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Title: Cudsworth, Abel W. Journal
Identifier/Call Number: C058781
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
1 bound journal, unlinded, handwritten in ink, legible, 94 pages of writting
Date: 1849 to 1867
Abstract: Abel W. Cudsworth's journal is handwritten in ink and provides daily entries covering the 7 month voyage aboard the Brig "Triumph"
from Boston to San Francisco around Cape Horn. The "Triumph" left Boston on November 11, 1849, arrived in Rio de Janero on
Jan 17, 1850, reached Juan Fernandez on March 30, and sailed into San Francisco on June 6th, 1850. Cudsworth lists the 45
Passengers and 12 crew by name. The journal provides good descriptions of life aboard ship. Toward the end of the entries,
Cudsworth sums it up, "Impatiently waiting the termination of this long tedious, and somewhat unpleasant voyage."
creator:
Cudsworth, Abel W
Abel W. Cudsworth's journal is handwritten in ink and provides daily entries covering the 7 month voyage aboard the Brig "Triumph"
from Boston to San Francisco around Cape Horn. The "Triumph" left Boston on November 11, 1849, arrived in Rio de Janero on
Jan 17, 1850, reached Juan Fernandez on March 30, and sailed into San Francisco on June 6th, 1850. Cudsworth lists the 45
Passengers and 12 crew by name. The journal provides good descriptions of life aboard ship. Toward the end of the entries,
Cudsworth sums it up, "Impatiently waiting the termination of this long tedious, and somewhat unpleasant voyage."
Days are spent reading novels, gambling, playing music, singing, and playing checkers, chess and backgammon. There are disputes
amoung the passengers. One crewman is swept overboard and lost at sea. He provides a description of both Rio de Janero and
the Juan Fernandez Islands (off the coast of Chile). The passage around the Horn is long and rough with continual headwinds
slowing their passage.
The last 2 pages of the journal summarize Cudsworth's employment in San Francisco from 1850 to 1867. He only spent 2 months
up at the mines.
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Cudsworth, Abel W Journal, The Society of California Pioneers
Existence and Location of Originals note
The Society of California Pioneers
Gift of Mrs. Fowler Mallet, 1931
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Badger, C L
Badger, L C
Barnhard, Louis D
Berry, John, 2nd Mate
Brotherson, Samuel
Brown, Leonard B
Brownell, Chas E
Burt, Henry
Burt, Hiram, Captain
Chace, Nathan H
Coggshall, Henry
Coggshall, Hezkiah
Comely, Wm.
Crane, Thomas B
Cummings, D T
Cummings, Leonard B
Cummings, Sylvester
Curtis, James
Cutworth, Abel W
Danforth, D Bowers
Davis, A G
Dolloff, Franklin
Edson, Daniel
Edson, William
Emery, C H
Fisk, John
Hathaway, John
Hathaway, Levi
Hoxie, David
Kimball, S P
Libbey, Rueben
Libby, Neilson, 1st Mate
Liscomb, John
Loring, G
Lynn, Orin H
Mason, Naham
Maynard, Norman
Menlery, Thomas
Moulton, Charles
Nichols, Walter
Philips, James O
Philips, John M
Pitts, Charles
Rice, C
Roberts, John W
Sherman, Edwin
Sherman, John T
Staples, Jacob C
Sullivan, John
Thrain, John
Tilten, John H
Turner, Charles
Tyler, Cornelius P
Walker, B
Walker, James E
Wentworth, John P
Young, Robbert
California, Northern - History - 19th century.
Navigation--Chile--Horn, Cape
Voyages and travels -- 19th century
Voyages to the Pacific coast