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Manuscripts
Survey of Morning Glory ship in Callao, Peru
- Description
- This collection contains correspondence, receipts, invoices, financial records, and legal documents relating to the shipwreck, salvage, and repair of the American merchant ship Morning Glory. Also included is a 44-page consular protest and survey dossier compiled by the United States Consulate in Valparaiso, Chile. These materials document early trade and shipping networks between British Columbia, Washington Territory, San Francisco, Chile, and Peru during the Fraser River Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada.
- Date
- 1860 May 10
- Call number
- mssMG
- Provenance
- Purchased from Globus Books LLC, December 2025.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
