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Manuscripts
Narrative of the discovery ship "Victory:" 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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A ship's logbook written by Second Officer Charles Steward, recording the first voyage of the ship Duchess of Athol from England to Canton (Guangzhou), China. Entries run from 26 November 1821 to 24 May 1823. Contents include a crew list, passenger lists, weather reports, navigational records, and details of activities at port in India and China. With heraldic bookplate of Charles Steward. The volume is accompanied by three newspaper clippings, glued on paper, about the murder of Charles Steward, 1844 and 1845. The volume is partially blank.
mssHM 84093
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Manuscript of Douglas S. Watson's biography of mountain man and scout Joseph Reddeford Walker (1798-1876), who helped blaze the California Trail. The biography traces Walker's early life in the southeast, his frequent travels throughout the Midwestern and Western United States (many of them with Captain Benjamin Bonneville), his participation in buffalo hunts and fur trapping, his expedition to California in 1833, his interactions and confrontations with California Indians, and his later trips to and settlement in California from the 1840s-1870s. Inscribed by P.H. Booth. Bound.
mssHM 74608
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This extremely important logbook records the historic voyage of Lopez de Haro in the 'San Carlos' which accompanied Captain Estevan Jose Martinez' frigate, the 'Princesa' on its expedition of discovery to the north Californian coast. The manuscript describes the daily events and observations from the San Carlos from the 8th March 1788 when the Expedition left San Blas, to 22nd October, 1788, when they regained that port. In many of his notes, Lopez de Haro mentions that he was obliged to abandon the Spanish chart which he carried and refer to that of Cook, which he found a better guide, more especially in the region of Prince William port and Montague Island, which they reached on the 27th May. Text in Spanish.
mssHM 146
Manuscripts
These manuscripts describe the route of the voyage of discovery along the east coast of lower California (Baja, Mexico) up to the Colorado River where the gulf ends taken by Konsag in June and July 1746. The voyage was ordered by Cristóbal de Escobar y Llamas, Jesuit Provincial of New Spain. Although the manuscripts have the same title, they are two different manuscripts. HM 1293 is 36 pages and includes a map of the area. HM 1294 is 42 pages and does NOT contain a map. They are in Spanish.
mssHM 1293-1294
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Manuscripts
This collection contains the original French documents relating to an African slave trade expedition undertaken by the French ship Le Jeune Louis in 1824-1825. The trip extended from Nantes to the coast of Nigeria, from there to Havana and back to Flushing.There are 38 letters, 63 documents, and five volumes, one of which is the captain's letterbook. All of the papers pertain directly to the slave ships equipment, the crew, salaries, merchandise, accounts, passports, bills of health, and an insurance policy. The actual purchase of the slaves, their prices and negotiations with Negro Kings is discussed in one of the journals and other papers. There are records of suicides and deaths. Information regarding the precautions taken to veil the true nature of the expedition is included. The record of the voyage extends from November 1824 through October 4, 1825.
mssHM 43974-44029