Overland journey to California in 1849 : experiences at the mines 1849-1850, and return voyage to New York in 1850 / by L. N. Weed, 1859.

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Overland journey to California in 1849 : experiences at the mines 1849-1850, and return voyage to New York in 1850 / by L. N. Weed, 1859.

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This narrative describes an 1849 trip from New York to California by the steamer Norumbega to Galveston and by boat to Houston. They continued overland by way of Austin, Fredericksburg, Pecos River, Presidio del Norte, El Paso, Doña Ana, Cooke's and Graham's routes, Tucson, Pima, Gila River, Warner's Ranch, Los Angeles, and Stockton. Weed's text records the weather and his stay at the mines until 1850 when he sailed home by way of Nicaragua and Havana on the ships Pacific and Ohio.

115 p. ; 20 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Pacific (Ship : 1818-1855)

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Whaling vessel, out of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Rufus F. Pease, on voyage 17 Feb. 1851-17 May 1854 to the Western Islands, Middle Ground, Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, Bay of Anadis, and Lawrence Bay whaling grounds; owner-agent: Reuben Fish; built at Scituate, Mass., 1818. From the description of Logbook, 1851 Feb. 17-1854 May 17. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976209 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Paul Chase. ...

Weed, L. N.

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