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History of Hingham. 



commanded by Capt. Barnabas Lincoln, in the coasting trade, 

 carrying passengers and freight. She was larger than the others, 

 and had a large cabin and good accommodations. She was finally 

 towed to South Boston flats, where she sunk. 



The schooner " General Lincoln " was once used for this pur- 

 pose. There were two " Station Packets " before the war of 

 1812. 



STEAMBOATS. 



The " Eagle " was the first steamboat which ran between Bos- 

 ton and Hingham. She made a number of excursion trips to 



Hingham in 1818, but in 

 1819 and 1820 she ran res;- 

 ular trips, when she was 

 commanded by Capt. Clark 

 and Capt. James Moorfield, 

 and afterwards by Capt. 

 Barnabas Lincoln. She was 

 a sidewheel boat, with 

 " comfortable accommoda- 

 tions for about two hundred passengers." Between the morning 

 and evening trips to and from Boston she made regular trips to 

 Nahant and other places, during a portion of the time in which 

 she was on the Hingham route. Her passengers were landed 

 at Union Wharf at high tide, and sometimes up by Souther's 

 ship-yard, but at Barnes's Rocks at low tide, where at one time 

 there was a wire bridge, which was blown over and destroyed in 

 1819. For one winter at least this boat was hauled up in the 

 creek at Broad Cove. In 1821 the " Eagle " was probably taken 

 off the Hingham route, as no reference to her occurs in any 

 advertisements, although she was advertised to run to Salem. 

 The " Eagle " was a sufficiently large and stanch boat to make 

 occasional outside trips to Portland and elsewhere. 



In 1822 there are no 

 notices or advertisements 

 of steamboats. 



In the early days of 

 steamboats excursion 

 trips were made here by 

 the " Tom Thumb," 

 " Connecticut," " Mas- 

 sachusetts," and proba- 

 bly others. 



The " Lafayette," for- 

 merly called " Hamil- 

 ton," which name always remained on her stern, made her first 

 trips between Hingham and Boston in the autumn of 1829. Capt. 

 George Thaxter commanded, her until August, 1830, when Capt. 



