Thomas Williams journal, 1849 Mar. 1 - Sept. 3O.

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Thomas Williams journal, 1849 Mar. 1 - Sept. 3O.

Journal of his voyage from Boston to San Francisco, around the Horn, on the Regulus. Includes list of members of the Bunker Hill Trading and Mining Association descriptions of Rio de Janeiro, Callao and Lima; and extensive comments on dissatisfaction among members of the mining company with their officers. Journal ends with arrival in San Francisco and description of the city. At the end of the volume: four pencil sketches and a poem.

Originals : 226 p. (1 v.).Copy : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3262, 130 frames) and positive.

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Williams, Thomas E.

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Colonel Thomas E. Williams had a Marine Corps career that stretched from 1941-1962. He was in the Pacific during World War II, and then he was assigned to Europe. He assumed his first major Cold War command of the Camp Matthews weapons training regiment in 1956. He was posted to China, Europe, and the Army War College. He was involved in intelligence and worked with the CIA. From the description of Thomas E. Williams papers, 1940-1985. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center...

Regulus (trading vessel).

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Bunker Hill Trading and Mining Association

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