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Goldrush journal; an account of a voyage to California via Panama and of time spent in California before returning east : on January 1, 1849, Grymes left Gibson, Arkansas; he took the steamer, Crescent City, from New York arriving in Chagres February 14, and spent some days there, arriving in Panama on February 20. Took the steamer, Oregon, to San Francisco on March 8, arriving there after a 99-day total passage and went to the North Fork of the American River on the schooner, Empire, almost immediately. He returned to Sacramento in 8 days. On March 24, 1850, he left California for the East Coast. The earlier part of the journal is more detailed than the later; the last entry is June 5, 1850. Book includes miscellaneous accounting.

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Title
George E. Grymes journal, 1849-1850.
Creator
Grymes, George E., creator
Published
1849-1850
Full Collection Name
Selections from The Bancroft Library
Project Name
Gold Rush Materials
Other Identifiers
BANC MSS 84/34 c, Volume 1
Subject (Person)
Grymes, George E.
Subject (Topic)
Gold discoveries
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Geographic Coverage
California
Type
Text
Format
Diaries
Language
English
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Contains hand-colored map of Maryland.
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