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Manuscripts
Journal of the voyage of the "Isabella" to the Arctic regions: manuscript
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Manuscripts
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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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Manuscripts
Manuscript by Sir John Ross about his second voyage in search of a north-west passage (1829).
mssHM 748
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Manuscripts
The manuscript covers the period 1829 to 1833 during a voyage from England to the Gulf of Boothia with meteorological observations; also some later papers concerning Sir John Franklin's expedition of 1845.
mssHM 714
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The journal, which contains 57 pages, covers the entire voyage from Bangor to San Francisco. It includes descriptions of the weather, ocean conditions, and other ships the Cantero encountered along the passage. Marston describes his stays at Santa Catarina Island (Brazil) and Valparìso (Chile), including details about the people he met, the food he ate and the churches and places he visited. The journal contains two songs, written by a passenger on board, about going to California in search of gold. The certificate for Marston's membership in the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance measures 51 x 38 cm.
mssHM 56797, HM 63329
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This is a journal kept by Edward Fisher during his trip on board the HMS Proserpine. He talks about the voyage, the shipwreck, and the crew and passengers' walk across the ice to safety.
mssHM 30305
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The first 13 pages of Clymer's manuscript contain notes from his journals, with random observations, about his time in Southern California, including Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Monterey. Clymer talks about the people he sees, their clothes, customs, dwellings, etc. He also describes California's weather, landscape, agriculture and crops. The remaining 83 pages are written in a narrative style and concern Clymer's time in South America, including Peru, Bolivia and Chile. Clymer also briefly discusses the political history of the area, touching on the Peru-Bolivian Confederation in the late 1830s, and mentioning the lengthy string of wars fought in Peru and elsewhere since independence from Spain; as well as, the effects of civil war in Bolivia. He also talks about his voyage in the Pacific, the sea creatures he sees, the calmness of the Pacific Ocean, etc. The manuscript has numerous corrections and additions, indicating that Clymer perhaps intended it for publication, or at least for a more personal public audience.
mssHM 72090
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The autobiography covers North's life from his birth in San Francisco in 1889 to his life as a silversmith in Pasadena, California in the 1950s. In it, he talks about his life in San Francisco, his friendship with Timothy Hopkins, a voyage he took to Hawaii and Japan in 1903, his living abroad in Europe for several years, World War I, the Great Depression, and his work with Clarke Aero-Hydraulics, Inc. during World War II. Throughout the manuscript, North talks about his grandfather John Wesley North. The manuscript includes a 3-page index at the beginning listing subjects and their pages.
mssHM 75109