Journal and correspondence, 1849-1876.

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Journal and correspondence, 1849-1876.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126334

The journal records an 1849 voyage to California around the Horn. It describes the Cayuga Joint Stock Company, events on the bark Belvedere, Mason's stay at the Mariposa Diggings, and his trip with Herring and Moss to the Trinity River Mines. Mason sailed home by the Isthmus on the ships Crescent City and Antelope. There are accounts of gold dug, material on the Mason and Hill families, letters between Mason and his wife Eliza Hill and his daughter, and letters by Shew and Wellington to Eliza.

11 items (108 p.) (in a case)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8011869

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Belvedere (Bark)

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Moss, Charles.

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Shew, Joel, 1816-1855

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Mason, Leonard, 1804-1851.

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Col. Mason, of Syracuse, New York, went to the California gold fields in 1849 and left San Francisco in 1850 for Panama and home, where he died. From the description of Journal and correspondence, 1849-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126334 ...

Cayuga Joint Stock Company.

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Mason, Henrietta.

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Wellington, O. H.

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Herring, Mark Y., 1952-

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Antelope (Steamship)

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Mason, Eliza Hill.

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Crescent City (Sloop)

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