Log book of the schooner "Frances Helen" : from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Cal. : October 24, 1849 to March 29, 1850 : typescript, [ca. 1900?].

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Log book of the schooner "Frances Helen" : from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Cal. : October 24, 1849 to March 29, 1850 : typescript, [ca. 1900?].

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Unsigned, undated typescript transcription, possibly by Edward Ayer from around 1900, of the log book of the schooner "Frances Helen", kept by her captain, M.H. Leeds, during the voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco between Oct. 24, 1849 and March 29, 1850.

[77] leaves ; 33 x 22 cm.

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Leeds, M. H., Captain, fl. 1849-1850.

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Frances Helen (Ship : 1849)

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