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This diary is Father Palóu's description of the establishment of a mission at San Francisco Bay, and the exploration of the surrounding area. The diary also claims to contain the first authenticated account of the arrival of a sailing vessel to the Bay. Translated to English by Frank de Thoma in 1899.
mssHM 290
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Joseph Booth writes of his experiences traveling through California during 1869. He became determined to ride his mare, named "Pet," from San Francisco to Los Angeles, in an attempt to ease his mind of an unidentified physical ailment that cause him to lose weight "to scant 120." His diary describes the weather, his accomodations at the various towns and public houses, and people he met along the way. He is automatically suspicious and afraid when meeting Indians, or, as he writes, "or what they call by that name here (a native)." There is a partial list of his expenses on the final page. The last two pages are damaged and incomplete. Original pages rebound and repaired with backing sheets. With two typewritten letters, dated 1946, July 31 and August 12, from George E. Beers to Josephine W. Beers explaining some details of the Booth family history, and an undated fragment of a third letter with similar geneaological information.
mssHM 26657