Otis K. Freeman Collection, 1838-1881.

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Otis K. Freeman Collection, 1838-1881.

Business papers and memorabilia.

1 manuscript box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7769425

California state library

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Pacific Mail Steamship Company

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The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was incorporated in 1848 to engage in the steamship business after receiving a contract from the U.S. government to provide mail service between Panama and the Oregon coast. The organizer and first president of the company was William H. Aspinwall. The company prospered, expanded its fleet, and began service to the Orient in 1867. By the mid-1880s they were sailing to 47 ports across the Pacific Ocean, including ports in Central America and Mexico. T...

Freeman, Otis K., 1836-1915.

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Purser for Pacific Mail Steamship Company, First white man to open a steamship office in Japan and was in charge of the Pacific Mail office there for seventeen years. From the description of Otis K. Freeman Collection, 1838-1881. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58746680 ...