G.A. Cheever letter : San Diego, Calif. to Pilsbury Hodgkins, Sonora, Tuolumne County, Calif., 1852 Mar. 28.

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G.A. Cheever letter : San Diego, Calif. to Pilsbury Hodgkins, Sonora, Tuolumne County, Calif., 1852 Mar. 28.

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Describes damage to his Schooner York and to the Steamer Monumental City off the coast of San Diego, on their way to San Juan.

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York (Schooner)

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Cheever, G. A.

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G.A. Cheever, captain of the Schooner York. Pillsbury Hodgkins, aka "Chips," was ships carpenter aboard the York, in order to pay his way to the California gold mines. From the description of G.A. Cheever letter : San Diego, Calif. to Pilsbury Hodgkins, Sonora, Tuolumne County, Calif., 1852 Mar. 28. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 173283129 ...

Monumental City (Steamer)

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Hodgkins, Pilsbury, 1825-1892.

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Born in Nobleboro, Maine on 1825 Feb. 17. At age sixteen, Hodgkins went to Boston and was apprenticed to Dolbeare and Sons, Shipwrights and Caulkers. He earned passage to the goldfields as a ship's carpenter, earning the name "Chips". He spent a few years in partnership as a miner and blacksmith in Tuolumne Co., but is known primarily as the most famous express messenger in early California. From the description of "Chips": an autobiography : photocopied typescript, [after 1892?]. (U...