Log book for the ships California and Thomas H. Perkins, 1845 Oct 29-1847 May 1.

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Log book for the ships California and Thomas H. Perkins, 1845 Oct 29-1847 May 1.

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Holograph manuscript logbook, written by James P. Arthur, ship master, containing distinct logs for voyages of the ships California and Thomas H. Perkins. The California sailed between Monterey, San Pedro, and San Diego, 1845 Oct 29-Nov 18, lay in port in San Diego, 1845 Nov 19-1846 Feb 8, and returned to its home port of Boston, Massachusetts, Feb 9-Jun 24, with a cargo of hides. The Thomas H. Perkins left New York on 1846 Sep 26, transporting Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson and his regiment of New York Volunteers, their families, and supplies to California for service in the Mexican War. The log describes incidents of the voyage and Arthur's interactions with the soldiers, laying in port in Rio de Janeiro, Nov 22-28, and disembarkment from the Thomas H. Perkins and other ships at Yerba Buena (San Francisco), 1847 Mar 6-Apr 30. The ship departed for San Diego and Manila on 1847 May 1. Tipped in is a TLS regarding the logbook, from Thomas P. Martin, Archivist, Harvard Commission on Western History, to Mary Wheelwright, a former owner, dated 1917 Apr 24.

1 v. (ca. 200 p.) ; 40 cm.

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Thomas H. Perkins (Ship)

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Arthur, James P.

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Stevenson, J. D. (Jonathan Drake), 1800-1894

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Col. Stevenson was the commander of the First Regiment of New York Volunteers, known as Stevenson's Regiment, sent to Calif. during the Mexican War. From the description of J.D. Stevenson letter : San Francisco, Calif., to Isaac M. Baker : ALS, 1850 Oct. 4. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122381837 Stevenson was born Jan. 1, 1800 in NY; private secretary to NY Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, later accompanying him to Washington, DC, when Tompkins was electe...

California (Ship : Boston, Massachusetts)

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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848)

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Regiment raised in 1846 by Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson for the conquest and colonization of California, originally knownas 7th Regiment. From the description of Records, 1846-1848. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775792 Stevenson's Regiment (under the command of Col. J.D. Stevenson) was the first New York volunteer regiment to go into the Mexican War. The regiment was sent to California by sea in 1846-47. Its mission was to occupy California and ...