Records of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 1853-1925.

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Records of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 1853-1925.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510218

The collection consists of the business records (1851-1925) of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. There are also the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes of directors meetings, and other materials of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company (1874-1908). Additional types of materials found in the collection include ships' logs, waybills, manifests, and personnel records.

Approximately 190,550 pieces.430 boxes.644 bound volumes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6742124

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Pacific Mail Steamship Company

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The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was incorporated in 1848 to engage in the steamship business after receiving a contract from the U.S. government to provide mail service between Panama and the Oregon coast. The organizer and first president of the company was William H. Aspinwall. The company prospered, expanded its fleet, and began service to the Orient in 1867. By the mid-1880s they were sailing to 47 ports across the Pacific Ocean, including ports in Central America and Mexico. T...

Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company

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