Henry B. Brown letters : to Susannah Calhoun, West Cambridge, Mass. : ALS, 1851-1855.

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Henry B. Brown letters : to Susannah Calhoun, West Cambridge, Mass. : ALS, 1851-1855.

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Consists of thirteen letters written to his mother, most of which describe Brown's experiences in Calif. Includes an account of his 1851 steamship voyage to San Francisco via Panama aboard the Ohio, the Falcon, and the New Orleans; living and social conditions in San Francisco, particularly in the aftermath of the 1851 fire; and his travels to the interior of Calif., including Sacramento and the mining town Rough and Ready.

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Ohio (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James Adams Norton, on voyage 9 Oct. 1851-28 May 1853 to the Off Shore, Coast of Kamchatka, and Okhotsk Sea whaling grounds; agent-owner: Edward Wing Howland; built at Rochester, Mass., 1833. From the description of Logbook, 1851 Oct. 9-1853 May 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979203 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Charles W. Coffin, on voyage 12 July 1837-19 Apr...

Falcon (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Freeman Richmond on voyage from 17 July 1843-23 May 1846 to the Tristan, French Rock, Coast of Kamchatka, and Brazil Banks whaling grounds; owner-agent: Wilcox & Richmond; built at Medford, Mass., 1817. From the description of Logbook of the ship Falcon, 1843 July 20-1846 May 23. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173273419 Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Joseph Bar...

Calhoun, Susannah.

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New Orleans (Ship)

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Brown, Henry B., fl. 1850-1859.

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Artist commissioned by John R. Bartlett to sketch California scenes and Indians. Relative of San Francisco postmaster Jacob Bailey Moore. Later, American consul to Bermuda (ca. 1854-1859). Often mistakenly identified in reference sources as artist Harrison B. Brown of Maine or as former slave Henry Box Brown. From the description of Henry B. Brown papers, 1851-1853. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122551915 Brown was an artist commissioned by John R...