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SUPERIORITY1830-1837 The Sheridan
DRAMATIC LINE

In 1832 Edward Knight Collins with other investors operated the New Orleans,
Louisiana & New York Packet Line. In 1837 he used his experience in the
coastal packet trade to make a significant design change in Dramatic Line
vessels. These vessels, the Shakespeare, Garrick, Sheridan and Siddons, had
longer bows and were "flat floored." This design a more " U" bottom tha
previous packets, thereby providing greater cargo space. They rode smoo er,
faster and were less likely to stick on sand bars.

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An Abstract of Transactions in Canada and account o
Letters of Credit dis<:harged for business conducted in
Canada. Postpaid to ew York and dispatched on packet.

Postal Rates
Ship Information Canada 7 &25
The Sheridan departed 7 cy Canadian inland,
New York October 25¢ border to New York.
Postage to New York was
2, 1837, arrived
collected by the Canadian
Liverpool October 23, Post Office.
1837. Prior to this, she Great Britain 1/7
sailed in Collins's New 8d + lld = 19d or 1/7
Orleans Packet Line.