution" and "I still live." Webster died in 1852.