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The Polynesian (Honolulu
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
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A subscriber from Lahaina writes on December 4, 1840, praising the Yankee enterprise of William Wheelwright in launching steam boats for coastal navigation from Valparaiso, Chile, to Panama, touching at several ports in Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. The project includes iron boats, British mail contracts, and exclusive navigation privileges from local governments, with hopes of using Chilean coal.
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YANKEE ENTERPRISE.
I was glad to see in your paper, a notice of the launching of two steam boats in England, for navigating the coasts of Chili, Peru, &c. Perhaps your readers would be pleased to learn that those two boats, the Chile and Peru, are to be followed by two others built of iron. The object is to form a line of boats from Valparaiso in Chile, to Panama, in Ecuador, touching at Coquimbo in Chile, Yquiquo in Bolivia, Arica and Callao in Peru, and Guayaquil in Ecuador. The undertaking is an immense one, and when started it was supposed all the fuel would have to go from England, but now it is hoped the Chilian coal will answer.--I will add that the whole undertaking has been projected (and in these hard times too), subscriptions have been obtained, boats built, contracts secured with the British Government for carrying the Mail, sole privilege of navigating the coasts of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia by steam, has been obtained from those Governments by a countryman of our own, a true indefatigable Yankee. Mr. Wm. Wheelwright, of Newburyport, Mass. formerly U. S. Consul at Guayaquil.
Yours,
A SUBSCRIBER
Lahaina, Dec. 4, 1840.
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the letter highlights the impressive yankee enterprise of mr. william wheelwright in establishing a steamship line along the pacific coasts of south america, securing contracts and privileges despite economic hardships.
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