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Field name | Value |
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Title | Diary: 1849 |
Reference | MS 236, folder 1 |
Library | California Historical Society |
Collection | Samuel W Brown Diary and Letters |
Date | 1849 |
Author / Creator | Brown, Samuel W |
Description | Diary (181 p.) handbound in six sections, describing Brown's voyage from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn aboard the bark Selma with the Fremont Mining and Trading Company, of which he served as chairman of the board. The diary focuses on daily shipboard life and problems with crew members. |
Document Type | Journal, Manuscript |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Travel and Tourism |
Keywords | voyage, diary, gold mining, chairman, board, ship, seafaring, sailor, crew, vessel, storm, weather, latitude, longitude, sketch, commerce, business |
Countries | USA; Cape Verde; Brazil; Chile; Panama |
Places | California; Cape Horn; Caribbean; Pacific Ocean |
Ports | São Vicente, Cape Verde; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Valparaiso, Chile |
Company | Fremont Mining & Trading Company |
Ships | Selma |
Additional Information |
Brown was a Californian forty-niner and physician from Connecticut. Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the California Historical Society's North Baker Research Library catalogue. |
Copyright | California Historical Society |