John Pond Farmer diary, 1849-1850.

1849-1850

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BANC MSS 2007/145, Volume 1

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English

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Other title: Journal of a voyage from Boston to San Francisco on board the ship Hannibal or lines to my family everyday

John Pond Farmer, from Massachusetts, was a blacksmith by trade. He worked in Eureka, Calif., and Oregon City and Portland, Ore. after arriving in California in 1850. Farmer eventually moved back to Massachusetts.

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