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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.

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