[1][3][4] On her maiden voyage, Glory of the Seas sailed from New York in February 1870 under the command of Captain Donald McKay, according to Custom House records.

As a result, McKay's creditors sold Glory to J. Henry Sears of Boston, as managing owner, and a group of investors.

After 1885, Glory of the Seas spent the rest of her long life on the Pacific coast, for a time sailing between San Francisco and Puget Sound, British Columbia, and made four voyages to Alaska.

It is pictured in a book, The Clipper Ships, which notes that it is in the collection of a private New York City club, India House.

[17] The builder's half-model, four prints or paintings, and several relics are held by the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia.