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Diary of a Sea Voyage to San Francisco and Commonplace Book of an Immigrant to Oregon 1852-1863

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Title Diary of a Sea Voyage to San Francisco and Commonplace Book of an Immigrant to Oregon 1852-1863
Subject Voyages to the Pacific coast; Pioneers; Ships and Shipping
Description This anonymous handwritten volume contains several texts, including a diary of a sea voyage from Boston to San Francisco in 1852, a description of an 1863 trip on the Columbia River, and miscellaneous handwritten recipes, notes and clippings.; Historical Note; The authors of the diary and commonplace book are not recorded. The ship's diary and trip on the Columbia appear to have been written by the same person, probably a man who went to California and then later to Oregon. The second half of...
Publisher Pacific University Archives
Date 1852/1863
Rights Collection is open for research.; Pacific University owns the copyright to some, but not all, of the materials housed in its archives. Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of Pacific University is retained by Pacific University and requires its permission for publication. Copyright status for other collection materials varies. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Type Collection collection
Identifier http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/
Language eng
Format 1.0 folder; 1 folder
Coverage 1852-1863

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