Sea Wind

A caption in Grandma’s writing upon the blank spaces of the charts made their significance plain – « Track of the St.John ship Sea Wind from Foo-Chow, China, towards London, Eng., June 10th – September 28th, 1856. »
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Under date of March 1, 1856, appears the following entry in her diary : -At breakfast this morning Warren told me that we would sail in ballast for China to pick up a cargo of tea for New York or London. I was glad to see an end to our California sojourn, and, when we had finished the meal and had retired to our private cabin, I took heart and stepped up to Warren and looked into his eyes.

Frederick William Wallace Tea from China and other yarns of the sea 1926 Musson Book Company (Toronto)