A. N. Lodge letter, 1849.

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A. N. Lodge letter, 1849.

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Collection consists of a photocopied letter written by A. N. Lodge from the flagship U.S.S. Ohio while at San Francisco, California to his uncle, J. J. Lamond, in Madison, Indiana on April 9, 1849. The letter describes the conditions at San Francisco during the peak of the gold rush in California. Lodge mentions exorbitant prices for products and labor, the lack of lumber and miners dying off "like sheep" in the gold fields from "brain fever". Included with the collection is a transcript of the letter.

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7956531

Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Ohio (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James Adams Norton, on voyage 9 Oct. 1851-28 May 1853 to the Off Shore, Coast of Kamchatka, and Okhotsk Sea whaling grounds; agent-owner: Edward Wing Howland; built at Rochester, Mass., 1833. From the description of Logbook, 1851 Oct. 9-1853 May 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979203 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Charles W. Coffin, on voyage 12 July 1837-19 Apr...

Lamond, J. J.

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Lodge, A. N.

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A. N. Lodge was sailor aboard the U.S.S. Ohio during the ship's two year cruise protecting commerce along the California coast in 1848 and 1849. From the description of A. N. Lodge letter, 1849. (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 663906892 ...