page_title: Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet)
hierarchical_section_title: Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet)
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Port of New York on the south tip of Manhattan Island in 1851. Heavy broken line marks the waterfront below City Hall park in 1784. Area filled in prior to 1820. Deutsch: Karte des Hafens von New York (an der Südspitze von Manhattan Island) aus dem Jahr. Die fette, gestrichelte Linie markiert das Ufer unterhalb des City Hall Parks im Jahr 1784. Das Gelände wurde vor 1820 aufgeschüttet.
context_page_description: The Black Ball Line was a passenger line founded by a group of New York Quaker merchants headed by Jeremiah Thompson, and included Isaac Wright & Son, Francis Thompson and Benjamin Marshall. All were Quakers except Marshall.
  The line initially consisted of four packet ships, the Amity, Courier, Pacific and the James Monroe. All of these were running between Liverpool, England and New York City. This first scheduled trans-Atlantic service was founded in 1817. In operation for some 60 years, it took its name from its flag, a black ball on a red background.
context_section_description: The Black Ball Line (originally known as the Wright, Thompson, Marshall, & Thompson Line, then as the Old Line) was a passenger line founded by a group of New York Quaker merchants headed by Jeremiah Thompson, and included Isaac Wright & Son (William), Francis Thompson and Benjamin Marshall. All were Quakers except Marshall.
  The line initially consisted of four packet ships, the Amity, Courier, Pacific and the James Monroe. All of these were running between Liverpool, England and New York City. This first scheduled trans-Atlantic service was founded in 1817.  In operation for some 60 years, it took its name from its flag, a black ball on a red background.
caption: Map of the Port of New York on the south tip of Manhattan Island in 1851. Heavy broken line marks the waterfront below City Hall park in 1784. Area filled in prior to 1820. The docks of the Black Ball Line are in the upper part of the figure.
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