Emigration Voyages (durations)

The following tables are taken from Letters from North America written during a Tour in the United States and Canada by Adam Hodgson and published in 2 vols (excerpt from vol 2 p343/7) in 1824 by Hurst Robinson & Co London and A. Constable & Co Edinburgh. Discussion of the usual Manx emigration route is elsewhere.

The following particulars respecting the New York Packets, which afford such admirable facilities to persons who wish to cross the Atlantic, and which are so creditable to the enterprize and public spirit of those who originally established, and still conduct them, will, I am persuaded, be read with interest. These Packets have served to render a voyage across the Atlantic little more formidable than across the Irish Channel. As these vessels are owned in New York, by the term outwards is intended the voyage from New York to Liverpool, and by the term homewards, the voyage from Liverpool to New York. The passages are reckoned from city to city and not from land to land.

OLD LINE OF NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL PACKETS.
1818
NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL			LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.
Average Passage of		Days.	Average Passage of		Days
Ship	Amity, Stanton	22	Ship	Amity, Stanton	39
	Courier, Bowne	22		Courier, Bowne	44
	Pacific, Williams	23		Pacific, Williams	46
	Jas. Monroe, Watkinson	27		Jas. .Monroe, Watkinson,	46
	Average outwards in 1818	23		Average homewards in 1818	44
1819
NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL			LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.
Average Passage of		Days.	Average Passage of		Days
Ship	Courier, Bowne	21	Ship	Amity, Maxwell	28
	Albion,, Williams	22		Albion, Williams	35
	Pacific, Rogers	25		Jas. Monroe, Watkinson,	38
	Amity, Maxwell	28		Courier, Bowne	43
	Jas. Monroe, Watkinson,	28		Pacific, Rogers	61
	Average outwards in 1819	25		Average homewards in 1819	38
The PACIFIC made only one voyage in 1819.
1820
NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL			LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.
Average Passage of		Days.	Average Passage of		Days
Ship	Nestor, Stanton	19	Ship	Nestor, Stanton	29
	Albion, Williams	21		Albion, Williams	32
	Jas. Monroe,Watkinson,	21		Jas. Monroe, Watkinson,	36
	Amity, Maxwell	24		Courier. Eldridge	39
	Courier,, Eldridge	26		Amity, Maxwell	44
	Average outwards in 1820	22		Average homewards in 1820	37
The NESTOR made only one voyage in 1820.
1821
NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL			LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.
Average Passage of		Days.	Average Passage of		Days
Ship	James Monroe, Rogers .	21	Ship	James Monroe, Rogers	35
	Albion, Williams	23		Albion, Williams	41
	Amity, Maxwell	27		Nestor, Macy	41
	Nestor, Macy .	29		Amity, Maxwell	43
	Average outwards in 1821	25		Average homewards in 1821	40
1822
NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL			LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.
Average Passage of		Days.	Average Passage of		Days
Ship	W. Thompson, Thompson,	19	Ship	James Monroe, Marshall	31
	Amity, Maxwell	21		James; Cropper, Marshall,	35
	Columbia, Rogers	21		New York, Maxwell	39
	New York, Maxwell	22		Columbia, Rogers	40
	James Cropper, Marshall	23		W. Thompson, Thompson,	41
	James Monroe, Marshall	24		Nestor, Macy	50
	Nestor. Macy	25		Amity, Maxwell	52
	Orbit, Macy	33		Orbit, Macy	52
	Average outwards in 1822	23		Average homewards in 1822	41
The ORBIT mode only one voyage in 1822.
1823
NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL			LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.
Average Passage of		Days.	Average Passage of		Days
Ship	Canada, Macy	19	Ship	Columbia, Rogers	32
	New York, Maxwell	20		Amity, Maxwell	32
	James Cropper, Marshall	21		Canada, Macy	36
	James,Monroe, Marshall	21		Nestor, Lee	37
	Columbia, Rogers	22		James Cropper, Marshall,	39
	Wm. Thampson, Crocker	22		New York, Maxwell	40
	Amity, Maxwell	24		Wm. Thompson, Crocker,	43
	Nestor, Lee	25		Orbit, Tinckham	43
	Orbit Tinckham	33		James Monroe, Marshall	43
	Average outwards in 1823	23		Average homewards in 1823	39
The JAMES MONROE made only one voyage .in 1823

		Days.
Average of the whole outwards in 6,years	23
Do . do. homewards do .	40
Shortest passage outwards by the ship New York, G. Maxwell, in December, 1823	15¾
Longest passage outwards, by the ship Nestor, Macy, in December.1820	37
Shortest passage homewards, by the ship Amity, G. Maxwell, in April, 1819	22
Longest passage homewards, by the ship Amity, S. Maxwell, in December, 1822	65

All the passage outwards of the	Canada, have averaged	19
Do .	New York	21
Do .	Columbia	21
Do	Albion	22
Do .	James Cropper	22
Do	William Thompson	22
Do .	Courier	23
Do .	Pacific	23
Do .	Amity	24
Do.	James Monroe	24
Do .	Nestor	26
Do ..	Orbit	33

All the passage homewards of the	Albion have averaged	36
Do .	Canada	36
Do .	Columbia	36
Do .	James Cropper	37
Do.	James Monroe	38
Do .	Amity	39
Do	New York	40
Do	William Thompson	42
Do .	Courier	42
Do .	Nestor	43
Do ..	Orbit	46
Do .	Pacific	50

The Passages in the different months have averaged as follows
Outwards		Homewards
	days		days
January	23	January	44
February	24	February	49
March	21	March	37
April	24	April	31
May	23	May	36
June	25	June	39
July	23	July	40
August	21	August	37
September	25	September	34
October	24	October	39
November	21	November	37
December	26	December	48

Homewards
Passages		Days.	Passages		Days	Passages			Days	Passages.	Days
1	of	22	2	of	33	4	of	42	1	of	52
2	of	23	7	of	34	4	of	43	1	of	53
1	of	25	2	of	35	2	of	44	1	of	54
3	of	27	2	of	36	3	of	45	1	of	55
1	of	28	7	of	37	2	of	46	1	of	56
5	of	29	3	of	38	4	of	48	1	of	57
1	of	30	6	of	39	1	of	49	1	of	59
3	of	31	6	of	40	1	of	50	2	of	61
3	of	32	5	of	41	2	of	5l	1	of	65

The Albion of 500 tons burthen, sank in a storm off Kinsale in April 1822 with the loss of all bar one cabin passenger and 8 of the crew.

References

Adam Hodgson Letters from North America written during a Tour in the United States and Canada 2 vols (excerpt from vol 2 p343/7) 1824 Hurst Robinson & Co London and A. Constable & Co Edinburgh.