Manifest via Panama : manifest of merchandise, shipped by Adams & Co. on board the steamer [Georgia], [Porter] master, for Chagres intended to be transported, via the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco, Cal., New-York [December 23] 185[1], 1851 Dec. 23.

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Manifest via Panama : manifest of merchandise, shipped by Adams & Co. on board the steamer [Georgia], [Porter] master, for Chagres intended to be transported, via the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco, Cal., New-York [December 23] 185[1], 1851 Dec. 23.

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Duplicate copy of an Adams & Co. [i.e. Adams Express Company] shipping manifest for goods being transported from New York to California via the Isthmus of Panama listing the recipients, final destinations (mostly San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton), the number of articles, description, and value. Among the shippers listed are author Charles P. Kimball (32 books valued at $75), Reynold's & Co. in Sacramento, R. D. Butts, Cooke & Lecount, etc.

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Georgia (Steamer)

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Adams Express Company

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The Adams Express Company was founded in Boston in 1839. Originally called Burke and Company, its name was changed to Adams and Company after only two weeks when Alvin Adams agreed to buy out his partner. By 1850, the company had spread throughout the south, southwest, and north. Much additional capital was invested at that time and the company's name was again changed to the Adams Express Company. During the Civil War, the company made a substantial amount of money shipping packages to and from...

Cooke & LeCount

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Kimball, Charles P. (Charles Proctor), 1821-1894

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Charles P. Kimball was a pioneer who moved to San Francisco in 1849 and became a member of the Vigilance Committee, The Society of California Pioneers, the Mechanics' Institute, and Yerba Buena Lodge, No. 15, I.O.O.F. He was also the owner of "The Noisy Carrier Book and Stationery Co." and publisher of the first San Francisco Directory in 1850. From the description of Autobiography and Reminiscence of Charles Proctor Kimball, San Francisco, 1901. (The Society of California Pioneers)....