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The canoe and the saddle : adventures among the northwestern rivers and forests ; and, Isthmiana
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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A narrative of travel in Washington Territory in 1853 and the Isthmus of Panama in 1852
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The John L. Stephens was launched on 21 September 1852; she cleared New York for San Francisco on 17 December 1852, and arrived on 3 April 1853 with passengers from Panama; was in service, 1853-1860, San Francisco to Panama; sold, 1878, to Sisson, Wallace & Co., sent to Alaska as a cannery; broken up 1879. Focus of item: John L. Stephens.
priJHK 00358
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2463 Colton, J. H., publisher. Colton's map of the United States, the Canadas &c. showing the rail roads, canals, & stage roads ... New York, J. H. Colton, 1860. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Alternate title from cover. Submaps: Map of New England and Eastern New York; Map of the United States & Central America; The Isthmus of Panama showing the Routes of Travel between Aspinwall & Panama. . Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: R.B. 11486, i Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries.
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Manuscripts
Typescript of a letter from Elizabeth Whitney Putnam to her father J.D. Whitney, Sr., written shortly after the arrival of Elizabeth and her daughter Katharine in San Francisco. In the letter Elizabeth describes the difficulties of ocean travel, her voyage from the east coast to Panama on board the Georgia, her experiences crossing the Isthmus of Panama on foot and riding mules, a detailed firsthand account of the wreck of the Tennessee in the Pacific Ocean, and her final arrival in San Francisco aboard the Goliath, which also hit rocks off the California coast.
mssHM 73686
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This narrative, written by an unknown author, details a journey to California via Texas and Mexico, including travel by sea from Mexico to San Francicso. Life in the gold mines is described, as is the return voyage via Panama.
mssHM 4162