Journal of James Gow, 1842-1880.

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Journal of James Gow, 1842-1880.

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The majority of the journal contains prescriptions Gow made for his customers and the recipes for those prescriptions. The volume also contains two other sections: a female relative of Gow's recorded 19th century poetry in parts of the book and there is also a section titled, "Journal of a Seaman in the Forecastle." This diary section contains accounts from 1851 to 1852 of an anonymous sailor who sailed from Boston to San Francisco in a clipper and then chronicles his time in Port Adelaide, Australia. There are also two pages of what may be the ship's manifest.

1 volume, 35 cm., 160 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Gow, James.

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James Gow was a chemist's assistant in Scotland during the last half of the 19th century. From the description of Journal of James Gow, 1842-1880. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 712959692 ...