The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 77
cretary of the EastIndia Company, which had just launched the Hugh Lindsay, andasked Mr. Melvill to favour him with an introduction to any ship-builder likely to join him in carrying out his project. Mr. Melvill gave him a letter to Robert Napier, of Glasgow,one of the most celebrated marine… … Barony Parish, Glasgow), and David Mclver, of Liverpool. In1824 Mr. George Burns had engaged in steam navigation betweenGlasgow and Belfast, and in 1829 between Glasgow and Liverpool.Mr. David Mclver was at that time associated with a rival com-pany trading between Glasgow and Liverpool, but a…
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