Diary of R. J. Whitely, 1849-1977 (bulk 1849).

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Diary of R. J. Whitely, 1849-1977 (bulk 1849).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79418765

The diary that Dr. Whitely kept while onboard of the Cameo, from February 10 to October 7 when he arrived to San Francisco. The daily entries describe the crew, the passangers, (including ten "young gentlemen" of the Frankling Mining Company "embarked upon the same hazardous enterpise as ours"), sightings of passings ships, marine wildlife, weather, etc. He also describes Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Talcahuano (Chile), and Concepcion (Chile), including comments on the dress, worship, military, slave systems, buildings, customs and temperaments, and landscape of these cities, among still other topics, are especially interesting. Also of particular note are his descriptions of the botanical gardens of the Brazilian emperor near Rio de Janeiro, of a bullfight in nearby Pria Grande, and of a party thrown for him and his companions in Concepcion by a local captain (although not all of these entries are fully readable). He frequently contrasted Brazilian and Chilean people and customs to their American counterparts. The diary is 142 pages long and is written in pencil. Seven of the pages are partially obscured by heavy scribbling, and the few pages that Dr. Whitely did not write on have been filled with a child's drawings. The last few pages are a log of the ship's progress. Accompanying the diary are a fairly accurate transcript (two thirds of it typed and the other third written in longhand, presumably by Ellen Pendorf. A draft of a letter from Ellen and William Pendorf to Gerald and Betty Ford (1974) was acquired with the diary, and is now housed in the Main File as HM 68601.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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