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000.28.2 - Vest
1849 "Gold Nugget" vest owned by Benjamin Balch Dodge, who sailed to California 21 November 1849 aboard the "Metropolis". Benjamin Balch Dodge was born 5 January 1828 son of Azor and Elizabthe Dodge. See also BHS Ship's Log #984.12.3 for information this vessel; this is where Benjamin B. Dodge's name is listed. Also see the "Argonauts of Forty-nine" by O. T. Howe, for information on the Metropolis & the Essex County and California Company.
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14782 - Document
Document stating the agreement between the crew of the barque "San Francisco" and U.S. Congress that states the ship has permission to set sail. Contained in this document is the list of all crew members as well as their promised wages.
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24508 - Bill-of-sale
Bill of sale for the Barque "San Francisco" built in Cumberland Maine in 1849. The vessel sailed to California in 1849 taking miners to the gold fields. For more information see also "The Argonauts of 49".
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31629 - Documents
A hardcover book contains extracts from the logs and letters of Captain Octavius Howe, compiled and written by Dr. Octavius Thorndike Howe. The vessels include: The Chascas, Rosbella, Diana, Emily Taylor, Coquimbo, Idaho, Addie Snow, Tigress.
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31636 - Log, Ship's
1850 Ship's log from the Brig "Tigris" Captain Octavius Howe from Beverly to California leaving 22 August 1850 for the gold fields. In the book "The Argonauts of Forty-nine" (pp 99-106) Octavius T. Howe writes about the sailing of the Tigris bound for San Francisco. "...the Tigress, with a cargo invoiced at $17,419, became a vertiable floating department store stocked with everything the heart of man could desire." The voyage was not a suc...
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948.001.1395 - Letter
A letter to Hannah Rantoul from Anne Wales Abbot. Anne wants to come and visit Hannah and she thinks early next week will work if Nellie and May are around. Nellie has been super productive and made a very stylish dress for herself. Anne tells Hannah about Hal and George out in California. They love the adventure out west. She reports Dear is well, but weak.
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948.001.770 - Letter
A letter to Hannah Rantoul from her grand nephew, Charles A . Endicott, son of Charles and Carrie Endicott. He is writting from Tustin City, California where is just getting settled in, he speaks of the change in climate and how is adapting.
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948.001.775 - Letter
A letter to Hannah Rantoul from her grand neice-in law, Louise Endicott, wife of Charles A. Endicott. A letter from Tustin City, California where they had recently arrived.
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948.001.776 - Letter
A letter to Hannah Rantoul from her grand neice-in law, Louise Endicott, wife of Charles A. Endicott. Louise talks about life in South California where they now live and how different it is.
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948.001.778 - Letter
A letter to Hannah Rantoul from her grand neice-in law, Louise Endicott, wife of Charles A. Endicott. A letter from Ontario, California thanking Hannah for sending news from Boston.
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948.001.779 - Letter
A letter to Hannah Rantoul from her grand neice-in law, Louise Endicott, wife of Charles A. Endicott. A letter from North Ontario, California describing moving around until they found a place worth settling.
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948.001.780 - Letter
A letter to Hannah Rantoul from her grand neice-in law, Louise Endicott, wife of Charles A. Endicott. A letter thanking Hannah for her generous gifts and speaking of the cold weather they have been having.
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973.001 - Log, Ship's
1849 - 1850 Ship's Log for the Barque San Francisco which left Beverly on 15 August 1849 and arrived in San Francisco 11 January 1850. The shipped sailed under Captain Thomas Remmonds and the log was kept by Joshua Carrico. There are also loose leaf pages which describes what happened to the members of the company in the months following. Carrico wrote that the stories were all too true and that San Francisco is the dirtiest place he has ever ...
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FIC011.001 - Diary
James A. Lovett's diary of the steamship "Northern Light" 1860 - traveling to California. The writing is in pencil and difficult to read - 113 pages are used.
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FIC011.260 - Diary
1849 diary written by Sarah E. Trask (born 2 Oct 1828 to Benjamin and Catharine) started this diary on January 13, 1849 when she was 20 years old. She was a shoebinder, sewing the uppers of shoes. In the diary she talks of daily life, men going off to sea and the life of the seaport of Beverly. The man she hoped to marry, Luther Woodberry, was a mariner and he and others went to California during the gold rush. Many of these men died, including ...
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FIC011.261 - Diary
1851 diary and scrapbook kept by Sarah E. Trask (born 2 Oct 1828 to Benjamin and Catharine) She started this journal 21 May 1851 after she discovered that the man she had hoped to marry had died on the return from the gold fields of California. She was a shoebinder, sewing the uppers of shoes for a time and talked about this in Vol. I her 1849 diary. This diary opens with: "Oh What is life to me now...since I have seen my brightest Hopes decay...
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FIC012.014 - Letter
In the letter to his family Barker is in California, commenting how beautiful it is, although the weather has been very rainy. He says that he recieved a letter from them explaining that there was a sickness going around the family's hometown of Jericho, VT. He says that where he is there is an outbreak of smallpox. He begins talking about California saying how the winter there is nothing like winter in Vermont. He then writes a letter to his...
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FIC012.015 - Letter
Barker is talking to his sister about how glad he is to hear she is well. Barker says how he would go back home if she came out to see him. He is glad to hear that she is in school for he says that will make a woman out of her. He wants her to send flowers but knows they dont have any yet, but says he would send some since the fields are full. He ends asking her to tell the family he was thinking of them.
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FIC012.016 - Letter
Barker says he was glad to hear the family is in good health and that it is very healthy where he is. He mentions that the family wonders how the weather is out there and he says it is beautiful. He speaks of fishing and traveling down the coast near mexico. He then goes on to speak of the army, that there are an influx of men from various places that are looking for jobs and have no money. He says many of them are turning to gold mining with...
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FIC012.017 - Letter
The letter begins with Barker apologizing for not having written in 2 months. He says the reason is he has been working 2 men's jobs and working a 16 hour work day. He mentions that in a previous letter that the family farm was doing well, he is sad that he was not there to help with the work. He tells his brother that prices for grains and other farm crops are going up meaning the family should have a better income this season. He apologizes...
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