(MARITIME) Illustrated clipper ship sailing announcement fro

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(MARITIME.) Illustrated clipper ship sailing announcement from the Gold Rush era. Partly printed document, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, completed in manuscript; two horizontal folds. [London], 9 May 1849

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This notice was printed by the British shipping firm Focke & Boult to advertise its ships leaving for New York. This one announces that the ship E.Z. would be leaving in six days from Victoria Dock. It is described as a "beautiful first-class American ship . . . nearly new & a first-rate conveyance in every respect." These slips were apparently a more inexpensive (and yet more ephemeral) means of advertisement than the better-known clipper ship cards of the era.