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The Carriage of Passengers Act of 1855 (full name An Act further to regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Steamships and other Vessels) was an act passed by the United States federal government on March 3, 1855, replacing the previous Steerage Act of 1819 (also known as the Manifest of Immigrants Act) and a number of acts passed between 1847 and 1849 with new regulations on the conditions of ...
Required ship captains to report on all passengers entering the United States by port. Pub. L. 15–46: 1855 Carriage of Passengers Act of 1855: Pub. L. 33–213: 1864 An Act to Encourage Immigration: The first major law to encourage immigration Pub. L. 38–246: 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866: Established birthright citizenship in the United ...
The Steerage Act of 1819, and all the other Acts regulating conditions of travel passed after that, were repealed and superseded by the Carriage of Passengers Act of 1855, passed March 3, 1855. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Carriage of Passengers Act imposed a wider range of regulations on the conditions of travel than the original Steerage Act, combining ...
Donald McKay was launched on Donald McKay's shipyard in East Boston, USA, in January 1855.Newspapers reported that she had "all the airy beauty of a clipper combined with the stately outline of a ship of war and, though not sharp, yet her great length, buoyancy, and stability, indicate[d] that she [would] sail very fast, and be an excellent sea boat". [2]
La Bretagne, arriving in New York in mid-September, was caught in the middle of the outbreak and was detained at the New York Quarantine Station (though the liner had no cases reported on board). Among the passengers aboard was John D. Washburn, the United States Minister to Switzerland, who was leaving his diplomatic post. [8]
Utensils and bedding were to be provided by the passengers. These advertisements were run extensively and continued to include Driver in their shipping list even months after her loss. [3] Driver arrived safely in New York on 14 February 1855. [10] For the return voyage on 21 April she had 151 passengers on board. Many were returning emigrants ...
RMS Gaelic was a passenger and cargo liner built for the White Star Line. She transported the first 102 Korean immigrants to the United States . Sold in 1905 for further service in the Pacific , she was scrapped in 1907.
The Richardsons withdrew from the firm because of its involvement with the war, and William Inman assumed full control. [1] At the end of the war, Inman resumed service to Philadelphia. However, New York was the principal passenger arrival port in North America, and Inman soon altered its service routing. [5]