Diaries, 1849-1851 / by Edward Monroe Brown, with typescripts by unknown transcriber.

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Diaries, 1849-1851 / by Edward Monroe Brown, with typescripts by unknown transcriber.

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Brown's diary for 1849-50 (127 p.) describes shipboard life during his voyage to San Francisco and visits to Santa Catarina Island, off Brazil, and Tumbes, Peru. His four diaires (totaling 265 p.) span 1850-51 and record life in the gold diggings around the Mokelumne River. Brown describes the mining process, Indians, Mexicans, crimes, and the treatment of criminals. Evidence in two of the four mining journals suggests that Brown probably sent the journals home to his brother Joseph as he finished each one.

0.25 linear ft. (1 Box; 7 items)

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Edward Monroe Brown sailed in 1849 from Providence, Rhode Island,to San Francisco via Cape Horn. He worked in the crew during the voyage and teamed up with shipmates to travel to the gold diggings. He mined along the Mokelumne River working with various companies and at different sites from 1850 to 1851. In July 1851, he decided to leave Middle Bar, where he worked the longest, and set off for the southern mines. From the description of Diaries, 1849-1851 / by Edward Monroe Brown, wi...