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The '''''Margaret Evans''''' was a [[Full rigged vessel|full rigged]] [[packet ship]] laid down by [[Jacob Aaron Westervelt|Westervelt & MacKay]]. She was a regular fixture of the mid-19th century [[Transatlantic crossing|transatlantic]] [[packet trade]], sailing passengers and cargo to [[New York City|New York]] from [[London]], [[Liverpool]] and other British ports under the command of American Captain Edward Greenfield Tinker.<ref name="clippership_clark">{{cite book |last1=Arthur Hamilton |first1=Clark |title=The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews (1843-1869) |date=1911 |publisher=The Knickerbocker Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=9781539419228 |page=89 |edition=3rd |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Clipper_Ship_Era |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> She ferried scores of immigrants to North America, including the future wife of American businessman [[Warren L. Wheaton]] and members of the [[Putnam family]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Putnam |first1=George Haven |title=A Memoir of George Palmer Putnam; Together with a Record of the Publishing House Founded by Him; Volume I |date=1903 |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York, NY |isbn=9781010140887 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKGz0ZmMDuwC |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Her notoriety led to her memorialization in literature, visual art and song, and she is the subject of a well-known [[sea shanty]], "Eliza Lee," which has been recorded by [[England|English]] folk singer [[Johnny Collins]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] [[folk-punk]] band [[The Dreadnoughts]].<ref name="annual">''Eighteenth Annual Report (1920)'' from the Bergen County Historical Society, Hackensack, New Jersey (number 13, pages 61–62).</ref>

[[File:John A. Rolph (1799–1862), Stateroom on Packet Ship Margaret Evans, 1851. Watercolor on paper. Collection of The Paul Foundation.jpg|thumb|John A. Rolph (1799–1862), Stateroom on Packet Ship Margaret Evans, 1851. Watercolor on paper. Collection of The Paul Foundation]]

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