1. Name: Nashville Navigation Company
Principals: 1915 or so, headed by H.G. Hill, Nashville
                 Managed by Capt W.L. Berry, Paducah, Tenn.
Boats: 1915 or so took over the JO HORTON FALL 
Comments:

Name: Nashville & Burnside Packet Company
Area: Cumberland R.
Comments: Mentioned 

1. Name: Natchez and Vicksburg Packet Company
Officers: 1983, Pres. J.N. Carpenter
Area: Ohio and Miss. Rs.
Boats: 1983-1905, early, ST. JOSEPH
Captains associated with: 1895, Thomas Waldren, A.B. Crittenden, Bob Miller

Name: Nanson, Joseph S. 1827 - 
Boat(s): 1855, BANNER STATE; 1855, April, TROPIC
         1856,
         1859-60, JOHN D. PERRY

Name: New Orleans and Red River Packet (Transportation)Company
Principals: Probably Charles p. Truslow and Charles W. Drown
Area: With the SILVER CITY New Orleans-Shreveport.
Boats: 1878 purchased the TYRONE from Capt. David H, Silver and others,
            renamed her SILVER CITY
Comments: It appears this company reorganized, July 31, 1882 into 
          The Red River and Coast Line 

Name: New St. Louis and Calhoun Packet Company
Boat(s): ?1928? purchased the IDLEWILD
Area: Out of Hardin, Illinois

1. Name: Noll, Martin F.
Area: 1901, Miss and Ohio Rs.
Boats: 1907-?? owned equal part of AVALON with
         Roe, Capt William E. and Pope, Capt. Ben S.
       1910, May - 1911, LUCILLE NOWLAND

Name: Noll, J. Orville
Boat: 1923, VERN SWAINE
Companies associated with: Anchor Line
Source: Noll Kenney (anniek@mediaone.net), the Capt's Grandson. 

Name: Northern Line Packet Company
     Also see Galena, Dunleith and Minnesota Packet Company
Principals: 1857, formed by Capts. James B. Ward, R.C. Gray and others
Area: Between St Louis and St. Paul
Boat(s): 1849, MINNESOTA
		 1856, DENMARK
		 1858, HENRY CLAY, CANADA,
         1860- HAWKEYE STATE
         1860-72, SUCKER STATE
		 1863, DAVENPORT, MUSCATINE
		 1864, BURLINGTON, Capt. Gray supervised construction.
		       At end of '64 season, purchased the NEW BOSTON and the CITY of KEITHSBURG
		 1865, GLEANER
		 1866, R.C. GRAY
		 1867, Built DUBUQUE
         1870-79, LAKE SUPERIOR, Capt. Gray supervised construction.
         Others:  CANADA, PEMBINA, DENMARK, METROPOLITAN, LUCY MAY
                  WM. L. EWING, HENRY CLAY, FRED LORENZ, NORTHERNER
                  MINNESOTA BELLE, NORTHERN LIGHT, YORK STATE
Captains associated with:
         1857: Griffith, Rhodes, Jenks, Green, Parker, Alvord, Hill
         1858, James W. Campbell
	 1864, J.J. Robinson
	 1866, J.B. Rhodes
         1867, Jones Worden
               At one time, Oscar M. Ruby, W.P. Hight, Ben A. Conger
Comments: 1864, Merged with La Crosse & Minnesota Packet Company to form
          the Northwestern Union Packet Company.
Comments: Source Article

1. Name: Northwest Transportation Company (The Peck Line)
           Headquarters, Sioux City with offices in Yankton, ND.
Principals: Founders, Durfee and Peck
Founded: 1868.  1885, was out of business.
Boat(s):N. J. EATON; 1857, KATE HOWARD
         1864?, SHREVEPORT, NELLIE PECK, FAR WEST
Area: Mo. R.
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage 

Name: Northwestern Transportation Company
Boat(s): FAR WEST
         1868, VIOLA BELLE
Area: Mo. R.

Name: Northwestern Union Packet Company
Boats: 1860s, S.S. MERRILL, BELLE; 1864, JOHN KYLE; 1870, BELLE of LA CROSSE


Name: North Western Union Packet Company
Formed: 1864: by consolidation of Northhern Line Packet Company (Above) and
        the "LaCross and Minnesota Packet Company. 
Officers: *Commodore William F. Davidson
Area: U. Miss. R.
Boats: 1860s, BELLE; 1864, JOHN KYLE; 1870, BELLE of LA CROSSE
       Others, MOSES McLELLAN, OCEAN WAVE, ITASCA, DIAMOND JO,
       KEY CITY, MILWAUKEE CITY, WAR EAGLE, PHIL SHERIDAN, S.S. MITCHELL
       CITY of ST. PAUL, TOM JASPER, CITY of QUINCY
Comments: *Absorbed the Minnesota Packet Company
Source:* From an article by William Petersen in The Palimpsest 

Name: Norton,
Died: 1868, Jan. 4, when HARRY DEAN exploded her port boiler.  Norton was a
            passenger.
Boat(s): 1848: part owner of MARY STEPHENS
         1853- early '54, owned 3/40 of ALVIN ADAMS and was its first capt..