Chart book of Yukon River from St. Michael via Kotlik to Dawson

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  Spring. Steamers St. Michael, Yukon, and New Racket

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  This collection consists of photographs taken by Charles O. Farciot of Edward Schieffelin's gold prospecting trip through Alaska via the Yukon River. Views include portraits of Alaskan natives and their families; the towns of St. Michael, Nuklukayet, and Anvik; trading stations; and a missionary preaching and interacting with Alaskan natives.

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  Steamer "New Racket" at the wharf of St. Michael, two hours before the departure for the Yukon River

  Visual Materials

  This collection consists of photographs taken by Charles O. Farciot of Edward Schieffelin's gold prospecting trip through Alaska via the Yukon River. Views include portraits of Alaskan natives and their families; the towns of St. Michael, Nuklukayet, and Anvik; trading stations; and a missionary preaching and interacting with Alaskan natives.

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  Portage of 150 miles, from the Behring [Bering] Sea across the mountains, to the Yukon River. Started from the Signal Service Office at San Michael Feb. 3, 36° below zero

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  This collection consists of photographs taken by Charles O. Farciot of Edward Schieffelin's gold prospecting trip through Alaska via the Yukon River. Views include portraits of Alaskan natives and their families; the towns of St. Michael, Nuklukayet, and Anvik; trading stations; and a missionary preaching and interacting with Alaskan natives.

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  Steamer Yukon in a slough while the ice is passing down the river

  Visual Materials

  This collection consists of photographs taken by Charles O. Farciot of Edward Schieffelin's gold prospecting trip through Alaska via the Yukon River. Views include portraits of Alaskan natives and their families; the towns of St. Michael, Nuklukayet, and Anvik; trading stations; and a missionary preaching and interacting with Alaskan natives.

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  [Spear, Lewis Eugene]. Photograph album showing Southern California, Monterey, and Alaska voyage via Lake Lebarge to Dawson in the Yukon to St. Michael, Alaska

  Manuscripts

  The collection consists of the papers of three generations of the Spear family: Alexander Fulton Spear (1800-1853), Alexander Fulton Spear (1827-1900), and Lewis Eugene Spear (1867-1953). It includes the Gold Rush journal of Alexander Fulton Spear (1800-1853), which documents his ocean journey from Maine to California aboard the ship "Perfect" and mining near Coloma, California. There are also papers regarding the marine service of Alexander Fulton Spear (1827-1900) and a few business papers pertaining to Lewis Eugene Spear (1867-1953), the Pacific Steel & Wire Co., and the Pacific Wire Rope Co. Two noteworthy items in the collection are a photograph album showing Southern California, Monterey, and a trip to Alaska (1900-02) and a diary of a trip from San Francisco to Coquille, Oregon, on the steam schooner "Chico" which includes 25 photographs (1903). The addenda consists of ephemera, genealogy material, and photographs related to the Spear and Whitney families.

  HM 48758

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  Chart of the River St. Lawrence from Anticosti to Quebec [cartographic material]

  Manuscripts

  Detailed manuscript chart of the St. Lawrence River from Québec to the western end of Anticosti Island. Drawn by Charles Rivez. "The Explanation" states that the map was assembled from various sources, notably: a chart published in Boston in 1732; Maps and surveys done by Mr. Bellin and others, approximately 1755; Captured maps (dated 1737) from the Alcide, taken in June 1755 by Admiral Boscawen. The inset map is titled "Part of the River St. Lawrence" depicts the head of the St. Lawrence at Québec, with the shipping and coast lines around the Île d'Orléans shown in detail. Scale for the inset is given in bar graph as 3/4 inch to 1 English league.

  mssHM 15432