Then by what certainty do you declare that "st. ship" means steam boat? "st. ships" meaning steam boats only works if the number of steam boat arrivals in N.O. were one-tenth of what multiple sources point to them being. Do you really believe that less than one steam boat a day docked at New Orleans?
"Then by what certainty do you declare that "st. ship" means steam boat?"
I did not claim that
""st. ships" meaning steam boats only works if the number of steam boat arrivals in N.O. were one-tenth of what multiple sources point to them being. Do you really believe that less than one steam boat a day docked at New Orleans?"
Go ahead and run off another bunny path with your speculation. See the tables for the data.