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Society of California Pioneers
Title: Charles P. Kimball Diary, Vol 1
Identifier/Call Number: C058764
Identifier/Call Number: 1189
Physical Description:
1 folder
1 Bound lined journal
Date (inclusive): 1839 -1842
Abstract: This is the first of four volumnes of diaries of Charles P Kimball covering the time period from January 1839 to December
1842. It is the daily record of a young man, 18 years old at the beginning, living on a farm outside of Bangor, Maine. The
entries record his daily activites at the farm and in school in some detail.
The second volume of the diaries (C058765) covers the time period from December 1844 to August 1845. He is still living and
working on the farm and also attends school at Bridgeton, Massachusetts. He also is trained to be a carriagemaker.
The third volume of the diaries (C058766) run from September 1845 to June 1846. He describes his time at Bridgeton and of
moving to Boston. There he attempts to start a carriage making business.
The fourth volume covers from June 1846 to January 1848. The daily record includes weather reports, poetry, meetings and business.
He travels to various towns in Massachusetts and plans to open a carriage making shop in Norway, Ma.
Language of Material:
English
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This is the first of four volumes of diaries of Charles P Kimball covering the time period from January 1839 to December 1842.
It is the daily record of a young man, 18 years old at the beginning, living on a farm outside of Bangor, Maine. The entries
record his daily activites at the farm and in school in some detail.
The second volume of the diaries (C058765) covers the time period from December 1844 to August 1845. He is still living and
working on the farm and also attends school at Bridgeton, Massachusetts. He also is trained to be a carriagemaker.
The third volume of the diaries (C058766) run from September 1845 to June 1846. He describes his time at Bridgeton and of
moving to Boston. There he attempts to start a carriage making business.
The fourth volume covers from June 1846 to January 1848. The daily record includes weather reports, poetry, meetings and business.
He travels to various towns in Massachusetts and plans to open a carriage making shop in Norway, Ma.
Charles P. Kimball was born 07/11/1821 in Bangor, Maine. His journey to California took place aboard the "Boston" and arrived
in San Francisco 07/06/1849. In San Francisco he ran a shop "The Noisy Carrier Publishing Hall", located on the Long Wharf
in San Francisco, which had the largest variety of out of town papers in the city. He became a member of the Vigilance Committee,
The Society of California Pioneers, the Mechanics' Institute, and Yerba Buena Lodge, No. 15, I.O.O.F.. He was also the owner
of "The Noisy Carrier Book and Stationery Co." He was the publisher of the first San Francisco Directory in 1850
Existence and Location of Originals
The Society of California Pioneers, 101 Montgomery St., Suite 150 The Presidio oF San Francisco, San Francisco CA,95129
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and Date of acquisition unknown
Charles P. Kimball Diary, Vol 1, The Society of California Pioneers
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C058684 - Kimball, Charles P Papers, 1840 to 1920
C058897 – Kimball, Charles P Papers, 1876 to 1908
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diaries
Frontier and pioneer life – California
Pioneers -- California
Society of California Pioneers
New England--History--19th century.
Boston (Mass.)