Journal of a voyage from Boston to California, 1849-1850 /by Samuel Brackett.

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Journal of a voyage from Boston to California, 1849-1850 /by Samuel Brackett.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702132911

The journal records an 1849 voyage on the Brig Colorado for California. Entries consist of weather reports, longitude and latitude, and notes on the passenger's activities, including readings, debates, prayers, concerts, dances, singing, and a wedding. The passengers founded a weekly newspaper, the Boston and California Pioneer, and some of the men formed a club, the Independent Order of Owls. The diary describes their visits to St. Catherines Point, Bermuda and Valparaíso, Chile. The author keeps tract of ships met or sighted. The journal ends short of California, but on the West Coast of North America.

1 v. (167 p.)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8014539

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Colorado (brig)

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Eastman, Sophia.

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Brackett, Henrietta.

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Baker, William, 1841-1910

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Brackett, Samuel

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