[1] The brothers William and Richard Wright built Morning Light of tamarack, oak, birch and pitch pine.

Slightly larger than their penultimate ship White Star, Morning Light was the largest vessel in British North America[2] when she was built in 1855.

Morning Light was mostly used by merchants transporting goods between Saint John, New Brunswick, and Liverpool, England.

Jacob V. Troop was one of the most important men in the shipbuilding industry in the 1800s and he owned many vessels, which he used to run his business.

[4] Morning Light remained on the Saint John register until 1867, when her registration was transferred to Liverpool, England.