Volume 1 record of a journey with a party of Americans from Tampico to Mazatlán, via San Luis Potosí and Tepatitlán [de Morelos]; then via ship to San Francisco. Records brief stay in San Francisco, then travel to gold mines near Jacksonville. Account of Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Haitian rebellion copied from an unknown source. Written from the back: notes and accounts. Loose item (2 p.) in separate folder. Volume 2 receipt book, 1839, and account book, ca. 1865-82 . [177] p. Page 78A in separate folder. Pages 99 to 177 are written from the back. Pencilled notations on inside covers. Contains recipes for medicinal purposes.