found: Borland, S. Second speech of Hon. Solon Borland, 1853:t.p. (Collins Line of steamers)
found: Durand, J. Pictorial history of Amer. ships, 1953:p. 151 (The Collins Line)
found: LC manual cat.:(hdg.: Collins Steamship Line)
found: Shall our ocean mail service be preformed [sic] by foreign steamships, 1857:t.p. (name not given) p. 6 (Collins Steamship Atlantic) p. 7 (Collins Line) p. 11 (Collins Line of Steamers)
found: Amer. Heritiage Dict., viewed online 2012-04-24:(Collins Line)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 2012-04-24:(New York & Liverpool United States' Mail Steamship Company, commonly known as the Collins Line)