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The diary contains 122 pages, 109 of which have writing on them. Most of the entries are in blue ink but there are also some in pencil. The ship "Herculean" left Boston in November 1849 filled with gold-seekers for California, traveled around Cape Horn, and arrived in San Francisco in May 1850. The volume begins with a list of the names of the crew and passengers on board the Herculean and is filled with tales of the ocean journey and shipboard entertainment, including a description of a stop in Valparaiso, Chile. The entries between May 6 and June 18, 1850 describe the city of San Francisco and also the towns of Stockton and Benicia, discuss prices in California for labor and lumber, and contain an account of his tent being robbed
mssHM 59965
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Approx. 12 items: (on blue backing) "Stockholders of The TImes-Mirror Company at close of business (9/10/1938) listed by certificate number" ; "Name and Address" list (9/21/1938) ; (two versions, one handwritten) "The Times-Mirror Company list of stockholders as at (10/3/1938) ' ; (TMC) "List of stockholders as at (10/3/1938)" ; four versions of the list, all headed "Stockholders list of The TImes-Mirror Company as of (108/1938)" ; two copies, "List of stockholders as at (12/31/1938 ; stockholders list - 1939 ; stockholders list - 1941 ; stockholders list - 1942.
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Visual Materials
Port view under steam at sea, headlands and fortifications in the background, to the left. The image is of the first Tennessee operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; built in 1849, she was purchased in October, 1849, from the Savannah Steam Navigation Company; from 1850 to 1853, she operated between San Francisco and Panama; she was wrecked on 6 March 1853, at Bolinas Bay, four miles north of the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Focus of item: Tennessee.
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"Sailing from Los Angeles harbor to Honolulu Friday, February 16, 1940, at 5:00 P. M."--p. [1], below title. Novelty first class passenger list for cruise from Los Angeles to Honolulu with illustrated route map on front and back covers. One of the passengers listed is Lieut. Commander John Jay Ide. Focus of item: Lurline.
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This document lists the twenty-three articles of the constitution of the Vineyard Mining Company, dated 1849, attested and signed by Edward Crocker and Frederick Pease. Following the constitution are minutes from various meetings of the company, from 1850-1851, the first of which took place at the home of William H. Munroe, in Edgartown, Massachusetts. The Company appears to have been formed prior to departure for California, where it intends to base its operations. They will embark aboard the ship Sarah, captained by John O. Morse.
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"RNOX 37.50 The Union, which operated from San Francisco to Panama from 1850 to 1851, first for the People's Line and then for the Independent Line, was wrecked at San Quintín Bay, Baja California, on July 5, 1851 supposedly due to intoxicated crew; all passengers and crew were saved. The Northerner, built in 1847, was purchased by Pacific Mail Steamship Company from Empire City Line in December 1850; she became spare steamer in 1853, and was wrecked, January 5, 1860, after striking Blunt's Reef, south of Humbolt Bay.
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