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Journal kept by a carpenter from Gloucester, Massachusetts during an 1849 voyage aboard the barque Izete (with Eben Higgens as master) departing from Gloucester and arriving in San Francisco in 1850, detailing his experiences in San Francisco and the gold regions. Describes his employment in a San Francisco store, building boats, bouts of dysentery, packing shingles to Stockton, taking on a boarder, and travels to Trinidad and the Klamath River in search of gold. Ends with a detailed description of a Chilean picnic which he joined by chance. Journal probably by Theodore Kimball, whose name appears in the rear of the journal.

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Title
Journal : San Francisco, Calif. and elsewhere : mss., [1849] Dec. 21-1851 Oct. 17.
Creator
Kimball, Theodore, creator
Published
1849-1851
Full Collection Name
Selections from The Bancroft Library
Project Name
Gold Rush Materials
Other Identifiers
BANC MSS 98/65 c, Volume 1
Subject (Person)
Kimball, Theodore
Higgens, Eben
Izete (Bark)
Subject (Topic)
Chilean Americans
Gold mines and mining
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Geographic Coverage
California
Klamath River Valley (Or. and Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Type
Text
Format
Diaries
Language
English
Archive
The Bancroft Library
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