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Journal of a voyage from Boston to California
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Title
Journal of a voyage from Boston to California, 1849-1850 /by Samuel Brackett.
Physical Description
1 v. (167 p.)
Language
English
Notes
In the back of the volume are notes on the Boston and California Pioneer, including some poems which Brackett wrote for the newspaper. There are also journal entries for November 29 through December 5th which are similar to entries for those date in the beginning of the volume.
Accompanied by a photocopy of the Boston Herald (first edition) in 1849 announcing the Brig Colorado "clearing" Boston Habor.
For another account of this voyage see Solomon True's Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California (WA MSS S-1436).
Provenance
Purchased from Goodspeeds Book Store, 1980.
Summary
The journal records an 1849 voyage on the Brig Colorado for California. Entries consist of weather reports, longitude and latitude, and notes on the passenger's activities, including readings, debates, prayers, concerts, dances, singing, and a wedding. The passengers founded a weekly newspaper, the Boston and California Pioneer, and some of the men formed a club, the Independent Order of Owls. The diary describes their visits to St. Catherines Point, Bermuda and Valparaíso, Chile. The author keeps tract of ships met or sighted. The journal ends short of California, but on the West Coast of North America.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Samuel Brackett, Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Samuel Brackett, Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Genre/Form
Diaries - United States.
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