Captain John Green, formerly of the Continental Navy, sails from New York City, in command of the SS Empress of China, in search of new markets, in the Far East.

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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 35.

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