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Bay State and California Trading and Mining Company list of the company passengers and crew to sail from Boston to San Francisco aboard the ship Areatus on April 4, 1849
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Anonymous autograph diary written aboard the ship Herculean and in California
Manuscripts
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
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Times Mirror Company - Stockholders lists
Manuscripts
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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Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Steamer Tennessee
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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S. S. Lurline first class souvenir passenger list
Visual Materials
"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.
ephJHK 00863
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Vineyard Mining Company minutes of meetings and constitution
Manuscripts
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.
mssHM 4161
S. S. Lurline cabin class souvenir passenger list
Visual Materials
"Sailing from Honolulu to Los Angeles harbor Wednesday, July 14, 1948 at 5:00 p. m."--p. [1], below title. "v [=] table-mates, - [=] cabin mates"--ms. inscription in blue ink, p. [1], bottom. JHK was a passenger on board. Title derived from p. [1]. Novelty list of cabin class passengers and officers sailing from Honolulu to Los Angeles onboard the S. S. Lurline. Focus of item: Lurline.
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